Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008

On Oct 3, 2008, the House voted 368–28 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended” (HR 6867). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 226–0, Republicans 142–28. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 28 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: 368
No: 28
Did not vote: 57
Date: Oct 3, 2008

By party

Republicans142 yes · 28 no · 37 didn’t vote
Democrats226 yes · 0 no · 20 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
Devin Nunes R-CA voted no
Doug Lamborn R-CO voted no
Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL voted no
John Elmer Linder R-GA voted no
Paul C. Broun Jr. R-GA voted no
Phil Gingrey R-GA voted no
Steve King R-IA voted no
William Sali R-ID voted no
Michele Bachmann R-MN voted no
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC voted no
Adrian Smith R-NE voted no
Jim Jordan R-OH voted no
James Gresham Barrett R-SC voted no
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC voted no
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted no
Louie Gohmert R-TX voted no
Ted Poe R-TX voted no
John Culberson R-TX voted no
K. Michael Conaway R-TX voted no
Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
Randy Neugebauer R-TX voted no
Michael C. Burgess R-TX voted no
John R. Carter R-TX voted no
Christopher B. Cannon R-UT voted no

The bill

H.R. 6867: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008

How each representative voted: Yes

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
Robert Aderholt R-AL
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
Artur Davis D-AL
Robert Marion Berry D-AR
Victor F. Snyder D-AR
John Boozman R-AR
Michael Avery Ross D-AR
Ed Pastor D-AZ
Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ
Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ
Michael Thompson D-CA
Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
Doris Matsui D-CA
Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
George Miller D-CA
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
Barbara Lee D-CA
Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
Jerry Mcnerney D-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
Mike Honda D-CA
Zoe Lofgren D-CA
Sam Farr D-CA
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
George P. Radanovich R-CA
Jim Costa D-CA
Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
Lois Capps D-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
Hilda L. Solis D-CA
Diane Edith Watson D-CA
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
Maxine Waters D-CA
Jane L. Harman D-CA
Laura Richardson D-CA
Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis 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
Bob Filner D-CA
Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Mark Udall D-CO
John Salazar D-CO
Marilyn N Musgrave R-CO
Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
Ed Perlmutter D-CO
John B. Larson D-CT
Joe Courtney D-CT
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
Christopher H. Shays R-CT
Christopher Murphy D-CT
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
Corrine Brown 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
Gus Bilirakis R-FL
Kathy Castor D-FL
Adam Putnam R-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Connie Mack IV R-FL
Tim Mahoney D-FL
Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Robert Wexler D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
Ron Klein D-FL
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Hank Johnson D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
Tom Price R-GA
Jim Marshall D-GA
John Barrow D-GA
David Scott D-GA
Neil Abercrombie D-HI
Mazie Hirono D-HI
Bruce Braley D-IA
Dave Loebsack D-IA
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
Thomas Latham R-IA
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
Rahm Emanuel D-IL
Peter Roskam R-IL
Danny K. Davis D-IL
Melissa L. Bean D-IL
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
Bill Foster D-IL
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
Phil Hare D-IL
John M. Shimkus R-IL
Joe Donnelly D-IN
Mark Edward Souder R-IN
Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
Danny Lee Burton R-IN
Mike Pence R-IN
André Carson D-IN
Brad Ellsworth D-IN
Baron P. Hill D-IN
Jerry Moran R-KS
Nancy Boyda D-KS
Dennis Moore D-KS
Todd Tiahrt R-KS
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
John Yarmuth D-KY
Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
Steve Scalise R-LA
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
Charles J. Melancon D-LA
Rodney Alexander R-LA
Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. D-LA
Charles W. Boustany R-LA
John Walter Olver D-MA
Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
James P. Mcgovern D-MA
Barney Frank D-MA
Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA
John F. Tierney D-MA
Edward John Markey D-MA
Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
Bill Delahunt D-MA
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
John Sarbanes D-MD
Donna F. Edwards D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
Thomas H. Allen D-ME
Michael H. Michaud D-ME
Bart T. Stupak D-MI
Peter Hoekstra R-MI
Vernon James Ehlers 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
Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
Candice S. Miller R-MI
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Tim Walz D-MN
John Kline R-MN
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Keith Ellison D-MN
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
