On Approving the Journal

On Dec 8, 2011, the House voted 312–94 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 193–38, Democrats 119–56. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 94 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: 312
No: 94
Did not vote: 38
Date: Dec 8, 2011

By party

Republicans193 yes · 38 no · 13 didn’t vote
Democrats119 yes · 56 no · 25 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Donald Edwin Young R-AK 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
Doris Matsui D-CA voted no
George Miller D-CA voted no
Barbara Lee D-CA voted no
Mike Honda D-CA voted no
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA voted no
Jim Costa D-CA voted no
Judy Chu D-CA voted no
Karen Bass D-CA voted no
Linda T. Sánchez D-CA voted no
Loretta Sanchez D-CA voted no
Bob Filner D-CA voted no
Scott Tipton R-CO voted no
Cory Gardner R-CO voted no
Thomas J. Rooney R-FL voted no
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted no
John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
Rob Woodall R-GA voted no
Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted no
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL voted no
Robert Dold R-IL voted no
Adam Kinzinger 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
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY voted no
John Walter Olver 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
William R. Keating D-MA voted no
Andy Harris R-MD voted no
John Sarbanes D-MD voted no
Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD voted no
Dan Benishek R-MI voted no
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI voted no
Keith Ellison D-MN 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
Heath Shuler 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
Leonard Lance R-NJ voted no
Rush Holt D-NJ voted no
Joe Heck R-NV voted no
Timothy H. Bishop D-NY voted no
Peter T. King R-NY voted no
Charles B. Rangel 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
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
Jim Renacci R-OH voted no
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH voted no
Daniel David Boren D-OK 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

And 14 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
Tim Griffin R-AR
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
Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
John Garamendi D-CA
Jerry Mcnerney D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Anna Georges Eshoo 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
Lucille Roybal-Allard 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
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
John Campbell 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
Doug Lamborn R-CO
Mike Coffman R-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
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
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
Allen West R-FL
Sandra (Sandy) Adams 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
Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA
Phil Gingrey R-GA
John Barrow D-GA
David Scott D-GA
Colleen Hanabusa D-HI
Mazie Hirono 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
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
Mike Quigley D-IL
Peter Roskam 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
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
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
John F. Tierney D-MA
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
Gary C. Peters D-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
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
W. Todd Akin R-MO
Russ Carnahan D-MO
Vicky Hartzler R-MO
Emanuel Cleaver II D-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
Howard Coble R-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
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Steven Rothman D-NJ
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
Albio Sires D-NJ
Martin Heinrich D-NM
Stevan Pearce R-NM
Ben Ray Luján D-NM
Shelley Berkley D-NV
Mark E. Amodei R-NV
Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
Joseph Crowley D-NY
Robert L. Turner R-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Yvette Diane Clarke D-NY
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
Michael G. Grimm R-NY
Carolyn Bosher Maloney 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
Brian Higgins D-NY
Steve Chabot R-OH
Jean Schmidt R-OH
Jim Jordan R-OH
Robert E. Latta R-OH
Steve Austria R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
Steven C. Latourette R-OH
Steve Stivers R-OH
Bob Gibbs R-OH
John Sullivan R-OK
Tom Cole R-OK
James Lankford R-OK
Kurt Schrader D-OR
Chaka Fattah D-PA
Mike Kelly R-PA
Glenn Thompson R-PA
Jim Gerlach R-PA
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
Thomas A. Marino R-PA
Lou Barletta R-PA
Mark S. Critz D-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
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
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
Kay Granger 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
Pete Olson R-TX
Francisco (Quico) Canseco R-TX
Kenny Marchant R-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Blake Farenthold R-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
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 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
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

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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