House roll call 79 · 111th Congress · Feb 25, 2009
On Approving the Journal
On Feb 25, 2009, the House voted 246–169 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 226–18, Republicans 20–151. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 246
- No
- 169
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Feb 25, 2009
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 151 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats226 yes · 18 no · 25 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
- Ed Perlmutter D-CO voted no
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite 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
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL voted yes
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL voted yes
- Joe Donnelly D-IN voted no
- Brad Ellsworth D-IN voted no
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY voted yes
- Anh (Joseph) Cao R-LA voted yes
- 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
- Heath Shuler D-NC voted no
- Leonard Lance R-NJ voted yes
- Rush Holt D-NJ voted no
- Dean Heller R-NV voted yes
- Michael Arcuri D-NY voted no
- Zack Space D-OH voted no
- Jason Altmire D-PA voted no
- Jim Gerlach R-PA voted yes
- William (Bill) Shuster R-PA voted yes
- Chris Carney D-PA voted no
- Charles W. Dent R-PA voted yes
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA voted yes
- Glenn C. Nye III D-VA voted no
- J. Randy Forbes R-VA voted yes
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA voted yes
- David G. Reichert R-WA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Bobby Neal Bright Sr. D-AL
- Parker Griffith D-AL
- Artur Davis D-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- Victor F. Snyder 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
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher 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
- 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
- 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
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Jared Polis D-CO
- John Salazar D-CO
- Betsy Markey 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
- Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
- Alan Grayson D-FL
- Kathy Castor D-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
- Bruce Braley D-IA
- Dave Loebsack D-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- Deborah L. Halvorson D-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Bill Foster D-IL
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
- Phil Hare D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- André Carson D-IN
- Baron P. Hill D-IN
- Dennis Moore D-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- John Yarmuth D-KY
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
- Anh (Joseph) Cao R-LA
- 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
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
- Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Frank M. Kratovil Jr. D-MD
- 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 Conyers Jr. 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
- 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
- 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
- Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
- Paul Hodes D-NH
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- John H. Adler 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
- 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
- Michael E. Mcmahon 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
- 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
- Joe Sestak D-PA
- Patrick Murphy D-PA
- William (Bill) Shuster R-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
- 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
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- J. Randy Forbes R-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Gerald E. (Gerry) Connolly 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
- David G. Reichert R-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
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-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
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Darrell Issa R-CA
- Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
- Duncan Duane Hunter R-CA
- Doug Lamborn R-CO
- Mike Coffman R-CO
- Ed Perlmutter D-CO
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- Ander Crenshaw 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
- Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
- Connie Mack IV R-FL
- Thomas J. Rooney R-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 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
- Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
- Phil Gingrey R-GA
- Steve King R-IA
- Walt Minnick D-ID
- Peter Roskam R-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
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Mike Pence R-IN
- Brad Ellsworth D-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Lynn Jenkins R-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
- John Fleming R-LA
- Rodney Alexander R-LA
- Charles W. Boustany R-LA
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-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
- Mike Rogers R-MI
- Candice S. Miller R-MI
- Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
- John Kline R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Samuel Graves R-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO
- Travis W. Childers D-MS
- Gregg Harper R-MS
- Denny Rehberg R-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Heath Shuler D-NC
- Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
- Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
- Adrian Smith R-NE
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Scott Garrett R-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Rush Holt D-NJ
- Peter T. King R-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
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Tom Cole R-OK
- Mary Fallin R-OK
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Jason Altmire D-PA
- Glenn Thompson R-PA
- Chris Carney D-PA
- Timothy Murphy 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
- Michael T. Mccaul 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
- Jason Chaffetz R-UT
- Robert J. Wittman R-VA
- Glenn C. Nye III D-VA
- Eric Cantor R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
Did not vote
- Parker Griffith R-AL
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR
- Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- John Garamendi D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Hilda L. Solis D-CA
- Judy Chu D-CA
- Gary G. Miller R-CA
- John Campbell R-CA
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
- Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
- Tom Graves R-GA
- Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
- Charles Djou R-HI
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Mike Quigley D-IL
- Melissa L. Bean D-IL
- Marlin Stutzman R-IN
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan D-MP
- Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan I-MP
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- Scott Murphy D-NY
- William Owens D-NY
- Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
- David Wu D-OR
- Mark S. Critz D-PA
- Todd Platts R-PA
- Pedro Pierluisi I-PR
- Pedro Pierluisi D-PR
- Louie Gohmert R-TX
- Tom Perriello D-VA
- Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
- Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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