On Approving the Journal

On Feb 14, 2012, the House voted 303–89 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 176–44, Democrats 127–45. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 89 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: 303
No: 89
Did not vote: 52
Date: Feb 14, 2012

By party

Republicans176 yes · 44 no · 24 didn’t vote
Democrats127 yes · 45 no · 28 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK voted no
Tim Griffin R-AR voted no
Ben Quayle R-AZ voted no
Ed Pastor D-AZ voted no
Michael Thompson D-CA voted no
Doris Matsui D-CA voted no
Barbara Lee D-CA voted no
Jim Costa D-CA voted no
Linda T. Sánchez D-CA voted no
Scott Tipton R-CO voted no
Mike Coffman R-CO voted no
Joe Courtney D-CT voted no
Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL voted no
Ander Crenshaw R-FL voted no
Kathy Castor D-FL voted no
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted no
Sandra (Sandy) Adams R-FL voted no
Rob Woodall R-GA voted no
Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL voted no
Robert Dold R-IL voted no
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
Bobby Schilling R-IL voted no
Aaron Schock R-IL voted no
Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
Joe Donnelly D-IN voted no
Kevin Yoder R-KS voted no
Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY voted no
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY voted no
John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA voted no
James P. Mcgovern 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
John Sarbanes D-MD voted no
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD voted no
Dan Benishek R-MI voted no
Tim Walberg R-MI voted no
Gary C. Peters D-MI voted no
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI voted no
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
Chip Cravaack R-MN voted no
Vicky Hartzler R-MO voted no
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO voted no
Samuel Graves R-MO voted no
Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC voted no
Lee Raymond Terry R-NE voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
Scott Garrett R-NJ voted no
Stevan Pearce R-NM voted no
Joe Heck R-NV voted no
Timothy H. Bishop D-NY voted no
Edolphus Towns D-NY voted no
Yvette Diane Clarke D-NY voted no
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted no
Christopher Gibson R-NY voted no
Richard Hanna R-NY voted no
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY voted no
Thomas W. Reed II R-NY voted no
Bill Johnson R-OH voted no
Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
Betty Sutton D-OH voted no
Jim Renacci R-OH voted no
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH voted no
Daniel David Boren D-OK voted no
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted no
Robert A. Brady D-PA voted no
Michael G. Fitzpatrick R-PA voted no
Mark S. Critz D-PA voted no
Timothy Murphy R-PA voted no
Ted Poe R-TX voted no
K. Michael Conaway R-TX voted no
Bill Flores R-TX voted no
Kenny Marchant R-TX voted no
Michael C. Burgess R-TX voted no
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted no
Pete Sessions R-TX voted no
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted no

And 9 more.

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
Terri Sewell D-AL
Rick Crawford 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
Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
Tom Mcclintock R-CA
Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
George Miller D-CA
Nancy Pelosi 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
Jeff Denham R-CA
Devin Nunes R-CA
Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
Lois Capps D-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
Karen Bass D-CA
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
Maxine Waters D-CA
Janice Hahn 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
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
Duncan Duane Hunter R-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Jared Polis D-CO
Doug Lamborn R-CO
Ed Perlmutter D-CO
John B. Larson D-CT
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
James A. Himes D-CT
Christopher Murphy D-CT
John C. Carney Jr. D-DE
Steve Southerland R-FL
Corrine Brown D-FL
Richard Nugent R-FL
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
John L. Mica R-FL
Daniel A. Webster R-FL
Gus Bilirakis R-FL
Dennis Ross R-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Connie Mack IV R-FL
Bill Posey R-FL
Thomas J. Rooney 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
Hank Johnson D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
Tom Price R-GA
Austin Scott R-GA
Tom Graves R-GA
Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
Phil Gingrey R-GA
John Barrow D-GA
David Scott D-GA
Colleen Hanabusa D-HI
Bruce Braley D-IA
Dave Loebsack D-IA
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
Steve King R-IA
Raúl R. Labrador R-ID
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Mike Quigley D-IL
Peter Roskam R-IL
Adam Kinzinger R-IL
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
Randy Hultgren R-IL
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
John M. Shimkus R-IL
Marlin Stutzman R-IN
Todd Rokita R-IN
Mike Pence 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
Brett Guthrie R-KY
John Yarmuth D-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
Barney Frank D-MA
John F. Tierney 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
Mike Rogers R-MI
Candice S. Miller 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
Michele Bachmann R-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
W. Todd Akin R-MO
Russ Carnahan D-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
Renee Ellmers R-NC
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
David Eugene Price D-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
Brad Miller D-NC
Rick Berg R-ND
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
Adrian Smith R-NE
Charles Foster Bass R-NH
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
Jon Runyan R-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
Leonard Lance R-NJ
Steven Rothman D-NJ
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
Rush Holt D-NJ
Ben Ray Luján D-NM
Shelley Berkley D-NV
Mark E. Amodei R-NV
Steve Israel D-NY
Peter T. King R-NY
Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
Gary Leonard Ackerman 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
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
Nita M. Lowey D-NY
Nan Hayworth R-NY
Paul Tonko D-NY
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
William Owens D-NY
Ann Marie Buerkle R-NY
Kathleen C. Hochul D-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Steve Chabot R-OH
Jean Schmidt R-OH
Michael R. Turner R-OH
Robert E. Latta R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Bob Gibbs R-OH
John Sullivan R-OK
Frank D. Lucas R-OK
Tom Cole R-OK
James Lankford R-OK
Suzanne Bonamici D-OR
Greg Walden R-OR
Earl Blumenauer D-OR
Kurt Schrader D-OR
Chaka Fattah D-PA
Mike Kelly R-PA
Jason Altmire D-PA
Glenn Thompson R-PA
Patrick Meehan R-PA
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
Thomas A. Marino R-PA
Lou Barletta R-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
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
James Enos Clyburn D-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
Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
Al Green D-TX
Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
Kay Granger R-TX
William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
Silvestre Reyes D-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
Blake Farenthold R-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
John R. Carter R-TX
Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
Jason Chaffetz R-UT
E. Scott Rigell 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
Gerald E. (Gerry) Connolly D-VA
Peter Welch D-VT
Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
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
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

Paul Gosar R-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
Ron Barber D-AZ
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
Jane L. Harman D-CA
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
Loretta Sanchez D-CA
John Campbell R-CA
Bob Filner D-CA
Cory Gardner R-CO
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Mazie Hirono D-HI
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
Danny K. Davis D-IL
Joe Walsh R-IL
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
Thomas Massie R-KY
Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
David Alan Curson D-MI
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Heath Shuler D-NC
Frank Guinta R-NH
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Donald Payne Jr. D-NJ
Albio Sires D-NJ
Martin Heinrich D-NM
Dean Heller R-NV
Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
José E. Serrano D-NY
Christopher John Lee R-NY
Jim Jordan R-OH
Steve Austria R-OH
John Andrew Boehner R-OH
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
Steven C. Latourette R-OH
Steve Stivers R-OH
David Wu D-OR
Jim Gerlach R-PA
Kristi Noem R-SD
Louie Gohmert R-TX
John Culberson R-TX
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Robert C. Scott D-VA
Suzan K. Delbene D-WA
Sean Duffy R-WI

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “On Approving the Journal: House Vote, Feb 14, 2012,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/112-H-993/on-approving-the-journal (accessed 2026-10-13).