On Approving the Journal

On Dec 12, 2011, the House voted 277–74 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 158–41, Democrats 119–33. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 74 members voted against their own party.

During the 112th Congress (2011–2012), Barack Obama was president, and Republicans held the House majority and Democrats the Senate majority.

Result: Passed
Yes: 277
No: 74
Did not vote: 92
Date: Dec 12, 2011

By party

Republicans158 yes · 41 no · 45 didn’t vote
Democrats119 yes · 33 no · 47 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
Ben Quayle R-AZ voted no
Michael Thompson D-CA voted no
Barbara Lee D-CA voted no
Judy Chu D-CA voted no
Karen Bass D-CA voted no
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted no
Duncan Duane Hunter R-CA voted no
Scott Tipton R-CO voted no
Cory Gardner R-CO voted no
Mike Coffman R-CO voted no
James A. Himes D-CT voted no
Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL voted no
Ander Crenshaw R-FL voted no
Richard Nugent R-FL voted no
Thomas J. Rooney R-FL voted no
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted no
Sandra (Sandy) Adams R-FL voted no
Rob Woodall R-GA voted no
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted no
Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
Robert Dold R-IL voted no
Bobby Schilling R-IL voted no
Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
Kevin Yoder R-KS voted no
Brett Guthrie R-KY voted no
John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA voted no
Michael Everett Capuano D-MA voted no
Stephen F. Lynch D-MA voted no
John Sarbanes D-MD voted no
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted no
Dan Benishek R-MI voted no
Gary C. Peters D-MI voted no
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
Chip Cravaack R-MN voted no
Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC voted no
Lee Raymond Terry R-NE voted no
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted no
Leonard Lance R-NJ voted no
Albio Sires D-NJ voted no
Joe Heck R-NV voted no
Steve Israel D-NY voted no
Michael G. Grimm R-NY voted no
Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY voted no
Christopher Gibson R-NY voted no
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY voted no
Thomas W. Reed II R-NY voted no
Michael R. Turner R-OH voted no
Bill Johnson R-OH voted no
Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
Betty Sutton D-OH voted no
Steve Stivers R-OH voted no
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH voted no
Greg Walden R-OR voted no
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted no
Robert A. Brady D-PA voted no
Jason Altmire D-PA voted no
Patrick Meehan R-PA voted no
Michael G. Fitzpatrick R-PA voted no
Mick Mulvaney R-SC voted no
David P. (Phil) Roe R-TN voted no
Ted Poe R-TX voted no
Michael C. Burgess R-TX voted no
Henry Cuellar D-TX voted no
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted no
Jaime Herrera Beutler R-WA voted no
James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted no
Reid Ribble R-WI voted no
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
Martha Roby R-AL
Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
Robert Aderholt R-AL
Mo Brooks R-AL
Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
Rick Crawford R-AR
Tim Griffin R-AR
Steve Womack R-AR
Michael Avery Ross D-AR
Trent Franks R-AZ
David Schweikert R-AZ
Jeff Flake R-AZ
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
Tom Mcclintock R-CA
Doris Matsui D-CA
Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
Nancy Pelosi 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
Jeff Denham R-CA
Devin Nunes R-CA
Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
Lois Capps D-CA
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
David Timothy Dreier R-CA
Brad Sherman D-CA
Adam Schiff D-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
Maxine Waters D-CA
Janice Hahn D-CA
Laura Richardson D-CA
Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
Edward Randall Royce R-CA
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
Gary G. Miller R-CA
Joe Baca D-CA
Ken Calvert R-CA
Mary Bono R-CA
Loretta Sanchez D-CA
John Campbell R-CA
Darrell Issa R-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Ed Perlmutter D-CO
John B. Larson D-CT
Joe Courtney D-CT
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
Christopher Murphy D-CT
John C. Carney Jr. D-DE
Steve Southerland R-FL
John L. Mica R-FL
Gus Bilirakis R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Kathy Castor D-FL
Dennis Ross R-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Bill Posey R-FL
Frederica Wilson D-FL
Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Allen West R-FL
David Rivera R-FL
Jack Kingston R-GA
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
Hank Johnson D-GA
Tom Price R-GA
Austin Scott R-GA
Tom Graves R-GA
John Barrow D-GA
David Scott D-GA
Colleen Hanabusa D-HI
Mazie Hirono D-HI
Dave Loebsack D-IA
Steve King R-IA
Raúl R. Labrador R-ID
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
Mike Quigley D-IL
Peter Roskam R-IL
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
Adam Kinzinger R-IL
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
Randy Hultgren R-IL
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
Marlin Stutzman R-IN
André Carson D-IN
Larry Bucshon R-IN
Todd Young R-IN
Tim Huelskamp R-KS
Lynn Jenkins R-KS
Mike Pompeo R-KS
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
John Yarmuth D-KY
Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
Steve Scalise R-LA
Cedric Richmond D-LA
Jeff Landry R-LA
John Fleming R-LA
Rodney Alexander R-LA
Bill Cassidy R-LA
Charles W. Boustany R-LA
James P. Mcgovern D-MA
Barney Frank D-MA
Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
Edward John Markey D-MA
William R. Keating D-MA
Andy Harris R-MD
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
Chellie Pingree D-ME
Michael H. Michaud D-ME
Bill Huizenga R-MI
David Lee Camp R-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
Tim Walberg R-MI
Mike Rogers R-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
Hansen Clarke D-MI
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Tim Walz D-MN
John Kline R-MN
Erik Paulsen R-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Keith Ellison D-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
W. Todd Akin R-MO
Russ Carnahan D-MO
Vicky Hartzler R-MO
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
Billy Long R-MO
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO
Gregg Harper R-MS
Steven Palazzo R-MS
Denny Rehberg R-MT
Renee Ellmers R-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
Rick Berg R-ND
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
Adrian Smith R-NE
Frank Guinta R-NH
Charles Foster Bass R-NH
Jon Runyan R-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Scott Garrett R-NJ
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Steven Rothman D-NJ
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
Rush Holt D-NJ
Stevan Pearce R-NM
Ben Ray Luján D-NM
Shelley Berkley D-NV
Mark E. Amodei R-NV
Peter T. King R-NY
Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
Joseph Crowley D-NY
Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
Robert L. Turner R-NY
Yvette Diane Clarke D-NY
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
José E. Serrano D-NY
Nan Hayworth R-NY
Paul Tonko D-NY
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
Ann Marie Buerkle R-NY
Kathleen C. Hochul D-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Steve Chabot R-OH
Jean Schmidt R-OH
Robert E. Latta R-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Steven C. Latourette R-OH
Bob Gibbs R-OH
John Sullivan R-OK
Daniel David Boren D-OK
Frank D. Lucas R-OK
Tom Cole R-OK
James Lankford R-OK
Earl Blumenauer D-OR
Kurt Schrader D-OR
Chaka Fattah D-PA
Mike Kelly R-PA
Glenn Thompson R-PA
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
Lou Barletta R-PA
Mark S. Critz D-PA
Michael F. Doyle D-PA
Charles W. Dent R-PA
Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
Timothy Murphy R-PA
Todd Platts R-PA
James Langevin D-RI
Tim Scott R-SC
Joe Wilson R-SC
Jeff Duncan R-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Kristi Noem R-SD
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
Chuck Fleischmann R-TN
Scott Desjarlais R-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Diane Black R-TN
Marsha Blackburn R-TN
Stephen Lee Fincher R-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
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
Al Green D-TX
Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
K. Michael Conaway R-TX
William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
Silvestre Reyes D-TX
Bill Flores R-TX
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
Randy Neugebauer R-TX
Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Francisco (Quico) Canseco R-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Blake Farenthold R-TX
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
John R. Carter R-TX
Pete Sessions R-TX
Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
Jason Chaffetz R-UT
Robert J. Wittman R-VA
E. Scott Rigell R-VA
Robert C. Scott D-VA
J. Randy Forbes R-VA
Robert Hurt R-VA
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
Gerald E. (Gerry) Connolly D-VA
Peter Welch D-VT
Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
David G. Reichert R-WA
Paul D. Ryan R-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
David Mckinley R-WV
Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Justin Amash R-MI
William Owens D-NY

