H.Res. 847, 110th Congress
Recognizing the importance of Christmas and the Christian faith.
Sponsor
Latest action
Dec 11, 2007On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 372 - 9, 10 Present (Roll no. 1143). (text: CR H15233)
CRS summary
As of Dec 11, 2007Passed House amended
Recognizes the Christian faith as one of the great religions of the world.
Acknowledges: (1) the international religious and historical importance of Christmas and the Christian faith; and (2) the role of Christians and Christianity in the founding of the United States and in the formation of the western civilization.
Rejects bigotry and persecution directed against Christians.
Expresses support for and respect to Christians in the United States and throughout the world.
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Roll-call votes
1 on recordDec 11, 2007 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended
Full roll call195 of 431 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.
Yea: 372 (105 D · 99 R)
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| PORTER, Jon C. | NV |
| RAMSTAD, James | MN |
| DAVIS, David | TN |
| CASTLE, Michael Newbold | DE |
| WELLER, Gerald C. | IL |
| SHADEGG, John B. | AZ |
| BARTLETT, Roscoe Gardner | MD |
| BOREN, Daniel David | OK |
| CHANDLER, A. B. | KY |
| CARDOZA, Dennis A. | CA |
| MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby | WV |
| ALLEN, Thomas H. | ME |
| PETERSON, John | PA |
| WATT, Melvin L. | NC |
| LEWIS, Charles Jeremy | CA |
| DRAKE, Thelma D. | VA |
| PUTNAM, Adam | FL |
| FOSSELLA, Vito John | NY |
| MCCRERY, James O., III | LA |
| LAHOOD, Ray H. | IL |
| LaTOURETTE, Steven C. | OH |
| SESTAK, Joe | PA |
| FALLIN, Mary | OK |
| BERMAN, Howard Lawrence | CA |
| EHLERS, Vernon James | MI |
| AKIN, W. Todd | MO |
| GORDON, Barton Jennings | TN |
| LINDER, John Elmer | GA |
| RENZI, Rick | AZ |
| KLEIN, Ron | FL |
| JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr. | IL |
| MOORE, Dennis | KS |
| ROTHMAN, Steven | NJ |
| KILPATRICK, Carolyn Cheeks | MI |
| SHULER, Heath | NC |
| HARE, Phil | IL |
| REYES, Silvestre | TX |
| BILBRAY, Brian P. | CA |
| RICHARDSON, Laura | CA |
| DOOLITTLE, John Taylor | CA |
| BROWN-WAITE, Virginia | FL |
| HOBSON, David Lee | OH |
| MAHONEY, Tim | FL |
| OBEY, David Ross | WI |
| HALL, John | NY |
| WATSON, Diane Edith | CA |
| WILSON, Charlie | OH |
| LAMPSON, Nicholas V. | TX |
| KUHL, John R. (Randy), Jr. | NY |
| KAGEN, Steven | WI |
| TAUSCHER, Ellen O'Kane | CA |
| ELLSWORTH, Brad | IN |
| SALI, William | ID |
| SOUDER, Mark Edward | IN |
| TANNER, John S. | TN |
| SHAYS, Christopher H. | CT |
| DAVIS, Thomas M., III | VA |
| KELLER, Richard | FL |
| MANZULLO, Donald A. | IL |
| REYNOLDS, Thomas M. | NY |
| BROWN, Henry Edward, Jr. | SC |
| INGLIS, Robert Durden | SC |
| KUCINICH, Dennis | OH |
| BIGGERT, Judy Borg | IL |
| RADANOVICH, George P. | CA |
| McCOTTER, Thaddeus George | MI |
| MUSGRAVE, Marilyn N | CO |
| MILLER, Brad | NC |
| TAYLOR, Gary Eugene | MS |
| SULLIVAN, John | OK |
| ORTIZ, Solomon P. | TX |
| WILSON, Heather | NM |
| SOLIS, Hilda L. | CA |
| BOUCHER, Frederick C. | VA |
| KNOLLENBERG, Joseph | MI |
| RODRIGUEZ, Ciro D. | TX |
| OBERSTAR, James Louis | MN |
