On Approving the Journal

On Mar 6, 2009, the House voted 220–142 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 201–14, Republicans 19–128. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 members voted against their own party.

During the 111th Congress (2009–2010), Barack Obama was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Passed
Yes: 220
No: 142
Did not vote: 92
Date: Mar 6, 2009

By party

Republicans19 yes · 128 no · 36 didn’t vote
Democrats201 yes · 14 no · 54 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted no
Ann Kirkpatrick D-AZ voted no
Trent Franks R-AZ voted yes
Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ voted no
Michael Thompson D-CA voted no
Tom Mcclintock R-CA voted yes
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted yes
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL voted yes
Bill Posey R-FL voted yes
Thomas J. Rooney R-FL voted yes
Jack Kingston R-GA voted yes
Thomas Latham R-IA voted yes
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL voted yes
Joe Donnelly D-IN voted no
Brad Ellsworth D-IN voted no
Bill Cassidy R-LA voted yes
Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted yes
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE voted yes
Leonard Lance R-NJ voted yes
Dean Heller R-NV voted yes
Michael Arcuri D-NY voted no
Jason Altmire D-PA voted no
Jim Gerlach R-PA voted yes
Chris Carney D-PA voted no
Charles W. Dent R-PA voted yes
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted no
Joe Linus Barton R-TX voted yes
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted no
Glenn C. Nye III D-VA voted no
J. Randy Forbes R-VA voted yes
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
Parker Griffith R-AL
Artur Davis D-AL
Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
John Garamendi D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
Zoe Lofgren D-CA
George P. Radanovich R-CA
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
Xavier Becerra D-CA
Hilda L. Solis D-CA
Judy Chu D-CA
Jane L. Harman D-CA
Gary G. Miller R-CA
Ken Calvert R-CA
Mary Bono R-CA
Darrell Issa R-CA
Mike Coffman R-CO
Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
Adam Putnam R-FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
John Nathan Deal R-GA
Tom Graves R-GA
Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
Charles Djou R-HI
Neil Abercrombie D-HI
Mazie Hirono D-HI
Walt Minnick D-ID
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Mike Quigley D-IL
Peter Roskam R-IL
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
John M. Shimkus R-IL
Marlin Stutzman R-IN
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
Todd Tiahrt R-KS
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
Anh (Joseph) Cao R-LA
Charles J. Melancon D-LA
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
David Lee Camp R-MI
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan D-MP
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan I-MP
Bennie Thompson D-MS
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Heath Shuler D-NC
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
John Hall D-NY
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
Scott Murphy D-NY
William Owens D-NY
Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
Jim Jordan R-OH
Charlie Wilson D-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
Steven C. Latourette R-OH
Mary Jo Kilroy D-OH
John A. Boccieri D-OH
Zack Space D-OH
John Sullivan R-OK
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
Kurt Schrader D-OR
Chaka Fattah D-PA
Mark S. Critz D-PA
Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
Pedro Pierluisi I-PR
Pedro Pierluisi D-PR
James Langevin D-RI
Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
James Gresham Barrett R-SC
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
Louie Gohmert R-TX
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
Tom Perriello D-VA
Donna Marie Christensen D-VI

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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