Wild Monongahela Act: A National Legacy for West Virginia’s Special Places

On Apr 22, 2008, the House voted 368–17 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended” (HR 5151). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 207–0, Republicans 161–17. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 members voted against their own party.

During the 110th Congress (2007–2008), George W. Bush was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Result: Passed
Yes: 368
No: 17
Did not vote: 68
Date: Apr 22, 2008

By party

Republicans161 yes · 17 no · 29 didn’t vote
Democrats207 yes · 0 no · 39 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Trent Franks R-AZ voted no
John B. Shadegg R-AZ voted no
Jeff Flake R-AZ voted no
Gary G. Miller R-CA voted no
Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO voted no
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted no
Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA voted no
Steve King R-IA voted no
John M. Shimkus R-IL voted no
Roy Blunt R-MO voted no
Howard Coble R-NC voted no
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted no
Marsha Blackburn R-TN voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
Virgil H. Goode Jr. R-VA voted no
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA voted no
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
Robert Terry Everett R-AL
Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
Robert Aderholt R-AL
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
Artur Davis D-AL
Robert Marion Berry D-AR
Victor F. Snyder D-AR
John Boozman R-AR
Michael Avery Ross D-AR
Ed Pastor D-AZ
Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ
Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
Michael Thompson D-CA
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
John Taylor Doolittle 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
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
Mike Honda D-CA
Zoe Lofgren D-CA
Sam Farr D-CA
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
George P. Radanovich R-CA
Jim Costa D-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
Hilda L. Solis 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
Edward Randall Royce R-CA
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
Joe Baca D-CA
Ken Calvert R-CA
Mary Bono R-CA
Loretta Sanchez D-CA
Darrell Issa R-CA
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
Bob Filner D-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
John Salazar D-CO
Marilyn N Musgrave R-CO
Doug Lamborn R-CO
Ed Perlmutter D-CO
John B. Larson D-CT
Joe Courtney D-CT
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
Christopher H. Shays R-CT
Christopher Murphy D-CT
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
Ander Crenshaw R-FL
John L. Mica R-FL
Richard (Ric) Keller R-FL
Gus Bilirakis R-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Connie Mack IV R-FL
David Joseph Weldon R-FL
Tim Mahoney D-FL
Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Robert Wexler D-FL
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
Ron Klein D-FL
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
Hank Johnson D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
Tom Price R-GA
John Elmer Linder R-GA
Jim Marshall D-GA
John Nathan Deal R-GA
Phil Gingrey R-GA
John Barrow D-GA
David Scott D-GA
Mazie Hirono D-HI
Bruce Braley D-IA
Dave Loebsack D-IA
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
Thomas Latham R-IA
William Sali R-ID
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Rahm Emanuel D-IL
Peter Roskam R-IL
Danny K. Davis D-IL
Melissa L. Bean D-IL
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
Bill Foster D-IL
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
Phil Hare D-IL
Ray H. Lahood R-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Joe Donnelly D-IN
Mark Edward Souder R-IN
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
Mike Pence R-IN
André Carson D-IN
Brad Ellsworth D-IN
Baron P. Hill D-IN
Jerry Moran R-KS
Nancy Boyda D-KS
Dennis Moore D-KS
Todd Tiahrt R-KS
Ron Lewis R-KY
John Yarmuth D-KY
Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
Charles J. Melancon D-LA
James O. Mccrery III R-LA
Charles W. Boustany R-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
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
John Sarbanes D-MD
Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
Thomas H. Allen D-ME
Michael H. Michaud D-ME
Bart T. Stupak D-MI
Peter Hoekstra R-MI
Vernon James Ehlers 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
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
Candice S. Miller R-MI
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-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
John Kline R-MN
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Keith Ellison D-MN
Michele Bachmann R-MN
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
W. Todd Akin R-MO
Russ Carnahan D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
Samuel Graves R-MO
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
Bennie Thompson D-MS
Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
Denny Rehberg R-MT
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
Mike Mcintyre D-NC
Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
Sue Myrick R-NC
Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
Heath Shuler D-NC
Melvin L. Watt D-NC
Brad Miller D-NC
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
Adrian Smith R-NE
Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
Paul Hodes D-NH
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Scott Garrett R-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
Michael Ferguson 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
Albio Sires D-NJ
Heather Wilson R-NM
Stevan Pearce R-NM
Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
Shelley Berkley D-NV
Dean Heller R-NV
Jon C. Porter R-NV
Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
Steve Israel D-NY
Peter T. King R-NY
Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
Joseph Crowley D-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Yvette Diane Clarke D-NY
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
Vito John Fossella R-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
José E. Serrano D-NY
Nita M. Lowey D-NY
John Hall D-NY
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
John Michael Mchugh R-NY
Michael Arcuri D-NY
James T. Walsh R-NY
Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY
Steve Chabot R-OH
Jean Schmidt R-OH
Michael R. Turner R-OH
Jim Jordan R-OH
Robert E. Latta R-OH
Charlie Wilson D-OH
David Lee Hobson R-OH
John Andrew Boehner R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Kucinich D-OH
Betty Sutton D-OH
Steven C. Latourette R-OH
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula 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
Mary Fallin R-OK
David Wu D-OR
Greg Walden R-OR
Earl Blumenauer D-OR
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
Darlene Hooley D-OR
Jason Altmire D-PA
Jim Gerlach R-PA
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. 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
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
James Langevin D-RI
Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
Joe Wilson R-SC
James Gresham Barrett R-SC
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
David Davis R-TN
Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
Lincoln Davis D-TN
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
John S. Tanner D-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Louie Gohmert R-TX
Ted Poe R-TX
Sam Johnson 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
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
Randy Neugebauer R-TX
Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
Kenny Marchant R-TX
Michael C. Burgess R-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Henry Cuellar D-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
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
Robert J. Wittman R-VA
Thelma D. Drake R-VA
Robert C. Scott D-VA
J. Randy Forbes R-VA
James P. Moran D-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
Peter Welch D-VT
Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
Brian Baird D-WA
Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
James A. Mcdermott D-WA
David G. Reichert R-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Paul D. Ryan R-WI
Tammy Baldwin D-WI
Ron Kind D-WI
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Steven Kagen D-WI
Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Barbara L. Cubin R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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