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The resolution, sponsored by Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, was approved 378-0.

Abercrombie, who knew Obama's father, is well aware of the birther issue, having grumbled about the "black helicopter" crowd in an interview with the St. Petersburg Times earlier this year.

The seven lawmakers who joined three other Republicans in signing onto Florida Republican Bill Posey's bill on birth certificates but who also voted for the Hawaii resolution are Posey, Marsha Blackburn of Tennesee, Dan Burton of Indiana, Robert W. Goodlatte of Virginia and John Culberson, Ted Poe and Randy Neugebauer, all three of Texas.

Three of the birther-bill cosponsors -- Reps. John Carter and Kenny Marchant of Texas and John Campbell of California -- did not vote. Carter and Marchant were absent, and Campbell missed the vote, the first in a series of Monday votes. He was delayed by a late flight into Washington, his spokesman said.

Posey has insisted his bill is not about Obama, but other lawmakers, pointing to the actions of grassroots birthers, contend the measure has stoked conspiracy theories about Obama's citizenship.

(h/t CQ's Ed Epstein)