| BEAN, Melissa L. | IL |
| BOYD, F. Allen, Jr. | FL |
| TOWNS, Edolphus | NY |
| SCHMIDT, Jean | OH |
| DELAHUNT, Bill | MA |
| DREIER, David Timothy | CA |
| HINCHEY, Maurice Dunlea | NY |
| BERKLEY, Shelley | NV |
| HARMAN, Jane L. | CA |
| HERSETH SANDLIN, Stephanie | SD |
| GILCHREST, Wayne Thomas | MD |
| MARSHALL, Jim | GA |
| YOUNG, Charles William | FL |
| DAVIS, Artur | AL |
| CANTOR, Eric | VA |
| REHBERG, Denny | MT |
| BARRETT, James Gresham | SC |
| SPACE, Zack | OH |
| BACA, Joe | CA |
| MURPHY, Patrick | PA |
| INSLEE, Jay Robert | WA |
| PLATTS, Todd | PA |
| STEARNS, Clifford Bundy | FL |
| SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IV | MO |
| WU, David | OR |
| CANNON, Christopher B. | UT |
| ABERCROMBIE, Neil | HI |
| BOYDA, Nancy | KS |
| MACK, Connie, IV | FL |
| HULSHOF, Kenny | MO |
| REGULA, Ralph Straus | OH |
| PICKERING, Charles W. (Chip), Jr. | MS |
| DAVIS, Lincoln | TN |
| GOODE, Virgil H., Jr. | VA |
| KILDEE, Dale Edward | MI |
| COSTELLO, Jerry Francis | IL |
| SPRATT, John McKee, Jr. | SC |
| SUTTON, Betty | OH |
| LEWIS, Ron | KY |
| CRAMER, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. | AL |
| HOLDEN, Thomas Timothy | PA |
| ROSS, Michael Avery | AR |
| WAMP, Zachary Paul | TN |
| CARNAHAN, Russ | MO |
| MEEK, Kendrick B. | FL |
| POMEROY, Earl Ralph, III | ND |
| ALTMIRE, Jason | PA |
| HOEKSTRA, Peter | MI |
| ETHERIDGE, Bobby R. | NC |
| STUPAK, Bart T. | MI |
| FEENEY, Tom | FL |
| KENNEDY, Patrick Joseph | RI |
| EMERSON, Jo Ann | MO |
| KANJORSKI, Paul E. | PA |
| SNYDER, Victor F. | AR |
| MYRICK, Sue | NC |
| JEFFERSON, William Jennings | LA |
| LUNGREN, Daniel Edward | CA |
| DEAL, John Nathan | GA |
| MITCHELL, Harry E. | AZ |
| BURTON, Danny Lee | IN |
| ARCURI, Michael | NY |
| WEINER, Anthony D. | NY |
| HODES, Paul | NH |
| ENGLISH, Philip Sheridan | PA |
| JONES, Stephanie Tubbs | OH |
| FILNER, Bob | CA |
| EDWARDS, Thomas Chester | TX |
| BERRY, Robert Marion | AR |
| ANDREWS, Robert Ernest | NJ |
| DIAZ-BALART, Lincoln | FL |
| WALSH, James T. | NY |
| GIFFORDS, Gabrielle | AZ |
| EMANUEL, Rahm | IL |
| BONO, Mary | CA |
| WELDON, David Joseph | FL |
| DAVIS, Geoffrey C. | KY |
| HERGER, Walter William | CA |
| McNULTY, Michael Robert | NY |
| GALLEGLY, Elton W. | CA |
| MELANCON, Charles J. | LA |
| HILL, Baron P. | IN |
| BAKER, Richard Hugh | LA |
| OLVER, John Walter | MA |
| GONZALEZ, Charles A. | TX |
| BONNER, Jr., Josiah Robins | AL |
| HAYES, Robert Cannon | NC |
| SAXTON, Hugh James | NJ |
| BAIRD, Brian | WA |
| TIAHRT, Todd | KS |
| CARNEY, Chris | PA |
| Ed Pastor | AZ |
| Raúl M. Grijalva | AZ |
| Adam B. Schiff | CA |
| Anna G. Eshoo | CA |
| Brad Sherman | CA |
| Doris O. Matsui | CA |
| George Miller | CA |
| Grace F. Napolitano | CA |
| Henry A. Waxman | CA |
| Jerry McNerney | CA |
| Jim Costa | CA |
| Linda T. Sánchez | CA |
| Lois Capps | CA |
| Loretta Sanchez | CA |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | CA |
| Maxine Waters | CA |
| Michael M. Honda | CA |
| Mike Thompson | CA |
| Sam Farr | CA |
| Susan A. Davis | CA |
| Xavier Becerra | CA |
| Ed Perlmutter | CO |
| Mark Udall | CO |
| Christopher Murphy | CT |
| Joe Courtney | CT |
| John B. Larson | CT |
| Kathy Castor | FL |
