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Vote number 2008-H683 extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks
on Oct 3, 2008 regarding bill HR.6867 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act
Results: Passed 368-28 (2/3rds required)

Congressional Summary:Revises the formula for Tier-1 amounts a state credits to an applicant's emergency unemployment compensation account. Increases the figures in the formula from 50% to 80% of the total amount of regular compensation ; and from 13 to 20 times the individual's average weekly benefit amount.
Proponent's argument to vote Yes:
Rep. CHARLES RANGEL (D, NY-15): The House, for weeks, has attempted to save the free world from a fiscal disaster. We have bailed out the banks and those who held mortgages. At the same time, we provided for energy extensions, we provided tax breaks for those people that tax provisions have expired. We provided for hurricane relief, for mental health. So over $1 trillion is out there for this House to ease the pain of millions of Americans.
While we were dealing with these gigantic powers, we overlooked the fact that over the last 12 months the number of unemployed workers has jumped by over 2 million, leaving 10 million Americans struggling for work. These are hardworking people that have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.
Rep. JERRY WELLER (R, IL-11): This important legislation provides additional needed assistance to the long-term unemployed. It's important that we pass this legislation today as our last act before we leave for the election campaign.
This legislation focuses the most additional benefits on workers and States where the unemployment rate is highest and where jobs are hardest to find. This program continues the requirement that those benefiting from extended unemployment benefits had to have worked at least 20 weeks. Americans were rightly concerned about proposals to eliminate that work requirement and allow 39 weeks or, under the legislation before us today, as many as 59 weeks of total unemployment benefits to be paid to those who have previously only worked for a few weeks.
Opponent's argument to vote No:None voiced.

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Democrats voting on 2008-H683

Neil Abercrombie YES Hawaii Democrat (Resigned 2010)

Gary Ackerman YES New York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.

Tom Allen YES Maine Democrat (Retiring 2008)

Jason Altmire YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Rob Andrews YES New Jersey Democrat

Michael Arcuri YES New York Democrat (until 2010)

Joe Baca YES California Democrat

Brian Baird YES Washington Democrat (until 2010)

Tammy Baldwin YES Wisconsin Democrat

John Barrow YES Georgia Democrat

Melissa Bean YES Illinois Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Xavier Becerra YES California Democrat

Shelley Berkley YES Nevada Democrat (Senate run 2012)

Howard Berman YES California Democrat

Sanford Bishop YES Georgia Democrat

Timothy Bishop YES New York Democrat

Earl Blumenauer YES Oregon Democrat

Dan Boren YES Oklahoma Democrat (Retiring 2012)

Leonard Boswell YES Iowa Democrat

Nancy Boyda YES Kansas Democrat (Unseated 2008)

Robert Brady YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Bruce Braley YES Iowa Democrat

Corrine Brown YES Florida Democrat

G.K. Butterfield YES North Carolina Democrat

Lois Capps YES California Democrat

Michael Capuano YES Massachusetts Democrat

Dennis Cardoza YES California Democrat

Russ Carnahan YES Missouri Democrat

Chris Carney YES Pennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)

Andre Carson YES Indiana Democrat

Kathy Castor YES Florida Democrat

Don Cazayoux YES Louisiana Democrat

Ben Chandler YES Kentucky Democrat

Travis Childers YES Mississippi Democrat (until 2010)

Yvette Clarke YES New York Democrat

William Lacy Clay YES Missouri Democrat

Emmanuel Cleaver YES Missouri Democrat

James Clyburn YES South Carolina Democrat

Steve Cohen YES Tennessee Democrat

John Conyers YES Michigan Democrat

Jim Costa YES California Democrat

Jerry Costello YES Illinois Democrat

Joe Courtney YES Connecticut Democrat

Bud Cramer YES Alabama Democrat (Retiring 2008)

Joseph Crowley YES New York Democrat

Henry Cuellar YES Texas Democrat

Elijah Cummings YES Maryland Democrat

Danny Davis YES Illinois Democrat

Lincoln Davis YES Tennessee Democrat (until 2010)

Susan Davis YES California Democrat

Peter Defazio YES Oregon Democrat

Diana DeGette YES Colorado Democrat

Bill Delahunt YES Massachusetts Democrat (until 2010)

Rosa DeLauro YES Connecticut Democrat

Norm Dicks YES Washington Democrat

John Dingell YES Michigan Democrat

Lloyd Doggett YES Texas Democrat

Joe Donnelly YES Indiana Democrat (Senate run 2012)

