Communications, Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006

On Jun 8, 2006, the House voted 165–256 on “On Motion to Recommit with Instructions” (HR 5252). Result: Failed. By party: Republicans 2–220, Democrats 162–36, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 members voted against their own party.

During the 109th Congress (2005–2006), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Failed
Yes: 165
No: 256
Did not vote: 19
Date: Jun 8, 2006

By party

Republicans2 yes · 220 no · 14 didn’t vote
Democrats162 yes · 36 no · 5 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted no
Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted no
Michael Avery Ross D-AR voted no
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA voted no
Jim Costa D-CA voted no
Joe Baca D-CA voted no
John Salazar D-CO voted no
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL voted no
Kendrick B. Meek D-FL voted no
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted no
David Scott D-GA voted no
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted no
Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted no
Daniel Lipinski D-IL voted no
Melissa L. Bean D-IL voted no
Charles J. Melancon D-LA voted no
Albert Russell Wynn D-MD voted no
Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD voted no
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO voted no
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC voted no
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted yes
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted no
Heather Wilson R-NM voted yes
Gregory W. Meeks D-NY voted no
Edolphus Towns D-NY voted no
Daniel David Boren D-OK voted no
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD voted no
Lincoln Davis D-TN voted no
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX voted no
Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX voted no
Henry Cuellar D-TX voted no
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted no
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted no
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA voted no
Jay Robert Inslee D-WA voted no
Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA voted no
Adam Smith D-WA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
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
Robert Marion Berry D-AR
John Boozman R-AR
Michael Avery Ross D-AR
Rick Renzi R-AZ
Trent Franks R-AZ
John B. Shadegg R-AZ
John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
Jeff Flake R-AZ
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
Richard William Pombo R-CA
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
George P. Radanovich R-CA
Jim Costa D-CA
Devin Nunes R-CA
William Marshall Thomas R-CA
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
David Timothy Dreier R-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
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
John Campbell R-CA
Darrell Issa R-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
John Salazar D-CO
Marilyn N Musgrave R-CO
Joel M. Hefley R-CO
Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
Bob Beauprez R-CO
Robert (Rob) Simmons R-CT
Christopher H. Shays R-CT
Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
Ander Crenshaw R-FL
Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
John L. Mica R-FL
Richard (Ric) Keller R-FL
Michael Bilirakis R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
Adam Putnam R-FL
Katherine Harris R-FL
Connie Mack IV R-FL
David Joseph Weldon R-FL
Mark A. Foley R-FL
Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
Tom Feeney R-FL
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Tom Price R-GA
John Elmer Linder R-GA
Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
John Nathan Deal R-GA
Phil Gingrey R-GA
David Scott D-GA
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
Thomas Latham R-IA
Steve King R-IA
C. L. (Butch) Otter R-ID
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Melissa L. Bean D-IL
Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
Ray H. Lahood R-IL
John M. Shimkus R-IL
Chris Chocola R-IN
Mark Edward Souder R-IN
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
Mike Pence R-IN
John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
Michael E. Sodrel R-IN
Jerry Moran R-KS
Jim Ryun R-KS
Todd Tiahrt R-KS
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
Ron Lewis R-KY
Anne Meagher Northup R-KY
Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
Bobby Jindal R-LA
Charles J. Melancon D-LA
James O. Mccrery III R-LA
Rodney Alexander R-LA
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
Charles W. Boustany R-LA
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
Peter Hoekstra R-MI
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
David Lee Camp R-MI
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
John J. H. (Joe) Schwarz R-MI
Mike Rogers R-MI
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
Candice S. Miller R-MI
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
John Kline R-MN
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
Mark Kennedy R-MN
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
W. Todd Akin R-MO
Samuel Graves R-MO
Roy Blunt R-MO
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
Kenny Hulshof R-MO
Roger F. Wicker R-MS
Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
Denny Rehberg R-MT
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
Howard Coble R-NC
Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
Sue Myrick R-NC
Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
Thomas Osborne R-NE
Jeb Bradley R-NH
Charles Foster Bass R-NH
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Scott Garrett R-NJ
Michael Ferguson R-NJ
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
Stevan Pearce R-NM
Jon C. Porter R-NV
Peter T. King R-NY
Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Vito John Fossella R-NY
Sue W. Kelly R-NY
John E. Sweeney R-NY
Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
James T. Walsh R-NY
Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY
Steve Chabot R-OH
Jean Schmidt R-OH
Michael R. Turner R-OH
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
David Lee Hobson R-OH
John Andrew Boehner R-OH
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
Steven C. Latourette R-OH
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
Robert William Ney R-OH
John Sullivan R-OK
Daniel David Boren D-OK
Frank D. Lucas R-OK
Tom Cole R-OK
Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
Greg Walden R-OR
Philip Sheridan English R-PA
Melissa A. Hart R-PA
Jim Gerlach R-PA
Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
Michael G. Fitzpatrick R-PA
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
Don Sherwood R-PA
Charles W. Dent R-PA
Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
Timothy Murphy R-PA
Todd Platts R-PA
Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
Joe Wilson R-SC
James Gresham Barrett R-SC
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
William Lewis Jenkins R-TN
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
Lincoln Davis D-TN
Marsha Blackburn R-TN
Louie Gohmert R-TX
Ted Poe R-TX
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
Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
K. Michael Conaway R-TX
Kay Granger R-TX
William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
Randy Neugebauer R-TX
Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Henry Bonilla R-TX
Kenny Marchant R-TX
Michael C. Burgess R-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green 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
Jo Ann Davis R-VA
Thelma D. Drake R-VA
J. Randy Forbes R-VA
Virgil H. Goode Jr. R-VA
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
Eric Cantor R-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-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
Mark Green R-WI
Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
Barbara L. Cubin R-WY

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “Communications, Opportunity, Promotion, and…: House Vote, Jun 8, 2006,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/109-H-908/communications-opportunity-promotion-and-enhancement-act-of-2006 (accessed 2026-10-17).