On Approving the Journal

On Sep 6, 2007, the House voted 214–176 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 199–13, Republicans 15–163. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 28 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: 176
Did not vote: 63
Date: Sep 6, 2007

By party

Republicans15 yes · 163 no · 29 didn’t vote
Democrats199 yes · 13 no · 34 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ voted no
Michael Thompson D-CA voted no
John Nathan Deal R-GA voted yes
John Barrow D-GA voted no
Michael K. Simpson R-ID voted yes
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL voted yes
Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted yes
Joe Donnelly D-IN voted no
Brad Ellsworth D-IN voted no
Baron P. Hill D-IN voted no
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY voted no
Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted yes
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted yes
Howard Coble R-NC voted yes
Heath Shuler D-NC voted no
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE voted yes
James T. Walsh R-NY voted yes
John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY voted yes
Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted yes
John Sullivan R-OK voted yes
Greg Walden R-OR voted yes
Jason Altmire D-PA voted no
Chris Carney D-PA voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted yes
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted no
J. Randy Forbes 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
Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
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
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
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
Joe Baca 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
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 Nathan Deal R-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
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
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
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
Phil Hare D-IL
Ray H. Lahood R-IL
Julia May Carson D-IN
Nancy Boyda D-KS
Dennis Moore D-KS
John Yarmuth D-KY
Charles J. Melancon D-LA
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
James P. Mcgovern 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
Vernon James Ehlers R-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
Tim Walz D-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Keith Ellison D-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
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
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Howard Coble R-NC
Mike Mcintyre D-NC
Melvin L. Watt D-NC
Brad Miller D-NC
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
Paul Hodes D-NH
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
Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
Shelley Berkley D-NV
Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
Steve Israel D-NY
Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
Joseph Crowley D-NY
Jerrold Lewis Nadler 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
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
James T. Walsh R-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY
Charlie Wilson D-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur 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
John Sullivan R-OK
Daniel David Boren D-OK
David Wu D-OR
Greg Walden R-OR
Earl Blumenauer D-OR
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
Chaka Fattah D-PA
Joe Sestak D-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. 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
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
Robert C. Scott D-VA
J. Randy Forbes R-VA
James P. Moran D-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-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

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
Rick Renzi R-AZ
Doris Matsui D-CA
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
George P. Radanovich R-CA
Diane Edith Watson D-CA
Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
Edward Randall Royce R-CA
Loretta Sanchez D-CA
Bob Filner D-CA
Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
William Sali R-ID
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
Bill Foster D-IL
John Dennis Hastert R-IL
John M. Shimkus R-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
André Carson D-IN
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
Bobby Jindal R-LA
Steve Scalise R-LA
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. D-LA
John Walter Olver D-MA
Barney Frank D-MA
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
Travis W. Childers D-MS
Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
Vito John Fossella R-NY
José E. Serrano D-NY
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
Robert E. Latta R-OH
Dennis Kucinich D-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Darlene Hooley D-OR
Robert A. Brady D-PA
Patrick Murphy D-PA
Luis G. Fortuño R-PR
Louie Gohmert R-TX
Sam Johnson R-TX
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
John R. Carter R-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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