Mike Doyle YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Chet Edwards YES Texas Democrat (until 2010)

Donna Edwards YES Maryland Democrat

Keith Ellison YES Minnesota Democrat

Brad Ellsworth YES Indiana Democrat (until 2010)

Eliot Engel YES New York Democrat/Liberal

Bob Etheridge YES North Carolina Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Sam Farr YES California Democrat

Chaka Fattah YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Bob Filner YES California Democrat (Mayoral run 2011)

Bill Foster YES Illinois Democrat (until 2010)

Barney Frank YES Massachusetts Democrat

Gabby Giffords YES Arizona Democrat

Kirsten Gillibrand YES New York Democrat

Charles Gonzalez YES Texas Democrat

Bart Gordon YES Tennessee Democrat (until 2010)

Al Green YES Texas Democrat

Gene Green YES Texas Democrat

Raul Grijalva YES Arizona Democrat

Luis Gutierrez YES Illinois Democrat

John Hall YES New York Democrat (until 2010)

Ralph Moody Hall YES Texas Democrat

Phil Hare YES Illinois Democrat (until 2010)

Jane Harman YES California Democrat (Resigned 2011)

Stephanie Herseth YES South Dakota Democratic (until 2010)

Brian Higgins YES New York Democrat

Baron Hill YES Indiana Democrat (until 2010)

Maurice Hinchey YES New York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.

Ruben Hinojosa YES Texas Democrat

Mazie Hirono YES Hawaii Democrat (Senate run 2012)

Paul Hodes YES New Hampshire Democrat (until 2010)

Tim Holden YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Rush Holt YES New Jersey Democrat

Mike Honda YES California Democrat

Darlene Hooley YES Oregon Democrat (Retiring 2008)

Steny Hoyer YES Maryland Democrat

Jay Inslee YES Washington Democrat

Steve Israel YES New York Democrat

Jesse Louis Jackson YES Illinois Democrat

Sheila Jackson Lee YES Texas Democrat

William Jefferson YES Louisiana Democrat

Eddie Bernice Johnson YES Texas Democrat

Hank Johnson YES Georgia Democrat

Steve Kagen YES Wisconsin Democrat (until 2010)

Paul Kanjorski YES Pennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)

Marcy Kaptur YES Ohio Democrat

Patrick Kennedy YES Rhode Island Democrat (until 2010)

Dale Kildee YES Michigan Democrat

Carolyn Kilpatrick YES Michigan Democrat (until 2010)

Ron Kind YES Wisconsin Democrat

Dennis Kucinich YES Ohio Democrat

Nicholas Lampson YES Texas Democrat (Unseated 2008)

James Langevin YES Rhode Island Democrat

Rick Larsen YES Washington Democrat

John Larson YES Connecticut Democrat

Barbara Lee YES California Democrat

Sander Levin YES Michigan Democrat

John Lewis YES Georgia Democrat

Dan Lipinski YES Illinois Democrat

David Loebsack YES Iowa Democrat

Zoe Lofgren YES California Democrat

Nita Lowey YES New York Democrat

Steve Lynch YES Massachusetts Democrat

Tim Mahoney YES Florida Democrat (Unseated 2008)

Carolyn Maloney YES New York Democrat/Liberal

Ed Markey YES Massachusetts Democrat

Jim Matheson YES Utah Democrat

Doris Matsui YES California Democrat

Carolyn McCarthy YES New York Dem./Ind./Working-Families

Betty McCollum YES Minnesota Democrat

Jim McDermott YES Washington Democrat

Jim McGovern YES Massachusetts Democrat

Mike McIntyre YES North Carolina Democrat

Jerry McNerney YES California Democrat

Michael McNulty YES New York Dem./Cons. (Retiring 2008)

Gregory Meeks YES New York Dem./Working-Families

Charles Melancon YES Louisiana Democrat (until 2010)

Michael Michaud YES Maine Democrat

Brad Miller YES North Carolina Democrat

George Miller YES California Democrat

Alan Mollohan YES West Virginia Democrat

Dennis Moore YES Kansas Democrat (until 2010)

Gwen Moore YES Wisconsin Democrat

Chris Murphy YES Connecticut Democrat (Senate run 2012)

Patrick Murphy YES Pennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)

