Rural Housing and Economic Development Improvement Act of 2007

On Jul 16, 2007, the House voted 350–49 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended” (HR 1982). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 216–0, Republicans 134–49. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 49 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: 350
No: 49
Did not vote: 54
Date: Jul 16, 2007

By party

Republicans134 yes · 49 no · 24 didn’t vote
Democrats216 yes · 0 no · 30 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
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA voted no
David Timothy Dreier R-CA voted no
Edward Randall Royce R-CA voted no
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA voted no
John Campbell R-CA voted no
Darrell Issa R-CA voted no
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted no
Doug Lamborn R-CO voted no
Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL voted no
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL voted no
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
David Joseph Weldon R-FL voted no
Tom Feeney R-FL voted no
Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA voted no
John Nathan Deal R-GA voted no
Phil Gingrey R-GA voted no
Steve King R-IA voted no
William Sali R-ID voted no
Peter Roskam R-IL voted no
John Dennis Hastert R-IL voted no
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL voted no
Mike Pence R-IN voted no
Michele Bachmann R-MN voted no
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC voted no
Howard Coble R-NC voted no
Scott Garrett R-NJ voted no
Steve Chabot R-OH voted no
Jim Jordan R-OH voted no
Joe Wilson R-SC voted no
James Gresham Barrett R-SC voted no
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC voted no
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted no
Marsha Blackburn R-TN voted no
Ted Poe R-TX voted no
Sam Johnson R-TX voted no
Jeb Hensarling R-TX voted no
Joe Linus Barton R-TX voted no
John Culberson R-TX voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
John R. Carter R-TX voted no
Pete Sessions R-TX voted no
Virgil H. Goode Jr. R-VA voted no
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA voted no
Eric Cantor R-VA voted no
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI voted no
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
Laura Richardson D-CA
Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
Corrine Brown D-FL
Ander Crenshaw R-FL
Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
Jack Kingston R-GA
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
Bill Foster D-IL
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
André Carson D-IN
Todd Tiahrt R-KS
Bobby Jindal R-LA
Steve Scalise R-LA
Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. D-LA
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
Peter Hoekstra R-MI
W. Todd Akin R-MO
Travis W. Childers D-MS
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Sue Myrick R-NC
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Vito John Fossella R-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
Robert E. Latta R-OH
Dennis Kucinich D-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
John Peterson R-PA
Luis G. Fortuño R-PR
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Jo Ann Davis R-VA
Robert J. Wittman R-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
Steven Kagen D-WI
Barbara L. Cubin R-WY

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “Rural Housing and Economic Development…: House Vote, Jul 16, 2007,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/110-H-625/rural-housing-and-economic-development-improvement-act-of-2007 (accessed 2026-10-17).