House roll call 1479 · 110th Congress · May 8, 2008
Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act
On May 8, 2008, the House voted 128–274 on “On Flake Motion to Instruct Conferees” (HR 2419). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 24–195, Republicans 104–79. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 103 members voted against their own party.
During the 110th Congress (2007–2008), George W. Bush was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Result
- Failed
- Yes
- 128
- No
- 274
- Did not vote
- 51
- Date
- May 8, 2008
By party
- Republicans104 yes · 79 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats24 yes · 195 no · 27 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL voted no
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted no
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL voted no
- John Boozman R-AR voted no
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA voted no
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted yes
- Kevin Mccarthy R-CA voted no
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA voted no
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA voted yes
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted yes
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA voted no
- Mary Bono R-CA voted no
- Christopher Murphy D-CT voted yes
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted no
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL voted no
- Gus Bilirakis R-FL voted no
- Adam Putnam R-FL voted no
- Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL voted no
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL voted no
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
- Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
- Steve King R-IA voted no
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID voted no
- Melissa L. Bean D-IL voted yes
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL voted no
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted no
- John M. Shimkus R-IL voted no
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted no
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted no
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY voted no
- Ron Lewis R-KY voted no
- Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY voted no
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY voted yes
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA voted yes
- John F. Tierney D-MA voted yes
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA voted yes
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted no
- C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD voted yes
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD voted yes
- Michael H. Michaud D-ME voted yes
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted no
- Candice S. Miller R-MI voted no
- Samuel Graves R-MO voted no
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO voted no
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO voted no
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS voted no
- Denny Rehberg R-MT voted no
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted no
- Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC voted no
- Jeff Fortenberry R-NE voted no
- Lee Raymond Terry R-NE voted no
- Adrian Smith R-NE voted no
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ voted no
- Steven Rothman D-NJ voted yes
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ voted yes
- Rush Holt D-NJ voted yes
- Stevan Pearce R-NM voted no
- Dean Heller R-NV voted no
- Jon C. Porter R-NV voted no
- Peter T. King R-NY voted no
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted no
- James T. Walsh R-NY voted no
- John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY voted no
- Michael R. Turner R-OH voted no
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted no
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted no
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK voted no
- Tom Cole R-OK voted no
- Mary Fallin R-OK voted no
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR voted yes
- John Peterson R-PA voted no
- Jim Gerlach R-PA voted no
- Joe Sestak D-PA voted yes
- William (Bill) Shuster R-PA voted no
- Timothy Murphy R-PA voted no
- Todd Platts R-PA voted no
- James Gresham Barrett R-SC voted no
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN voted yes
And 23 more.
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Trent Franks R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Darrell Issa R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Doug Lamborn R-CO
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Christopher Murphy D-CT
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- Ander Crenshaw R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Richard (Ric) Keller R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Connie Mack IV R-FL
- Tom Feeney R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
- Tom Price R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
- Phil Gingrey R-GA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- William Sali R-ID
- Peter Roskam R-IL
- Melissa L. Bean D-IL
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Mike Pence R-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
- Steve Scalise R-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Rodney Alexander R-LA
- Charles W. Boustany R-LA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
- C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Michael H. Michaud D-ME
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Tim Walberg R-MI
- Mike Rogers R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
- John Kline R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Michele Bachmann R-MN
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Michael Ferguson R-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Rush Holt D-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Jean Schmidt R-OH
- Jim Jordan R-OH
- Robert E. Latta R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Joe Sestak D-PA
- Charles W. Dent R-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- David Davis R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Jeb Hensarling R-TX
- John Culberson R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Michael C. Burgess R-TX
- Robert J. Wittman R-VA
- Thelma D. Drake R-VA
- J. Randy Forbes R-VA
- Eric Cantor R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- David G. Reichert R-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Artur Davis D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- John Boozman R-AR
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ
- Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
- Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Doris Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Jerry Mcnerney D-CA
- Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Mike Honda D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
- Jim Costa D-CA
- Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Hilda L. Solis D-CA
- Diane Edith Watson D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
- Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Joe Baca D-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Susan A. Davis D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Mark Udall D-CO
- John Salazar D-CO
- Ed Perlmutter D-CO
- John B. Larson D-CT
- Joe Courtney D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
- Gus Bilirakis R-FL
- Kathy Castor D-FL
- Adam Putnam R-FL
- Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Tim Mahoney D-FL
- Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Ron Klein D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Hank Johnson D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Jim Marshall D-GA
- John Barrow D-GA
- David Scott D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Dave Loebsack D-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Steve King R-IA
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL
- Rahm Emanuel D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Bill Foster D-IL
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
- Phil Hare D-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Joe Donnelly D-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- André Carson D-IN
- Brad Ellsworth D-IN
- Baron P. Hill D-IN
- Nancy Boyda D-KS
- Dennis Moore D-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- John Yarmuth D-KY
- Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
- Charles J. Melancon D-LA
- Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- John Sarbanes D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Candice S. Miller R-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Tim Walz D-MN
- Betty Mccollum D-MN
- Keith Ellison D-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- Russ Carnahan D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
- Samuel Graves R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Denny Rehberg R-MT
- George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
- Heath Shuler D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Brad Miller D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
- Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
- Adrian Smith R-NE
- Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
- Paul Hodes D-NH
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Albio Sires D-NJ
- Stevan Pearce R-NM
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- Dean Heller R-NV
- Jon C. Porter R-NV
- Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
- Steve Israel D-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Joseph Crowley D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Yvette Diane Clarke D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- John Hall D-NY
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- Michael Arcuri D-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Brian Higgins D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY
- Michael R. Turner R-OH
- Charlie Wilson D-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
- Betty Sutton D-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
- Zack Space D-OH
- Daniel David Boren D-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Tom Cole R-OK
- Mary Fallin R-OK
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Jason Altmire D-PA
- John Peterson R-PA
- Jim Gerlach R-PA
- Patrick Murphy D-PA
- William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
- Chris Carney D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Timothy Murphy R-PA
- Todd Platts R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- James Langevin D-RI
- James Gresham Barrett R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
- Lincoln Davis D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Louie Gohmert R-TX
- Ted Poe R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
- Al Green D-TX
- Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
- K. Michael Conaway R-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Randy Neugebauer R-TX
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Kenny Marchant R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Henry Cuellar D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- John R. Carter R-TX
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. R-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Peter Welch D-VT
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Steven Kagen D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Did not vote
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
- Rick Renzi R-AZ
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Devin Nunes R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Laura Richardson D-CA
- Gary G. Miller R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- John Campbell R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Marilyn N Musgrave R-CO
- Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
- Bruce Braley D-IA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- Bobby Jindal R-LA
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Donna F. Edwards D-MD
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Travis W. Childers D-MS
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
- John Sullivan R-OK
- David Wu D-OR
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Luis G. Fortuño R-PR
- Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Stephen Cohen D-TN
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- Jo Ann Davis R-VA
- Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
- Brian Baird D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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