House roll call 929 · 110th Congress · Oct 3, 2007
Improving Government Accountability Act
On Oct 3, 2007, the House voted 274–144 on “On Motion to Recommit with Instructions” (HR 928). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 80–144, Republicans 194–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 80 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
- 274
- No
- 144
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Oct 3, 2007
By party
- Republicans194 yes · 0 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats80 yes · 144 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR voted yes
- Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ voted yes
- Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ voted yes
- Jerry Mcnerney D-CA voted yes
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted yes
- Sam Farr D-CA voted yes
- Jim Costa D-CA voted yes
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted yes
- Mark Udall D-CO voted yes
- John Salazar D-CO voted yes
- Joe Courtney D-CT voted yes
- Christopher Murphy D-CT voted yes
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Tim Mahoney D-FL voted yes
- Ron Klein D-FL voted yes
- Jim Marshall D-GA voted yes
- John Barrow D-GA voted yes
- Dave Loebsack D-IA voted yes
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted yes
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL voted yes
- Melissa L. Bean D-IL voted yes
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted yes
- Joe Donnelly D-IN voted yes
- Brad Ellsworth D-IN voted yes
- Baron P. Hill D-IN voted yes
- Nancy Boyda D-KS voted yes
- Dennis Moore D-KS voted yes
- John Yarmuth D-KY voted yes
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY voted yes
- Charles J. Melancon D-LA voted yes
- Christopher Van Hollen D-MD voted yes
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
- Tim Walz D-MN voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted yes
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted yes
- Heath Shuler D-NC voted yes
- Brad Miller D-NC voted yes
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted yes
- Carol Shea-Porter D-NH voted yes
- Paul Hodes D-NH voted yes
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted yes
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY voted yes
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY voted yes
- John Hall D-NY voted yes
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY voted yes
- Charlie Wilson D-OH voted yes
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted yes
- Zack Space D-OH voted yes
- Daniel David Boren D-OK voted yes
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR voted yes
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted yes
- Darlene Hooley D-OR voted yes
- Chaka Fattah D-PA voted yes
- Jason Altmire D-PA voted yes
- Joe Sestak D-PA voted yes
- Patrick Murphy D-PA voted yes
- Chris Carney D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted yes
- James Langevin D-RI voted yes
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD voted yes
- Lincoln Davis D-TN voted yes
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX voted yes
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX voted yes
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX voted yes
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX voted yes
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX voted yes
- Henry Cuellar D-TX voted yes
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted yes
- Brian Baird D-WA voted yes
- Ron Kind D-WI voted yes
- David Ross Obey D-WI voted yes
- Steven Kagen D-WI voted yes
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted yes
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- John Boozman R-AR
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR
- Rick Renzi R-AZ
- Trent Franks R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Jerry Mcnerney D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Jim Costa D-CA
- Devin Nunes R-CA
- Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Gary G. Miller R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- John Campbell R-CA
- Darrell Issa R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Mark Udall D-CO
- John Salazar D-CO
- Marilyn N Musgrave R-CO
- Doug Lamborn R-CO
- Joe Courtney D-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- Christopher Murphy D-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Ander Crenshaw R-FL
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Richard (Ric) Keller R-FL
- Gus Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Adam Putnam R-FL
- Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
- Connie Mack IV R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Tim Mahoney D-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Ron Klein D-FL
- Tom Feeney R-FL
- Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
- Tom Price R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Jim Marshall D-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
- Phil Gingrey R-GA
- John Barrow D-GA
- Dave Loebsack D-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Steve King R-IA
- William Sali R-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL
- Peter Roskam R-IL
- Melissa L. Bean 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
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Joe Donnelly D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Mike Pence R-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
- Charles J. Melancon D-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- Rodney Alexander R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Charles W. Boustany R-LA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Tim Walberg R-MI
- Mike Rogers R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Candice S. Miller R-MI
- Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
- Tim Walz D-MN
- John Kline R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Michele Bachmann R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Samuel Graves R-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Denny Rehberg R-MT
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
- Heath Shuler 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
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Michael Ferguson R-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Stevan Pearce R-NM
- Dean Heller R-NV
- Jon C. Porter R-NV
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- John Hall D-NY
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
- John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Jean Schmidt R-OH
- Michael R. Turner R-OH
- Jim Jordan R-OH
- Charlie Wilson D-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-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
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- 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
- Charles W. Dent R-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Timothy Murphy R-PA
- Todd Platts R-PA
- James Langevin D-RI
- Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
- David Davis R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Lincoln Davis D-TN
- James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- Louie Gohmert R-TX
- Ted Poe R-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
- Jeb Hensarling R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- John Culberson R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
- Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
- K. Michael Conaway R-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Randy Neugebauer R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Kenny Marchant R-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Michael C. Burgess R-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Henry Cuellar D-TX
- John R. Carter R-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
- J. Randy Forbes R-VA
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. R-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Eric Cantor R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Brian Baird D-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
- David G. Reichert R-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-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
- Artur Davis D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- Doris Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Dennis A. Cardoza 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
- 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
- Diana Degette D-CO
- John B. Larson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Kathy Castor D-FL
- Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz 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
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Rahm Emanuel D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Phil Hare D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- William Jennings Jefferson 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
- 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
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- 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
- Betty Mccollum D-MN
- Keith Ellison D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- Russ Carnahan D-MO
- Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- 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
- Carolyn Mccarthy 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
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Michael Arcuri D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
- Betty Sutton D-OH
- Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
- David Wu D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Stephen Cohen D-TN
- Al Green D-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-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
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
Did not vote
- Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
- Mike Honda D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
- Ed Perlmutter D-CO
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
- Bill Foster D-IL
- André Carson D-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- Bobby Jindal R-LA
- Steve Scalise R-LA
- Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. D-LA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Donna F. Edwards D-MD
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Travis W. Childers D-MS
- Brian Higgins D-NY
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- Robert E. Latta R-OH
- Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- Luis G. Fortuño R-PR
- James Gresham Barrett R-SC
- Ronald Ernest Paul 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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