On Motion to Adjourn

On Sep 16, 2008, the House voted 11–393 on “On Motion to Adjourn”. Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 0–223, Republicans 11–170. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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: 11
No: 393
Did not vote: 49
Date: Sep 16, 2008

By party

Republicans11 yes · 170 no · 26 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 223 no · 23 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted yes
John Elmer Linder R-GA voted yes
Phil Gingrey R-GA voted yes
John M. Shimkus R-IL voted yes
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD voted yes
Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted yes
Sam Johnson R-TX voted yes
John R. Carter R-TX voted yes
Pete Sessions R-TX voted yes
Christopher B. Cannon R-UT voted yes
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
Robert Terry Everett R-AL
Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
Artur Davis D-AL
Robert Marion Berry D-AR
Victor F. Snyder D-AR
John Boozman R-AR
Michael Avery Ross D-AR
Trent Franks R-AZ
John B. Shadegg R-AZ
Ed Pastor D-AZ
Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ
Jeff Flake R-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
Michael Thompson D-CA
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-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
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
Mike Honda D-CA
Zoe Lofgren D-CA
Sam Farr D-CA
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
George P. Radanovich R-CA
Jim Costa D-CA
Devin Nunes R-CA
Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
Lois Capps D-CA
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon 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
Maxine Waters D-CA
Jane L. Harman D-CA
Laura Richardson D-CA
Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
Edward Randall Royce R-CA
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
Gary G. Miller R-CA
Joe Baca D-CA
Ken Calvert R-CA
Mary Bono R-CA
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
Loretta Sanchez D-CA
John Campbell R-CA
Darrell Issa R-CA
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
Bob Filner D-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
John Salazar D-CO
Marilyn N Musgrave R-CO
Doug Lamborn R-CO
Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
Ed Perlmutter D-CO
John B. Larson D-CT
Joe Courtney D-CT
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
Christopher H. Shays R-CT
Christopher Murphy D-CT
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
Corrine Brown D-FL
Ander Crenshaw R-FL
Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
John L. Mica R-FL
Richard (Ric) Keller R-FL
Gus Bilirakis R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Kathy Castor D-FL
Adam Putnam R-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Connie Mack IV R-FL
David Joseph Weldon R-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
Tom Feeney R-FL
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
Jack Kingston R-GA
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
Hank Johnson D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
Tom Price R-GA
Jim Marshall D-GA
John Nathan Deal R-GA
Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
John Barrow D-GA
David Scott D-GA
Neil Abercrombie D-HI
Mazie Hirono D-HI
Bruce Braley D-IA
Dave Loebsack D-IA
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
Thomas Latham R-IA
Steve King R-IA
William Sali R-ID
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
Rahm Emanuel D-IL
Peter Roskam R-IL
Danny K. Davis D-IL
Melissa L. Bean D-IL
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
Bill Foster D-IL
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
Phil Hare D-IL
Ray H. Lahood R-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Joe Donnelly D-IN
Mark Edward Souder R-IN
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
Mike Pence R-IN
André Carson D-IN
Brad Ellsworth D-IN
Baron P. Hill D-IN
Jerry Moran R-KS
Nancy Boyda D-KS
Dennis Moore D-KS
Todd Tiahrt R-KS
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
Ron Lewis R-KY
John Yarmuth D-KY
Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
Steve Scalise R-LA
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
Charles J. Melancon D-LA
James O. Mccrery III R-LA
Rodney Alexander R-LA
Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. D-LA
Charles W. Boustany R-LA
John Walter Olver D-MA
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
James P. Mcgovern D-MA
Barney Frank D-MA
Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
John F. Tierney D-MA
Edward John Markey D-MA
Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
John Sarbanes D-MD
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
Thomas H. Allen D-ME
Michael H. Michaud D-ME
Bart T. Stupak D-MI
Peter Hoekstra R-MI
David Lee Camp R-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
Mike Rogers R-MI
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
Candice S. Miller R-MI
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Tim Walz D-MN
John Kline R-MN
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Keith Ellison D-MN
Michele Bachmann R-MN
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
W. Todd Akin R-MO
Russ Carnahan D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
Samuel Graves R-MO
Roy Blunt R-MO
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
Kenny Hulshof R-MO
Travis W. Childers D-MS
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
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
Howard Coble R-NC
Mike Mcintyre D-NC
Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
Sue Myrick R-NC
Patrick T. Mchenry 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
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Scott Garrett R-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
Michael Ferguson R-NJ
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Steven Rothman D-NJ
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
Rush Holt D-NJ
Albio Sires D-NJ
Heather Wilson R-NM
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
Gary Leonard Ackerman 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
Vito John Fossella R-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
Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY
Steve Chabot R-OH
Jean Schmidt R-OH
Michael R. Turner R-OH
Jim Jordan R-OH
Robert E. Latta R-OH
Charlie Wilson D-OH
David Lee Hobson R-OH
John Andrew Boehner R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Kucinich D-OH
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
Steven C. Latourette R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
Zack Space D-OH
John Sullivan R-OK
Daniel David Boren D-OK
Frank D. Lucas R-OK
Tom Cole R-OK
Mary Fallin R-OK
David Wu D-OR
Greg Walden R-OR
Earl Blumenauer D-OR
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
Darlene Hooley D-OR
Robert A. Brady D-PA
Chaka Fattah D-PA
Jason Altmire D-PA
Jim Gerlach R-PA
Joe Sestak D-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
Charles W. Dent R-PA
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
Timothy Murphy R-PA
Todd Platts R-PA
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
James Langevin D-RI
Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
Joe Wilson R-SC
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
David Davis R-TN
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
Lincoln Davis D-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
Marsha Blackburn R-TN
John S. Tanner D-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Louie Gohmert R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
Jeb Hensarling R-TX
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
Al Green D-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
Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
Kenny Marchant R-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Michael C. Burgess R-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
Robert J. Wittman R-VA
Thelma D. Drake R-VA
Robert C. Scott D-VA
J. Randy Forbes R-VA
Virgil H. Goode Jr. R-VA
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
Eric Cantor R-VA
James P. Moran D-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
Brian Baird D-WA
Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
James A. Mcdermott D-WA
David G. Reichert R-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Paul D. Ryan R-WI
Tammy Baldwin D-WI
Ron Kind D-WI
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Steven Kagen D-WI
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “On Motion to Adjourn: House Vote, Sep 16, 2008,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/110-H-1767/on-motion-to-adjourn (accessed 2026-10-14).