John Murtha YES Pennsylvania Democrat (Deceased Feb. 2010)

Jerrold Nadler YES New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families

Grace Napolitano YES California Democrat

Richard Neal YES Massachusetts Democrat

James Oberstar YES Minnesota Dem./Farmer/Labor (until 2010)

David Obey YES Wisconsin Democrat (until 2010)

John Olver YES Massachusetts Democrat

Solomon Ortiz YES Texas Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Frank Pallone YES New Jersey Democrat

Bill Pascrell YES New Jersey Democrat

Ed Pastor YES Arizona Democrat

Donald Payne YES New Jersey Democrat

Nancy Pelosi YES California Democrat

Ed Perlmutter YES Colorado Democrat

Collin Peterson YES Minnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor

Earl Pomeroy YES North Dakota Democrat (until 2010)

David Eugene Price YES North Carolina Democrat

Nick Rahall YES West Virginia Democrat

Charles Rangel YES New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families

Silvestre Reyes YES Texas Democrat

Laura Richardson YES California Democrat

Ciro Rodriguez YES Texas Democrat (until 2010)

Mike Ross YES Arkansas Democrat

Steven Rothman YES New Jersey Democrat

Lucille Roybal-Allard YES California Democrat

Dutch Ruppersberger YES Maryland Democrat

Bobby Rush YES Illinois Democrat

Tim Ryan YES Ohio Democrat

John Salazar YES Colorado Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Linda Sanchez YES California Democrat

John Sarbanes YES Maryland Democrat

Jan Schakowsky YES Illinois Democrat

Adam Schiff YES California Democrat

Allyson Schwartz YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Bobby Scott YES Virginia Democrat

David Scott YES Georgia Democrat

Jose Serrano YES New York Democrat/Liberal

Joe Sestak YES Pennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)

Carol Shea-Porter YES New Hampshire Democrat (until 2010)

Brad Sherman YES California Democrat

Heath Shuler YES North Carolina Democrat

Albio Sires YES New Jersey Democrat

Ike Skelton YES Missouri Democrat (until 2010)

David Adam Smith YES Washington Democrat

Zack Space YES Ohio Democrat (until 2010)

John Spratt YES South Carolina Democrat (until 2010)

Pete Stark YES California Democrat

Bart Stupak YES Michigan Democrat (until 2010)

Betty Sutton YES Ohio Democrat

John Tanner YES Tennessee Democrat (until 2010)

Gene Taylor YES Mississippi Democrat (until 2010)

Bennie Thompson YES Mississippi Democrat

Mike Thompson YES California Democrat

John Tierney YES Massachusetts Democrat

Ed Towns YES New York Democrat/Liberal

Niki Tsongas YES Massachusetts Democrat

Mark Udall YES Colorado Democrat (Senate 2008)

Tom Udall YES New Mexico Democrat (Senate 2008)

Chris Van Hollen YES Maryland Democrat

Nydia Velazquez YES New York Democrat/Working-Families

Tim Walz YES Minnesota Democrat

Debbie Wasserman Schultz YES Florida Democrat

Maxine Waters YES California Democrat

Mel Watt YES North Carolina Democrat

Henry Waxman YES California Democrat

Anthony Weiner YES New York Democrat (Resigned 2011)

Peter Welch YES Vermont Democrat

Robert Wexler YES Florida Democrat (resigned Jan. 2010)

Charlie Wilson YES Ohio Democrat (until 2010)

Lynn Woolsey YES California Democrat (Retiring 2012)

David Wu YES Oregon Democrat

John Yarmuth YES Kentucky Democrat

Republicans voting on 2008-H683

Robert Aderholt YES Alabama Republican

Todd Akin YES Missouri Republican (Senate run 2012)

Rodney Alexander YES Louisiana Republican

Michele Bachmann NO Minnesota Republican

Spencer Bachus YES Alabama Republican

Gresham Barrett NO South Carolina Republican (until 2010)

Roscoe Bartlett YES Maryland Republican

Joe Linus Barton YES Texas Republican

Judy Biggert YES Illinois Republican

Brian Bilbray YES California Republican

Gus Bilirakis YES Florida Republican

Marsha Blackburn YES Tennessee Republican

Roy Blunt YES Missouri Republican (until 2010)

Jo Bonner YES Alabama Republican

Mary Bono YES California Republican

Charles Boustany YES Louisiana Republican

Kevin Brady YES Texas Republican

Paul Broun NO Georgia Republican

Henry Brown YES South Carolina Republican (until 2010)

