On Approving the Journal

On Aug 1, 2007, the House voted 214–189 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 208–8, Republicans 6–181. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 14 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: 214
No: 189
Did not vote: 50
Date: Aug 1, 2007

By party

Republicans6 yes · 181 no · 20 didn’t vote
Democrats208 yes · 8 no · 30 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL voted yes
Joe Donnelly D-IN voted no
Baron P. Hill D-IN voted no
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY voted yes
Tim Walz D-MN voted no
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
Howard Coble R-NC voted yes
Zack Space D-OH voted no
Jason Altmire D-PA voted no
Chris Carney D-PA voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted yes
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
Artur Davis D-AL
Robert Marion Berry D-AR
Victor F. Snyder D-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
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
Zoe Lofgren D-CA
Sam Farr D-CA
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
Jim Costa D-CA
Lois Capps D-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
Maxine Waters D-CA
Jane L. Harman D-CA
Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
Joe Baca D-CA
Loretta Sanchez D-CA
Bob Filner D-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
John Salazar D-CO
Ed Perlmutter D-CO
John B. Larson D-CT
Joe Courtney D-CT
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
Christopher Murphy D-CT
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
Corrine Brown D-FL
Kathy Castor D-FL
Tim Mahoney D-FL
Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
Robert Wexler D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Ron Klein D-FL
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-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
Mazie Hirono D-HI
Bruce Braley D-IA
Dave Loebsack D-IA
Leonard L. Boswell D-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
Danny K. Davis D-IL
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
Phil Hare D-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Julia May Carson D-IN
Brad Ellsworth D-IN
Nancy Boyda D-KS
Dennis Moore D-KS
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
John Yarmuth D-KY
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
Charles J. Melancon D-LA
John Walter Olver D-MA
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
James P. Mcgovern D-MA
Barney Frank 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
John Sarbanes D-MD
Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
Thomas H. Allen D-ME
Michael H. Michaud D-ME
Bart T. Stupak D-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Keith Ellison D-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
Russ Carnahan D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
Bennie Thompson D-MS
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Howard Coble R-NC
Mike Mcintyre D-NC
Heath Shuler D-NC
Melvin L. Watt D-NC
Brad Miller D-NC
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
Paul Hodes D-NH
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Rush Holt D-NJ
Albio Sires D-NJ
Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
Shelley Berkley D-NV
Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
Steve Israel D-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
Nydia M. Velázquez D-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
Michael Arcuri D-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
Charlie Wilson D-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Kucinich D-OH
Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
Betty Sutton D-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
Daniel David Boren D-OK
David Wu D-OR
Earl Blumenauer D-OR
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
Darlene Hooley D-OR
Robert A. Brady D-PA
Chaka Fattah D-PA
Joe Sestak D-PA
Patrick Murphy D-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA
Michael F. Doyle D-PA
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
James Langevin D-RI
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
Lincoln Davis D-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
John S. Tanner D-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Al Green D-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
Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
Robert C. Scott D-VA
James P. Moran D-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-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
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
James A. Mcdermott D-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Tammy Baldwin D-WI
Ron Kind D-WI
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Steven Kagen D-WI
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Mike Honda D-CA
Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
Laura Richardson D-CA
Mark Udall D-CO
Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
John Elmer Linder R-GA
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
Melissa L. Bean D-IL
Bill Foster D-IL
André Carson D-IN
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
Steve Scalise R-LA
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
James O. Mccrery III R-LA
Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. D-LA
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
Roy Blunt R-MO
Travis W. Childers D-MS
Steven Rothman D-NJ
Yvette Diane Clarke D-NY
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
Robert E. Latta R-OH
John Andrew Boehner R-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
John Peterson R-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
Luis G. Fortuño R-PR
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
Ted Poe R-TX
Sam Johnson R-TX
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
John Culberson R-TX
Jo Ann Davis R-VA
Robert J. Wittman R-VA
Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
Barbara L. Cubin R-WY

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “On Approving the Journal: House Vote, Aug 1, 2007,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/110-H-773/on-approving-the-journal (accessed 2026-10-15).