House roll call 284 · 110th Congress · May 2, 2007
Improving Head Start Act
On May 2, 2007, the House voted 365–48 on “On Passage” (HR 1429). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 223–0, Republicans 142–48. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 48 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
- 365
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- May 2, 2007
By party
- Republicans142 yes · 48 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats223 yes · 0 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Trent Franks R-AZ voted no
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ voted no
- Jeff Flake R-AZ voted no
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA voted no
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted no
- George P. Radanovich R-CA voted no
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted no
- Gary G. Miller R-CA voted no
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted no
- John Campbell R-CA voted no
- Doug Lamborn R-CO voted no
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL voted no
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted no
- Connie Mack IV R-FL voted no
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL voted no
- Tom Feeney R-FL voted no
- Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA voted no
- John Elmer Linder R-GA voted no
- John Nathan Deal R-GA voted no
- Phil Gingrey R-GA voted no
- Steve King R-IA voted no
- William Sali R-ID voted no
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL voted no
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN voted no
- Mike Pence R-IN voted no
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA voted no
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted no
- Tim Walberg R-MI voted no
- John Kline R-MN voted no
- Michele Bachmann R-MN voted no
- W. Todd Akin R-MO voted no
- Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC voted no
- Howard Coble R-NC voted no
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC voted no
- Scott Garrett R-NJ voted no
- Jim Jordan R-OH voted no
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA voted no
- James Gresham Barrett R-SC voted no
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC voted no
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted no
- Ted Poe R-TX voted no
- Sam Johnson R-TX voted no
- Jeb Hensarling R-TX voted no
- John Culberson R-TX voted no
- Randy Neugebauer R-TX voted no
- John R. Carter R-TX voted no
- Eric Cantor R-VA voted no
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted no
The bill
H.R. 1429: Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) 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
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ
- Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
- Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger 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
- Thomas Peter Lantos 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
- 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
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
- Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Joe Baca D-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Darrell Issa R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Susan A. Davis D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Mark Udall D-CO
- John Salazar D-CO
- Marilyn N Musgrave 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
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Ander Crenshaw R-FL
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite 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
- 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
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Hank Johnson D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-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
- 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
- John Dennis Hastert R-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
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Julia May 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
- Bobby Jindal R-LA
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Charles J. Melancon D-LA
- Rodney Alexander R-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
- Martin Thomas Meehan 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
- Albert Russell Wynn 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
- Vernon James Ehlers 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
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Tim Walz D-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-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
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-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
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
- Sue Myrick 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
- 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
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- José E. Serrano 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
- Paul Eugene Gillmor 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
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones 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
- David Wu D-OR
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- 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
- 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
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
- David Davis 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
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady 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
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Kenny Marchant R-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Michael C. Burgess R-TX
- Henry Cuellar D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
How each representative voted: No
- Trent Franks R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Gary G. Miller R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- John Campbell R-CA
- Doug Lamborn R-CO
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- Connie Mack IV R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Tom Feeney R-FL
- Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Phil Gingrey R-GA
- Steve King R-IA
- William Sali R-ID
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Mike Pence R-IN
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Tim Walberg R-MI
- John Kline R-MN
- Michele Bachmann R-MN
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Jim Jordan R-OH
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- James Gresham Barrett R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Ted Poe R-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Jeb Hensarling R-TX
- John Culberson R-TX
- Randy Neugebauer R-TX
- John R. Carter R-TX
- Eric Cantor R-VA
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Laura Richardson D-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
- Tom Price R-GA
- Jim Marshall D-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
- Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Bill Foster D-IL
- André Carson D-IN
- Steve Scalise R-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. D-LA
- Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Donna F. Edwards D-MD
- Samuel Graves R-MO
- Travis W. Childers D-MS
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Robert E. Latta R-OH
- Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Luis G. Fortuño R-PR
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Jo Ann Davis R-VA
- Robert J. Wittman R-VA
- Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
- Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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