House roll call 485 · 111th Congress · Jul 8, 2009
On Approving the Journal
On Jul 8, 2009, the House voted 237–184 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 217–30, Republicans 20–154. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 50 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
- 237
- No
- 184
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jul 8, 2009
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 154 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats217 yes · 30 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Aderholt R-AL voted yes
- Parker Griffith D-AL voted no
- Ann Kirkpatrick D-AZ voted no
- Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ voted no
- Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ voted no
- Michael Thompson D-CA voted no
- Tom Mcclintock R-CA voted yes
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted yes
- Betsy Markey D-CO voted no
- Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL voted yes
- Bill Posey R-FL voted yes
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted no
- Thomas Latham R-IA voted yes
- Walt Minnick D-ID voted no
- Danny K. Davis D-IL voted no
- Deborah L. Halvorson D-IL voted no
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL voted yes
- Joe Donnelly D-IN voted no
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN voted yes
- Brad Ellsworth D-IN voted no
- Baron P. Hill D-IN voted no
- Dennis Moore D-KS voted no
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY voted yes
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
- Frank M. Kratovil Jr. D-MD voted no
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI voted yes
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted yes
- Erik Paulsen R-MN voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
- Travis W. Childers D-MS voted no
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted no
- Heath Shuler D-NC voted no
- Jeff Fortenberry R-NE voted yes
- John H. Adler D-NJ voted no
- Leonard Lance R-NJ voted yes
- Dean Heller R-NV voted yes
- Scott Murphy D-NY voted no
- Michael Arcuri D-NY voted no
- Zack Space D-OH voted no
- Daniel David Boren D-OK voted no
- Chris Carney D-PA voted no
- Charles W. Dent R-PA voted yes
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA voted yes
- Michael T. Mccaul R-TX voted yes
- Jason Chaffetz R-UT voted yes
- Glenn C. Nye III D-VA voted no
- Gerald E. (Gerry) Connolly D-VA voted no
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Aderholt R-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
- Tom Mcclintock R-CA
- Doris Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Jerry Mcnerney D-CA
- Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier 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
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra 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
- Jared Polis D-CO
- John Salazar D-CO
- Ed Perlmutter D-CO
- John B. Larson D-CT
- Joe Courtney D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- James A. Himes D-CT
- Christopher Murphy D-CT
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Alan Grayson D-FL
- Kathy Castor D-FL
- Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
- Bill Posey R-FL
- Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
- Ron Klein D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Suzanne M. Kosmas D-FL
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Hank Johnson D-GA
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Jim Marshall 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
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Mike Quigley D-IL
- Melissa L. Bean D-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Bill Foster D-IL
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
- Phil Hare D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- André Carson D-IN
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- John Yarmuth D-KY
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
- Charles J. Melancon D-LA
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
- John F. Tierney 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
- Donna F. Edwards D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
- Chellie Pingree D-ME
- Michael H. Michaud D-ME
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Mark H. Schauer D-MI
- Gary C. Peters D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Tim Walz D-MN
- Erik Paulsen R-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
- George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Larry Kissell 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
- Leonard Lance 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
- Martin Heinrich D-NM
- Harry Teague D-NM
- Ben Ray Luján D-NM
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- Dean Heller R-NV
- Alice (Dina) Titus 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
- Anthony D. Weiner 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
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- John Hall D-NY
- Paul Tonko D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Daniel B. Maffei D-NY
- Brian Higgins D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- Eric J.J. Massa D-NY
- Steve Driehaus D-OH
- Charlie Wilson D-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
- Betty Sutton D-OH
- Mary Jo Kilroy D-OH
- John A. Boccieri D-OH
- Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Kurt Schrader D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Kathleen A. (Kathy) Dahlkemper D-PA
- Jason Altmire D-PA
- Patrick Murphy D-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
- Joseph R. Pitts 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
- Michael T. Mccaul 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
- 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
- Jason Chaffetz R-UT
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- Tom Perriello 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
- 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
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
- Parker Griffith D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- John Boozman R-AR
- Ann Kirkpatrick D-AZ
- Trent Franks R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Devin Nunes R-CA
- Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-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 Duane Hunter R-CA
- Betsy Markey D-CO
- Doug Lamborn R-CO
- Mike Coffman R-CO
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- Ander Crenshaw R-FL
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Gus Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Adam Putnam R-FL
- Connie Mack IV R-FL
- Thomas J. Rooney R-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart 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
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Phil Gingrey R-GA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Steve King R-IA
- Walt Minnick D-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Peter Roskam R-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- Deborah L. Halvorson D-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Aaron Schock R-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Joe Donnelly D-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Mike Pence R-IN
- Brad Ellsworth D-IN
- Baron P. Hill D-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Lynn Jenkins R-KS
- Dennis Moore D-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Brett Guthrie R-KY
- Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Steve Scalise R-LA
- Anh (Joseph) Cao R-LA
- John Fleming R-LA
- Rodney Alexander R-LA
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- Charles W. Boustany R-LA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Frank M. Kratovil Jr. D-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Mike Rogers R-MI
- Candice S. Miller R-MI
- Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
- John Kline R-MN
- Michele Bachmann R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Samuel Graves R-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO
- Travis W. Childers D-MS
- Gregg Harper 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
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
- Heath Shuler D-NC
- Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
- Adrian Smith R-NE
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- John H. Adler D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Scott Murphy D-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- Michael Arcuri D-NY
- Christopher John Lee R-NY
- Jean Schmidt R-OH
- Michael R. Turner R-OH
- Jim Jordan R-OH
- Robert E. Latta R-OH
- Steve Austria R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette 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
- Glenn Thompson R-PA
- Jim Gerlach R-PA
- William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
- Chris Carney D-PA
- Timothy Murphy R-PA
- Todd Platts R-PA
- Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- James Gresham Barrett R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- David P. (Phil) Roe R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- 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
- K. Michael Conaway R-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Randy Neugebauer R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Pete Olson R-TX
- Kenny Marchant R-TX
- Michael C. Burgess R-TX
- John R. Carter R-TX
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
- Robert J. Wittman R-VA
- Glenn C. Nye III D-VA
- J. Randy Forbes R-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Eric Cantor R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Gerald E. (Gerry) Connolly D-VA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
- David G. Reichert R-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY
Voted present
- Louie Gohmert R-TX
Did not vote
- Bobby Neal Bright Sr. D-AL
- Parker Griffith R-AL
- Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- John Garamendi D-CA
- Hilda L. Solis D-CA
- Judy Chu D-CA
- Diane Edith Watson D-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
- Tom Graves R-GA
- Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
- Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
- Charles Djou R-HI
- Marlin Stutzman R-IN
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan D-MP
- Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan I-MP
- Michael E. Mcmahon D-NY
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- William Owens D-NY
- Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
- David Wu D-OR
- Joe Sestak D-PA
- Mark S. Critz D-PA
- Pedro Pierluisi I-PR
- Pedro Pierluisi D-PR
- Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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