On Approving the Journal

On Aug 2, 2007, the House voted 232–186 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 212–11, Republicans 20–175. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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: 232
No: 186
Did not vote: 33
Date: Aug 2, 2007

By party

Republicans20 yes · 175 no · 10 didn’t vote
Democrats212 yes · 11 no · 23 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ voted no
Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ voted no
Michael Thompson D-CA voted no
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
Jack Kingston R-GA voted yes
Thomas Latham R-IA voted yes
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL voted yes
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL voted yes
Joe Donnelly D-IN voted no
Baron P. Hill D-IN voted no
Bobby Jindal R-LA voted yes
Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
Tim Walberg R-MI voted yes
Michele Bachmann R-MN voted yes
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO voted yes
Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted no
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted yes
Jon C. Porter R-NV voted yes
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY voted no
John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY voted yes
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted yes
Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted yes
Jason Altmire D-PA voted no
Jim Gerlach R-PA voted yes
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA voted yes
Chris Carney D-PA voted no
Charles W. Dent R-PA voted yes
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted yes
J. Randy Forbes R-VA 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
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
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
Lois Capps D-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
Joe Baca D-CA
Loretta Sanchez D-CA
Bob Filner D-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Mark Udall 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
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
Danny K. Davis D-IL
Melissa L. Bean D-IL
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
Judy Borg Biggert R-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
John Yarmuth D-KY
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
Bobby Jindal R-LA
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
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
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
John Sarbanes D-MD
Albert Russell Wynn 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
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Tim Walberg 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
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Michele Bachmann R-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
Russ Carnahan D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
Bennie Thompson D-MS
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
David Eugene Price D-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
Steven Rothman D-NJ
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Rush Holt D-NJ
Albio Sires D-NJ
Shelley Berkley D-NV
Jon C. Porter R-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
José E. Serrano D-NY
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
Nita M. Lowey D-NY
John Hall 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
John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
Charlie Wilson D-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Kucinich D-OH
Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
Betty Sutton D-OH
Steven C. Latourette R-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
Zack Space D-OH
Daniel David Boren D-OK
David Wu D-OR
Earl Blumenauer D-OR
Darlene Hooley D-OR
Robert A. Brady D-PA
Chaka Fattah D-PA
Jim Gerlach R-PA
Joe Sestak D-PA
Patrick Murphy D-PA
William (Bill) Shuster R-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
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
Barton Jennings Gordon 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
J. Randy Forbes R-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

Voted present

Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
Louie Gohmert R-TX

Did not vote

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
Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
Ander Crenshaw R-FL
Jim Marshall D-GA
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
Bill Foster D-IL
André Carson D-IN
Steve Scalise R-LA
Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. D-LA
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
Keith Ellison D-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
Travis W. Childers D-MS
Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
Yvette Diane Clarke D-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Jean Schmidt R-OH
Robert E. Latta R-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
Philip Sheridan English R-PA
Luis G. Fortuño R-PR
Sam Johnson R-TX
Jo Ann Davis R-VA
Robert J. Wittman R-VA
Donna Marie Christensen D-VI

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “On Approving the Journal: House Vote, Aug 2, 2007,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/110-H-790/on-approving-the-journal (accessed 2026-10-14).