On Approving the Journal

On Jan 18, 2012, the House voted 292–120 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 197–37, Democrats 95–83. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 120 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: 292
No: 120
Did not vote: 32
Date: Jan 18, 2012

By party

Republicans197 yes · 37 no · 10 didn’t vote
Democrats95 yes · 83 no · 22 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Rick Crawford R-AR voted no
Tim Griffin R-AR voted no
Ben Quayle R-AZ voted no
Ed Pastor D-AZ voted no
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ voted no
Michael Thompson D-CA voted no
Nancy Pelosi D-CA voted no
Barbara Lee D-CA voted no
John Garamendi D-CA voted no
Mike Honda D-CA voted no
Jim Costa D-CA voted no
Lois Capps D-CA voted no
Karen Bass D-CA voted no
Janice Hahn D-CA voted no
Linda T. Sánchez D-CA voted no
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted no
Loretta Sanchez D-CA voted no
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted no
Duncan Duane Hunter R-CA voted no
Jared Polis D-CO voted no
Scott Tipton R-CO voted no
Cory Gardner R-CO voted no
Mike Coffman R-CO voted no
Joe Courtney D-CT voted no
James A. Himes D-CT voted no
Kathy Castor D-FL voted no
Thomas J. Rooney R-FL voted no
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted no
Sandra (Sandy) Adams R-FL voted no
Hank Johnson D-GA voted no
John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
Rob Woodall R-GA voted no
John Barrow D-GA voted no
Bruce Braley D-IA voted no
Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted no
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL voted no
Daniel Lipinski D-IL voted no
Danny K. Davis D-IL voted no
Joe Walsh R-IL voted no
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL voted no
Robert Dold R-IL voted no
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
Joe Donnelly D-IN voted no
André Carson D-IN voted no
Kevin Yoder R-KS voted no
John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA voted no
James P. Mcgovern D-MA voted no
John F. Tierney D-MA voted no
Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
Michael Everett Capuano D-MA voted no
Stephen F. Lynch D-MA voted no
William R. Keating D-MA voted no
John Sarbanes D-MD voted no
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted no
Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD voted no
Dan Benishek R-MI voted no
Gary C. Peters D-MI voted no
Sander Martin Levin D-MI voted no
Hansen Clarke D-MI voted no
John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted no
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted no
Keith Ellison D-MN voted no
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
Chip Cravaack R-MN voted no
Russ Carnahan D-MO voted no
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO voted no
Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
Heath Shuler D-NC voted no
Brad Miller D-NC voted no
Lee Raymond Terry R-NE voted no
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
Scott Garrett R-NJ voted no
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted no
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ voted no
Steven Rothman D-NJ voted no
Rush Holt D-NJ voted no