Did not vote

Terri Sewell D-AL
Paul Gosar R-AZ
Ed Pastor D-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
Ron Barber D-AZ
Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
George Miller D-CA
John Garamendi D-CA
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
Jim Costa D-CA
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
Xavier Becerra D-CA
Jane L. Harman D-CA
Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
Bob Filner D-CA
Jared Polis D-CO
Doug Lamborn R-CO
Corrine Brown D-FL
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
Daniel A. Webster R-FL
Connie Mack IV R-FL
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
John R. Lewis D-GA
Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
Phil Gingrey R-GA
Bruce Braley D-IA
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
Danny K. Davis D-IL
Joe Walsh R-IL
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
Aaron Schock R-IL
John M. Shimkus R-IL
Joe Donnelly D-IN
Todd Rokita R-IN
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
Mike Pence R-IN
Thomas Massie R-KY
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
John F. Tierney D-MA
Candice S. Miller R-MI
David Alan Curson D-MI
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
Michele Bachmann R-MN
Samuel Graves R-MO
Alan Nunnelee R-MS
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Howard Coble R-NC
Sue Myrick R-NC
Heath Shuler D-NC
Donald Payne Jr. D-NJ
Martin Heinrich D-NM
Dean Heller R-NV
Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
Nita M. Lowey D-NY
Richard Hanna R-NY
Christopher John Lee R-NY
Jim Jordan R-OH
Steve Austria R-OH
John Andrew Boehner R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
Jim Renacci R-OH
David Wu D-OR
Suzanne Bonamici D-OR
Jim Gerlach R-PA
Thomas A. Marino R-PA
Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA
David N. Cicilline D-RI
Trey Gowdy R-SC
Louie Gohmert R-TX
Kay Granger R-TX
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
Pete Olson R-TX
Kenny Marchant R-TX
Eric Cantor R-VA
James P. Moran D-VA
H. Morgan Griffith R-VA
Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
Suzan K. Delbene D-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Tammy Baldwin D-WI
Ron Kind D-WI
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
Sean Duffy R-WI

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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