| David Scott | GA |
| Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | GA |
| John Barrow | GA |
| John Lewis | GA |
| Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | GA |
| Mazie K. Hirono | HI |
| Bruce L. Braley | IA |
| David Loebsack | IA |
| Daniel Lipinski | IL |
| Luis V. Gutiérrez | IL |
| Joe Donnelly | IN |
| Peter J. Visclosky | IN |
| Edward J. Markey | MA |
| James P. McGovern | MA |
| John F. Tierney | MA |
| Michael E. Capuano | MA |
| Niki Tsongas | MA |
| Richard E. Neal | MA |
| Stephen F. Lynch | MA |
| C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | MD |
| Chris Van Hollen | MD |
| Elijah E. Cummings | MD |
| John P. Sarbanes | MD |
| Steny H. Hoyer | MD |
| Michael H. Michaud | ME |
| John D. Dingell | MI |
| Sander M. Levin | MI |
| Betty McCollum | MN |
| Collin C. Peterson | MN |
| Keith Ellison | MN |
| Timothy J. Walz | MN |
| Wm. Lacy Clay | MO |
| Bennie G. Thompson | MS |
| David E. Price | NC |
| G. K. Butterfield | NC |
| Mike McIntyre | NC |
| Carol Shea-Porter | NH |
| Albio Sires | NJ |
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | NJ |
| Frank Pallone, Jr. | NJ |
| Tom Udall | NM |
| Brian Higgins | NY |
| Carolyn B. Maloney | NY |
| Carolyn McCarthy | NY |
| Charles B. Rangel | NY |
| Eliot L. Engel | NY |
| Gregory W. Meeks | NY |
| Jerrold Nadler | NY |
| José E. Serrano | NY |
| Joseph Crowley | NY |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | NY |
| Louise McIntosh Slaughter | NY |
| Nita M. Lowey | NY |
| Nydia M. Velázquez | NY |
| Steve Israel | NY |
| Timothy H. Bishop | NY |
| Marcy Kaptur | OH |
| Earl Blumenauer | OR |
| Peter A. DeFazio | OR |
| Chaka Fattah | PA |
| Michael F. Doyle | PA |
| Robert A. Brady | PA |
| James R. Langevin | RI |
| James E. Clyburn | SC |
| Jim Cooper | TN |
| Steve Cohen | TN |
| Al Green | TX |
| Eddie Bernice Johnson | TX |
| Gene Green | TX |
| Henry Cuellar | TX |
| Lloyd Doggett | TX |
| Rubén Hinojosa | TX |
| Sheila Jackson Lee | TX |
| James P. Moran | VA |
| Adam Smith | WA |
| Rick Larsen | WA |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI |
| Nick J. Rahall II | WV |
| Don Young | AK |
| Mike Rogers | AL |
| Robert B. Aderholt | AL |
| Spencer Bachus | AL |
| John Boozman | AR |
| Jeff Flake | AZ |
| Trent Franks | AZ |
| Dana Rohrabacher | CA |
| Darrell Issa | CA |
| Devin Nunes | CA |
| Edward R. Royce | CA |
| John Campbell | CA |
| Ken Calvert | CA |
| Kevin McCarthy | CA |
| Doug Lamborn | CO |
| Ander Crenshaw | FL |
| Gus M. Bilirakis | FL |
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | FL |
| John L. Mica | FL |
| Mario Diaz-Balart | FL |
| Vern Buchanan | FL |
| Jack Kingston | GA |
| Lynn A. Westmoreland | GA |
| Paul C. Broun | GA |
| Phil Gingrey | GA |
| Tom Price | GA |
| Tom Latham | IA |
| Michael K. Simpson | ID |
| John Shimkus | IL |
| Mark Kirk | IL |
| Peter J. Roskam | IL |
| Jerry Moran | KS |
| Ed Whitfield | KY |
| Harold Rogers | KY |
| Charles W. Boustany Jr. | LA |
| Candice S. Miller | MI |
| Dave Camp | MI |
| Fred Upton | MI |
| Mike Rogers | MI |
| Tim Walberg | MI |
| John Kline | MN |
| Michele Bachmann | MN |
| Roy Blunt | MO |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS |
| Howard Coble | NC |
