On Approving the Journal

On Sep 18, 2007, the House voted 217–183 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 201–13, Republicans 16–170. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 29 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: 217
No: 183
Did not vote: 52
Date: Sep 18, 2007

By party

Republicans16 yes · 170 no · 20 didn’t vote
Democrats201 yes · 13 no · 32 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ voted no
Michael Thompson D-CA voted no
Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL voted yes
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted yes
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted yes
Jim Marshall D-GA voted no
John Barrow D-GA voted no
Joe Donnelly D-IN voted no
Brad Ellsworth D-IN voted no
Baron P. Hill D-IN voted no
Todd Tiahrt R-KS voted yes
Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
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
Michael Ferguson R-NJ voted yes
James T. Walsh R-NY voted yes
Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY voted yes
John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY voted yes
Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted yes
Jason Altmire D-PA voted no
Charles W. Dent R-PA voted yes
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD voted no
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted no
Ralph Moody Hall R-TX voted yes
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted yes
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
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
Laura Richardson 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
Mark Udall D-CO
John Salazar D-CO
Ed Perlmutter D-CO
John B. Larson D-CT
Joe Courtney D-CT
Christopher Murphy D-CT
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
Corrine Brown D-FL
Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-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
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
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
Phil Hare D-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Julia May Carson D-IN
Nancy Boyda D-KS
Dennis Moore D-KS
Todd Tiahrt R-KS
John Yarmuth D-KY
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
John Walter Olver D-MA
Richard Edmund Neal 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
Michael H. Michaud D-ME
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
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
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
Robert Ernest Andrews D-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
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
Joseph Crowley D-NY
Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
José E. Serrano D-NY
Eliot Lance Engel 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
Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Kucinich D-OH
Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
Betty Sutton D-OH
Steven C. Latourette R-OH
Zack Space 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
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
Lincoln Davis D-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
John S. Tanner D-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
Al Green D-TX
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
Silvestre Reyes 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
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

Louie Gohmert R-TX

Did not vote

Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
Rick Renzi R-AZ
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
David Joseph Weldon R-FL
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
Bill Foster D-IL
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
André Carson D-IN
Bobby Jindal R-LA
Steve Scalise R-LA
Charles J. Melancon D-LA
Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. D-LA
James P. Mcgovern D-MA
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
Thomas H. Allen D-ME
Tim Walberg R-MI
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
Travis W. Childers D-MS
Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
Yvette Diane Clarke D-NY
Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
Nita M. Lowey D-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
Robert E. Latta R-OH
Charlie Wilson D-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
John Sullivan R-OK
John Peterson R-PA
Chris Carney D-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
Luis G. Fortuño R-PR
Jeb Hensarling R-TX
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
Jo Ann Davis R-VA
Robert J. Wittman R-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-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, Sep 18, 2007,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/110-H-863/on-approving-the-journal (accessed 2026-10-13).