On Approving the Journal

On Jul 20, 2009, the House voted 233–159 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 208–24, Republicans 25–135. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 49 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: 233
No: 159
Did not vote: 62
Date: Jul 20, 2009

By party

Republicans25 yes · 135 no · 23 didn’t vote
Democrats208 yes · 24 no · 37 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

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
George P. Radanovich R-CA voted yes
Betsy Markey D-CO voted no
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL voted yes
Connie Mack IV R-FL voted yes
Bill Posey R-FL voted yes
Thomas Latham R-IA voted yes
Walt Minnick D-ID voted no
Michael K. Simpson R-ID voted yes
Brad Ellsworth D-IN voted no
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY voted no
Charles J. Melancon D-LA voted no
Frank M. Kratovil Jr. D-MD voted no
Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
Erik Paulsen R-MN voted yes
Michele Bachmann R-MN voted yes
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
Travis W. Childers D-MS voted no
Gregg Harper R-MS voted yes
Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted no
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted yes
Heath Shuler D-NC voted no
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE voted yes
John H. Adler D-NJ voted no
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
Leonard Lance R-NJ voted yes
Dean Heller R-NV voted yes
Scott Murphy D-NY voted no
Michael Arcuri D-NY voted no
John A. Boccieri D-OH voted no
David Wu D-OR 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
Joseph R. Pitts R-PA voted yes
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted yes
John R. Carter R-TX voted yes
Jason Chaffetz R-UT voted yes
Glenn C. Nye III D-VA voted no
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA voted yes
Gerald E. (Gerry) Connolly D-VA voted no
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA voted yes
Shelley Moore Capito R-WV voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Parker Griffith D-AL
Robert Marion Berry D-AR
Victor F. Snyder D-AR
Michael Avery Ross D-AR
Ed Pastor 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
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
Mike Honda D-CA
Zoe Lofgren D-CA
Sam Farr D-CA
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
George P. Radanovich R-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
Judy Chu 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
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
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
Alan Grayson D-FL
Kathy Castor D-FL
Connie Mack IV R-FL
Bill Posey R-FL
Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
Robert Wexler 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
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Mike Quigley D-IL
Melissa L. Bean D-IL
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
Deborah L. Halvorson D-IL
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
Bill Foster D-IL
Phil Hare D-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Joe Donnelly D-IN
André Carson D-IN
Baron P. Hill D-IN
Dennis Moore D-KS
John Yarmuth D-KY
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
Edward John Markey 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
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
Michele Bachmann R-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
Gregg Harper R-MS
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-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
Christopher Henry Smith R-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
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
Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
Joseph Crowley D-NY
Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
Yvette Diane Clarke D-NY
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
Michael E. Mcmahon 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
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
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
Zack Space D-OH
Daniel David Boren D-OK
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
Jim Gerlach R-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
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
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
John R. Carter R-TX
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
Jason Chaffetz R-UT
Robert C. Scott D-VA
Tom Perriello D-VA
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
Peter Welch D-VT
Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
Brian Baird D-WA
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
James A. Mcdermott 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

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “On Approving the Journal: House Vote, Jul 20, 2009,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/111-H-591/on-approving-the-journal (accessed 2026-10-14).