Vern Buchanan YES Florida Republican

Michael Burgess NO Texas Republican

Dan Burton YES Indiana Republican

Steve Buyer YES Indiana Republican (until 2010)

Ken Calvert YES California Republican

Dave Camp YES Michigan Republican

John Campbell YES California Republican

Chris Cannon NO Utah Republican

Eric Cantor YES Virginia Republican

Shelley Moore Capito YES West Virginia Republican

John Carter NO Texas Republican

Steve Chabot YES Ohio Republican

John Howard Coble YES North Carolina Republican

Tom Cole YES Oklahoma Republican

Mike Conaway NO Texas Republican

Ander Crenshaw YES Florida Republican

John Culberson NO Texas Republican

Geoff Davis YES Kentucky Republican

Tom Davis YES Virginia Republican (Retiring 2008)

Charles Dent YES Pennsylvania Republican

Mario Diaz-Balart YES Florida Republican

John Doolittle NO California Republican (Retiring 2008)

Thelma Drake YES Virginia Republican (Unseated 2008)

David Dreier YES California Republican

Jimmy Duncan NO Tennessee Republican

Vernon Ehlers YES Michigan Republican (until 2010)

Jo Ann Emerson YES Missouri Republican

Phil English YES Pennsylvania Republican (Unseated 2008)

Mary Fallin YES Oklahoma Republican (until 2010)

Jeff Flake NO Arizona Republican (Senate run 2012)

Randy Forbes YES Virginia Republican

Jeff Fortenberry YES Nebraska Republican

Vito Fossella YES New York Rep./Cons. (Unseated 2008)

Virginia Foxx NO North Carolina Republican

Trent Franks NO Arizona Republican

Rodney Frelinghuysen YES New Jersey Republican

Scott Garrett YES New Jersey Republican

Jim Gerlach YES Pennsylvania Republican

Phil Gingrey NO Georgia Republican

Louie Gohmert NO Texas Republican

Virgil Goode YES Virginia Republican (Unseated 2008)

Bob Goodlatte YES Virginia Republican

Kay Granger YES Texas Republican

Samuel Graves YES Missouri Republican

Doc Hastings YES Washington Republican

Robin Hayes YES North Carolina Republican (Unseated 2008)

Dean Heller YES Nevada Republican (Resigned 2011)

Jeb Hensarling YES Texas Republican

Wally Herger YES California Republican

Peter Hoekstra YES Michigan Republican (until 2010)

Duncan Hunter YES California Republican (Retiring 2008)

Bob Inglis NO South Carolina Republican (until 2010)

Darrell Issa YES California Republican

Timothy Johnson YES Illinois Republican

Walter Beaman Jones YES North Carolina Republican

Jim Jordan NO Ohio Republican

Ric Keller YES Florida Republican (Unseated 2008)

Peter King YES New York Rep./Ind./Cons./Right-To-Life

Steve King NO Iowa Republican

Mark Kirk YES Illinois Republican (until 2010)

John Kline YES Minnesota Republican

Joe Knollenberg YES Michigan Republican (Unseated 2008)

Randy Kuhl YES New York Republican (Unseated 2008)

Doug Lamborn NO Colorado Republican

Tom Latham YES Iowa Republican

Steven LaTourette YES Ohio Republican

Bob Latta YES Ohio Republican

Jerry Lewis YES California Republican

Frank LoBiondo YES New Jersey Republican

Frank Dean Lucas YES Oklahoma Republican

Dan Lungren YES California Republican

Connie Mack IV YES Florida Republican

Donald Manzullo YES Illinois Republican

Kevin McCarthy YES California Republican

Michael McCaul YES Texas Republican

Thad McCotter YES Michigan Republican

Patrick McHenry YES North Carolina Republican

John McHugh YES New York Republican/Conservative

Cathy McMorris-Rodgers YES Washington Republican

John Mica YES Florida Republican

Candice Miller YES Michigan Republican

Jeff Miller NO Florida Republican

Jerry Moran YES Kansas Republican (until 2010)

Tim Murphy YES Pennsylvania Republican

Marilyn Musgrave YES Colorado Republican (Unseated 2008)

