House roll call 1839 · 110th Congress · Sep 28, 2008
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
On Sep 28, 2008, the House voted 381–41 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass” (S 3325). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 205–22, Republicans 176–19. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 41 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
- Passed
- Yes
- 381
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Sep 28, 2008
By party
- Republicans176 yes · 19 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats205 yes · 22 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
- Jeff Flake R-AZ voted no
- Michael Thompson D-CA voted no
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted no
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted no
- George Miller D-CA voted no
- Barbara Lee D-CA voted no
- Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA voted no
- Mike Honda D-CA voted no
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted no
- Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
- Jack Kingston R-GA voted no
- Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA voted no
- Tom Price R-GA voted no
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted no
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted no
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY voted no
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD voted no
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
- Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC voted no
- Edolphus Towns D-NY voted no
- José E. Serrano D-NY voted no
- James T. Walsh R-NY voted no
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
- David Wu D-OR voted no
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR voted no
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA voted no
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD voted no
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted no
- Ted Poe R-TX voted no
- John Culberson R-TX voted no
- K. Michael Conaway R-TX voted no
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
- Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT voted no
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT voted no
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. R-VA voted no
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA voted no
- Brian Baird D-WA voted no
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted no
- Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI voted no
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted no
The bill
S. 3325: Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008
How each representative voted: Yes
- Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
- Robert Aderholt 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
- Rick Renzi R-AZ
- Trent Franks R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ
- Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
- Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- Doris Matsui D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Jerry Mcnerney D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Sam Farr 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
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Hilda L. Solis D-CA
- Diane Edith Watson D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard 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
- 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
- Mark Udall 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
- Tim Mahoney D-FL
- Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-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
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Hank Johnson D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Jim Marshall D-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
- Phil Gingrey 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
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Daniel Lipinski 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
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- Bill Foster D-IL
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Phil Hare D-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- John M. Shimkus 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
- 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
- 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
- Bill Delahunt 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
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Tim Walberg 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
- John David Dingell 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
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Yvette Diane Clarke D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel 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
- 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
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
- Betty Sutton D-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce 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
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Jason Altmire D-PA
- John Peterson R-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
- Charles W. Dent R-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts 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
- James Gresham Barrett R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- David Davis 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
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
- Jeb Hensarling R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
- Al Green D-TX
- Michael T. Mccaul 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
- 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
- John R. Carter R-TX
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- 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
- 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
- Peter Welch D-VT
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- David G. Reichert R-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Ron Kind 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
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
- Mike Honda D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
- Tom Price R-GA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- David Wu D-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Ted Poe R-TX
- John Culberson R-TX
- K. Michael Conaway R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Brian Baird D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
Did not vote
- Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-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
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
- Luis G. Fortuño R-PR
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Louie Gohmert R-TX
- Jo Ann Davis R-VA
- Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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