| Patrick T. McHenry | NC |
| Virginia Foxx | NC |
| Walter B. Jones | NC |
| Adrian Smith | NE |
| Jeff Fortenberry | NE |
| Lee Terry | NE |
| Christopher H. Smith | NJ |
| Frank A. LoBiondo | NJ |
| Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | NJ |
| Scott Garrett | NJ |
| Stevan Pearce | NM |
| Dean Heller | NV |
| Peter T. King | NY |
| Jim Jordan | OH |
| John A. Boehner | OH |
| Michael R. Turner | OH |
| Patrick J. Tiberi | OH |
| Steve Chabot | OH |
| Tom Cole | OK |
| Greg Walden | OR |
| Bill Shuster | PA |
| Charles W. Dent | PA |
| Jim Gerlach | PA |
| Joseph R. Pitts | PA |
| Tim Murphy | PA |
| Joe Wilson | SC |
| John J. Duncan, Jr. | TN |
| Marsha Blackburn | TN |
| Jeb Hensarling | TX |
| Joe Barton | TX |
| John Abney Culberson | TX |
| John R. Carter | TX |
| K. Michael Conaway | TX |
| Kay Granger | TX |
| Kevin Brady | TX |
| Lamar Smith | TX |
| Louie Gohmert | TX |
| Mac Thornberry | TX |
| Michael C. Burgess | TX |
| Michael T. McCaul | TX |
| Ralph M. Hall | TX |
| Randy Neugebauer | TX |
| Sam Johnson | TX |
| Ted Poe | TX |
| Rob Bishop | UT |
| Bob Goodlatte | VA |
| Frank R. Wolf | VA |
| J. Randy Forbes | VA |
| Cathy McMorris Rodgers | WA |
| David G. Reichert | WA |
| Doc Hastings | WA |
| F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | WI |
| Thomas E. Petri | WI |
| Shelley Moore Capito | WV |
Nay: 9 (6 D)
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr. | CA |
| WOOLSEY, Lynn C. | CA |
| ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard | NY |
| Barbara Lee | CA |
| Diana DeGette | CO |
| Alcee L. Hastings | FL |
| Yvette D. Clarke | NY |
| Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | VA |
| Jim McDermott | WA |
Present: 10 (7 D)
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| FRANK, Barney | MA |
| PAYNE, Donald Milford | NJ |
| PENCE, Mike | IN |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz | FL |
| Janice D. Schakowsky | IL |
| John A. Yarmuth | KY |
| John Conyers, Jr. | MI |
| Rush Holt | NJ |
| Allyson Y. Schwartz | PA |
| Peter Welch | VT |
Not Voting: 40 (10 D · 9 R)
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| DICKS, Norman DeValois | WA |
| ALEXANDER, Rodney | LA |
| BUYER, Stephen Earle | IN |
| WEXLER, Robert | FL |
| JOHNSON, Timothy V. | IL |
| TANCREDO, Thomas G. | CO |
| HOOLEY, Darlene | OR |
| FERGUSON, Michael | NJ |
| LANTOS, Thomas Peter | CA |
| SALAZAR, John | CO |
| MURTHA, John Patrick, Jr. | PA |
| McHUGH, John Michael | NY |
| PAUL, Ronald Ernest | TX |
| BOSWELL, Leonard L. | IA |
| CUBIN, Barbara L. | WY |
| EVERETT, Robert Terry | AL |
| JINDAL, Bobby | LA |
| WYNN, Albert Russell | MD |
| HUNTER, Duncan Lee | CA |
| PRYCE, Deborah D. | OH |
| CARSON, Julia May | IN |
| Zoe Lofgren | CA |
| Rosa L. DeLauro | CT |
| Corrine Brown | FL |
| Bobby L. Rush | IL |
| Danny K. Davis | IL |
| Emanuel Cleaver | MO |
| Tim Ryan | OH |
| Jim Matheson | UT |
| Gwen Moore | WI |
| Ron Kind | WI |
| Gary G. Miller | CA |
| Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | CA |
| Jeff Miller | FL |
| Steve King | IA |
| Sam Graves | MO |
| Frank D. Lucas | OK |
| Kenny Marchant | TX |
| Pete Sessions | TX |
| Paul D. Ryan | WI |
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