Sue Myrick YES North Carolina Republican

Randy Neugebauer NO Texas Republican

Devin Nunes NO California Republican

Ron Paul NO Texas Republican

Steve Pearce YES New Mexico Republican

Mike Pence YES Indiana Republican (Gov. run 2012)

John Peterson YES Pennsylvania Republican (Retired 2008)

Tom Petri YES Wisconsin Republican

Joseph Pitts YES Pennsylvania Republican

Todd Platts YES Pennsylvania Republican

Ted Poe NO Texas Republican

Jon Porter YES Nevada Republican (Unseated 2008)

Tom Price YES Georgia Republican

Deborah Pryce YES Ohio Republican

Jim Ramstad YES Minnesota Republican (Retiring 2008)

Ralph Regula YES Ohio Republican (Retiring 2008)

Dennis Rehberg YES Montana Republican (Senate run 2012)

Dave Reichert YES Washington Republican (Governor run 2012)

Thomas Reynolds YES New York Republican (Retiring 2008)

Hal Rogers YES Kentucky Republican

Michael Rogers YES Alabama Republican

Mike Rogers YES Michigan Republican

Dana Rohrabacher YES California Republican

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen YES Florida Republican

Peter Roskam YES Illinois Republican

Paul Ryan YES Wisconsin Republican

Bill Sali NO Idaho Republican (Unseated 2008)

Steve Scalise YES Louisiana Republican

Jean Schmidt YES Ohio Republican

James Sensenbrenner YES Wisconsin Republican

Pete Sessions YES Texas Republican

John Shadegg NO Arizona Republican

Christopher Shays YES Connecticut Republican (Unseated 2008)

John Shimkus YES Illinois Republican

Bill Shuster YES Pennsylvania Republican

Mike Simpson YES Idaho Republican

Adrian Smith NO Nebraska Republican

Christopher Smith YES New Jersey Republican

Lamar Smith YES Texas Republican

Mark Souder YES Indiana Republican (until 2010)

Cliff Stearns YES Florida Republican

John Sullivan YES Oklahoma Republican

Tom Tancredo YES Colorado Republican

Lee Terry YES Nebraska Republican

Todd Tiahrt YES Kansas Republican (until 2010)

Pat Tiberi YES Ohio Republican

Mike Turner YES Ohio Republican

Fred Upton YES Michigan Republican

Tim Walberg YES Michigan Republican

Greg Walden YES Oregon Republican

Jim Walsh YES New York Rep./Ind. (Retiring 2008)

Jerry Weller YES Illinois Republican (Retiring 2008)

Ed Whitfield YES Kentucky Republican

Heather Wilson YES New Mexico Republican (Senate 2008)

Joe Wilson YES South Carolina Republican

Robert Wittman YES Virginia Republican

Frank Wolf YES Virginia Republican

Don Young YES Alaska Republican

Independents voting on 2008-H683

Marion Berry YES Arkansas Former Democrat (until 2010)

John Boozman YES Arkansas Former GOP (until 2010)

Allen Boyd YES Florida Former Democrat (until 2010)

Ginny Brown-Waite YES Florida Former GOP (until 2010)

Michael Castle YES Delaware Former GOP (until 2010)

Artur Davis YES Alabama Former Democrat (until 2010)

Lincoln Diaz-Balart YES Florida Former GOP (until 2010)

Rahm Emanuel YES Illinois Former Democrat (until 2009)

Ron Klein YES Florida Former Democrat (until 2010)

John Linder NO Georgia Former GOP (until 2010)

Jim Marshall YES Georgia Former Democrat (until 2010)

Kendrick Meek YES Florida Former Democrat (until 2010)

Harry Mitchell YES Arizona Former Democrat (until 2010)

Adam Putnam YES Florida Former GOP (until 2010)

George Radanovich YES California Former GOP (until 2010)

Vic Snyder YES Arkansas Former Democrat (until 2010)

Hilda Solis YES California Former Democrat (until 2009)

Ellen Tauscher YES California Former Democrat (until 2009)

Diane Watson YES California Former Democrat (until 2010)

Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: YES 215; NO 0
Republicans: YES 135; NO 27
Independents: YES 18; NO 1

Vote number 2008-H683 extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks on Oct 3, 2008 regarding bill HR.6867 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act Results: Passed 368-28 (2/3rds required)

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Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Vote number 2008-H683 extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks
on Oct 3, 2008 regarding bill HR.6867 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act
Results: Passed 368-28 (2/3rds required)