And 40 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
Martha Roby R-AL
Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
Robert Aderholt R-AL
Mo Brooks R-AL
Terri Sewell D-AL
Steve Womack R-AR
Michael Avery Ross D-AR
Paul Gosar R-AZ
Trent Franks R-AZ
David Schweikert R-AZ
Jeff Flake R-AZ
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
Tom Mcclintock R-CA
Doris Matsui D-CA
Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
George Miller D-CA
Jerry Mcnerney D-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
Zoe Lofgren D-CA
Jeff Denham 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
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
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
Maxine Waters D-CA
Laura Richardson D-CA
Grace Flores Napolitano 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
Darrell Issa R-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Doug Lamborn R-CO
Ed Perlmutter D-CO
John B. Larson D-CT
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
Christopher Murphy D-CT
John C. Carney Jr. D-DE
Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
Steve Southerland R-FL
Corrine Brown D-FL
Ander Crenshaw R-FL
Richard Nugent R-FL
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
John L. Mica R-FL
Daniel A. Webster R-FL
Gus Bilirakis R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Dennis Ross R-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Connie Mack IV R-FL
Bill Posey R-FL
Frederica Wilson D-FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
Allen West R-FL
David Rivera R-FL
Jack Kingston R-GA
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
Tom Price R-GA
Austin Scott R-GA
Tom Graves R-GA
Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
Phil Gingrey R-GA
David Scott D-GA
Colleen Hanabusa D-HI
Mazie Hirono D-HI
Dave Loebsack D-IA
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
Steve King R-IA
Raúl R. Labrador R-ID
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
Mike Quigley D-IL
Peter Roskam R-IL
Adam Kinzinger R-IL
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
Randy Hultgren R-IL
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
Bobby Schilling R-IL
Aaron Schock R-IL
John M. Shimkus R-IL
Marlin Stutzman R-IN
Todd Rokita R-IN
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
Mike Pence R-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
Brett Guthrie R-KY
John Yarmuth D-KY
Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
Steve Scalise R-LA
Cedric Richmond D-LA
Jeff Landry R-LA
John Fleming R-LA
Rodney Alexander R-LA
Charles W. Boustany R-LA
Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
Andy Harris R-MD
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-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
Candice S. Miller R-MI
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
Tim Walz D-MN
John Kline R-MN
Erik Paulsen R-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Michele Bachmann R-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
W. Todd Akin R-MO
Vicky Hartzler R-MO
Samuel Graves R-MO
Billy Long R-MO
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO
Alan Nunnelee R-MS
Gregg Harper R-MS
Steven Palazzo R-MS
Denny Rehberg R-MT
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Renee Ellmers R-NC
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
Howard Coble R-NC
Mike Mcintyre D-NC
Larry Kissell D-NC
Sue Myrick R-NC
Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
Melvin L. Watt 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
Leonard Lance R-NJ
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
Albio Sires D-NJ
Stevan Pearce R-NM
Ben Ray Luján D-NM
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
Michael G. Grimm R-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
Nan Hayworth R-NY
Paul Tonko D-NY
William Owens D-NY
Ann Marie Buerkle R-NY
Kathleen C. Hochul D-NY
Steve Chabot R-OH
Jean Schmidt R-OH
Michael R. Turner R-OH
Jim Jordan R-OH
Robert E. Latta R-OH
Steve Austria R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
Steven C. Latourette R-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
John Sullivan R-OK
Daniel David Boren D-OK
Frank D. Lucas R-OK
Tom Cole R-OK
James Lankford R-OK
Greg Walden R-OR
Earl Blumenauer D-OR
Kurt Schrader D-OR
Mike Kelly R-PA
Jason Altmire D-PA
Glenn Thompson R-PA
Patrick Meehan R-PA
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
Lou Barletta R-PA
Mark S. Critz D-PA
Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA
Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
Timothy Murphy R-PA
Todd Platts R-PA
David N. Cicilline D-RI
James Langevin D-RI
Tim Scott R-SC
Joe Wilson R-SC
Jeff Duncan R-SC
Trey Gowdy R-SC
Mick Mulvaney R-SC
David P. (Phil) Roe R-TN
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
Kay Granger R-TX
William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
Rubén Hinojosa 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
Pete Olson R-TX
Francisco (Quico) Canseco R-TX
Kenny Marchant R-TX
Blake Farenthold R-TX
John R. Carter R-TX
Pete Sessions R-TX
Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
James David (Jim) Matheson D-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
Eric Cantor R-VA
James P. Moran D-VA
H. Morgan Griffith R-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
Gerald E. (Gerry) Connolly D-VA
Peter Welch D-VT
Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
David G. Reichert R-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Paul D. Ryan R-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
Reid Ribble 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

Did not vote

Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
Ron Barber D-AZ
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Sam Farr D-CA
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
Jane L. Harman D-CA
John Campbell R-CA
Bob Filner D-CA
Thomas Massie R-KY
Bill Cassidy R-LA
Barney Frank D-MA
David Alan Curson D-MI
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Donald Payne Jr. D-NJ
Martin Heinrich D-NM
Shelley Berkley D-NV
Dean Heller R-NV
Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
Christopher John Lee R-NY
John Andrew Boehner R-OH
David Wu D-OR
Suzanne Bonamici D-OR
Chaka Fattah D-PA
Thomas A. Marino R-PA
Kristi Noem R-SD
Louie Gohmert R-TX
Silvestre Reyes D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
Suzan K. Delbene D-WA

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “On Approving the Journal: House Vote, Jan 18, 2012,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/112-H-947/on-approving-the-journal (accessed 2026-10-13).