On Motion to Adjourn

On Sep 29, 2008, the House voted 8–394 on “On Motion to Adjourn”. Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 1–221, Republicans 7–173. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 8 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: 8
No: 394
Did not vote: 51
Date: Sep 29, 2008

By party

Republicans7 yes · 173 no · 27 didn’t vote
Democrats1 yes · 221 no · 24 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted yes
Bob Filner D-CA voted yes
John L. Mica R-FL voted yes
John M. Shimkus R-IL voted yes
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC voted yes
Scott Garrett R-NJ voted yes
Dean Heller R-NV voted yes
Louie Gohmert R-TX voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

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
Jeff Flake R-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
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
David Timothy Dreier 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
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
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
Richard (Ric) Keller R-FL
Gus Bilirakis R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Adam Putnam R-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Connie Mack IV 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
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
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
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
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
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
Charles J. Melancon D-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
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
John Sarbanes D-MD
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Betty Sutton D-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
Darlene Hooley D-OR
Robert A. Brady 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
Michael F. Doyle 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
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
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
John S. Tanner D-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Ted Poe R-TX
Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
Jeb Hensarling R-TX
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
John Culberson 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
Ronald Ernest Paul 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
Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
Robert J. Wittman R-VA
Thelma D. Drake R-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
Frederick C. Boucher 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
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
Thomas Evert Petri 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 29, 2008,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/110-H-1848/on-motion-to-adjourn (accessed 2026-10-14).