W. Todd Akin R-MO
Russ Carnahan D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
Samuel Graves R-MO
Roy Blunt R-MO
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
Travis W. Childers D-MS
Bennie Thompson D-MS
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
Denny Rehberg R-MT
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
David Eugene Price D-NC
Howard Coble R-NC
Mike Mcintyre D-NC
Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
Sue Myrick R-NC
Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
Heath Shuler D-NC
Melvin L. Watt D-NC
Brad Miller D-NC
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
Paul Hodes D-NH
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Scott Garrett R-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Steven Rothman D-NJ
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
Rush Holt D-NJ
Albio Sires D-NJ
Heather Wilson R-NM
Stevan Pearce R-NM
Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
Shelley Berkley D-NV
Dean Heller R-NV
Jon C. Porter R-NV
Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
Steve Israel D-NY
Peter T. King R-NY
Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
Joseph Crowley D-NY
Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
Edolphus Towns D-NY
Yvette Diane Clarke D-NY
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
Vito John Fossella R-NY
Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
José E. Serrano D-NY
Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
Nita M. Lowey D-NY
John Hall D-NY
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
John Michael Mchugh R-NY
Michael Arcuri D-NY
James T. Walsh R-NY
Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY
Steve Chabot R-OH
Jean Schmidt R-OH
Michael R. Turner R-OH
Robert E. Latta R-OH
Charlie Wilson D-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Kucinich D-OH
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
Betty Sutton D-OH
Steven C. Latourette R-OH
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH
Zack Space D-OH
John Sullivan R-OK
Daniel David Boren D-OK
Frank D. Lucas R-OK
Tom Cole R-OK
Mary Fallin R-OK
David Wu D-OR
Greg Walden R-OR
Earl Blumenauer D-OR
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
Darlene Hooley D-OR
Robert A. Brady D-PA
Chaka Fattah D-PA
Philip Sheridan English R-PA
Jason Altmire D-PA
John Peterson R-PA
Jim Gerlach R-PA
Joe Sestak D-PA
Patrick Murphy D-PA
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
Chris Carney D-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. 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
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
James Langevin D-RI
Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
Joe Wilson R-SC
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
Lincoln Davis D-TN
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
Marsha Blackburn R-TN
John S. Tanner D-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
Jeb Hensarling R-TX
Joe Linus Barton R-TX
Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
Al Green D-TX
Michael T. Mccaul R-TX
Kay Granger R-TX
Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
Silvestre Reyes D-TX
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
Pete Sessions R-TX
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
Robert J. Wittman R-VA
Thelma D. Drake R-VA
Robert C. Scott D-VA
J. Randy Forbes R-VA
Virgil H. Goode Jr. R-VA
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
Eric Cantor R-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
Peter Welch D-VT
Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
Brian Baird D-WA
Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
James A. Mcdermott D-WA
David G. Reichert R-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Paul D. Ryan R-WI
Tammy Baldwin D-WI
Ron Kind D-WI
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Steven Kagen D-WI
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Robert Terry Everett R-AL
Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
Rick Renzi R-AZ
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
Edward Randall Royce R-CA
Gary G. Miller R-CA
Loretta Sanchez D-CA
Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
David Joseph Weldon R-FL
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
Tom Feeney R-FL
Jack Kingston R-GA
Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
John Nathan Deal R-GA
Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
John Dennis Hastert R-IL
Ray H. Lahood R-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Julia May Carson D-IN
Ron Lewis R-KY
Bobby Jindal R-LA
James O. Mccrery III R-LA
Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
Kenny Hulshof R-MO
Roger F. Wicker R-MS
Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
Michael Ferguson R-NJ
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
David Lee Hobson R-OH
John Andrew Boehner R-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
Luis G. Fortuño R-PR
David Davis R-TN
Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Sam Johnson R-TX
William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
Kenny Marchant R-TX
Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
Jo Ann Davis R-VA
James P. Moran D-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Donna Marie Christensen D-VI
Barbara L. Cubin R-WY

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of…: House Vote, Oct 3, 2008,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/110-H-1858/unemployment-compensation-extension-act-of-2008 (accessed 2026-10-17).