House roll call 892 · 111th Congress · Nov 17, 2009
On Approving the Journal
On Nov 17, 2009, the House voted 243–177 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 218–32, Republicans 25–145. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 57 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
- 243
- No
- 177
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Nov 17, 2009
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 145 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats218 yes · 32 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Bobby Neal Bright Sr. D-AL voted no
- 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
- Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA voted no
- George P. Radanovich R-CA voted yes
- Jim Costa D-CA voted no
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted yes
- Betsy Markey D-CO voted no
- James A. Himes D-CT voted no
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
- Adam Putnam R-FL voted yes
- Bill Posey R-FL voted yes
- Thomas J. Rooney R-FL voted yes
- Jim Marshall D-GA voted no
- Thomas Latham R-IA voted yes
- Walt Minnick D-ID voted no
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL voted no
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL voted yes
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL voted yes
- Aaron Schock R-IL voted yes
- Joe Donnelly D-IN voted no
- Brad Ellsworth D-IN 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
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
- Travis W. Childers D-MS voted no
- Gregg Harper R-MS voted yes
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted yes
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC voted yes
- Heath Shuler D-NC voted no
- Leonard Lance R-NJ voted yes
- Dean Heller R-NV voted yes
- Alice (Dina) Titus D-NV voted no
- Scott Murphy D-NY voted no
- Michael Arcuri D-NY voted no
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH voted yes
- Daniel David Boren D-OK 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
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted no
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted yes
- Henry Cuellar D-TX voted no
- 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
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- John Garamendi 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
- George P. Radanovich R-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
- 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
- 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
- Christopher Murphy D-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Alan Grayson D-FL
- Kathy Castor D-FL
- Adam Putnam R-FL
- Bill Posey R-FL
- Thomas J. Rooney 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
- John Barrow D-GA
- David Scott D-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Bruce Braley D-IA
- Dave Loebsack D-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Mike Quigley D-IL
- Melissa L. Bean 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
- Aaron Schock R-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- André Carson D-IN
- Baron P. Hill D-IN
- Dennis Moore D-KS
- John Yarmuth D-KY
- A. B. (Ben) Chandler 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Larry Kissell D-NC
- Patrick T. Mchenry R-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
- 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
- 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
- William Owens 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
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
- Betty Sutton D-OH
- Mary Jo Kilroy D-OH
- John A. Boccieri D-OH
- Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
- Zack Space D-OH
- David Wu D-OR
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz 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
- Robert William Goodlatte R-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
- Bobby Neal Bright Sr. D-AL
- Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
- Robert Aderholt 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
- Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
- Jim Costa D-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
- 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
- James A. Himes D-CT
- 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
- Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
- Connie Mack IV 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
- Jim Marshall D-GA
- Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
- Phil Gingrey R-GA
- Steve King R-IA
- Walt Minnick D-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Daniel Lipinski D-IL
- Peter Roskam R-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo 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
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- 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
- Charles J. Melancon D-LA
- John Fleming R-LA
- Rodney Alexander R-LA
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- Charles W. Boustany R-LA
- Frank M. Kratovil Jr. D-MD
- 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
- Michele Bachmann 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
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Denny Rehberg R-MT
- 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
- Alice (Dina) Titus D-NV
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Scott Murphy D-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
- Steven C. Latourette R-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
- Jason Altmire D-PA
- Glenn Thompson R-PA
- William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
- Chris Carney D-PA
- Timothy Murphy R-PA
- Todd Platts R-PA
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
- David P. (Phil) Roe R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-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
- Randy Neugebauer R-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Pete Olson R-TX
- Kenny Marchant R-TX
- Michael C. Burgess R-TX
- Henry Cuellar D-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
- 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
- Parker Griffith R-AL
- Artur Davis D-AL
- Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Hilda L. Solis D-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Tom Graves R-GA
- Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
- Charles Djou R-HI
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Marlin Stutzman R-IN
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Chellie Pingree D-ME
- Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan D-MP
- Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan I-MP
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
- Mark S. Critz D-PA
- Pedro Pierluisi I-PR
- Pedro Pierluisi D-PR
- Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
- James Gresham Barrett R-SC
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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