Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act

On Jul 12, 2006, the House voted 255–166 on “On Passage” (HR 2990). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 224–0, Democrats 31–165, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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: Passed
Yes: 255
No: 166
Did not vote: 19
Date: Jul 12, 2006

By party

Republicans224 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote
Democrats31 yes · 165 no · 7 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
Victor F. Snyder D-AR voted yes
Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA voted yes
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA voted yes
Jim Costa D-CA voted yes
John Salazar D-CO voted yes
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL voted yes
Robert Wexler D-FL voted yes
Ed Case D-HI voted yes
Melissa L. Bean D-IL voted yes
Dennis Moore D-KS voted yes
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD voted yes
Thomas H. Allen D-ME voted yes
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC voted yes
Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted yes
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ voted yes
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH voted yes
Daniel David Boren D-OK voted yes
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
Harold Ford Jr. D-TN voted yes
Rubén Hinojosa D-TX voted yes
Silvestre Reyes D-TX voted yes
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX voted yes
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX voted yes
Henry Cuellar D-TX voted yes
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted yes
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted yes
Jay Robert Inslee D-WA voted yes
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

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
Victor F. Snyder D-AR
John Boozman R-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
Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-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
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
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
Robert Wexler D-FL
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
Tom Feeney R-FL
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
Jack Kingston R-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
Ed Case D-HI
James Allen Nussle R-IA
James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
Thomas Latham R-IA
Steve King R-IA
C. L. (Butch) Otter R-ID
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
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
Donald A. Manzullo 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
Dennis Moore D-KS
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
Ron Lewis R-KY
Geoffrey C. (Geoff) Davis R-KY
Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
Bobby Jindal R-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
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
Thomas H. Allen D-ME
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
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
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
Virginia Ann Foxx R-NC
Howard Coble R-NC
Mike Mcintyre D-NC
Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
Sue Myrick R-NC
Patrick T. Mchenry R-NC
Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
Thomas Osborne R-NE
Jeb Bradley R-NH
Charles Foster Bass R-NH
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
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
Heather Wilson R-NM
Stevan Pearce R-NM
James A. Gibbons R-NV
Jon C. Porter R-NV
Peter T. King R-NY
Vito John Fossella R-NY
Sue W. Kelly R-NY
John E. Sweeney R-NY
John Michael Mchugh 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
Timothy J. Ryan D-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
John Peterson 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
Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
Joe Wilson R-SC
James Gresham Barrett R-SC
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
William Lewis Jenkins R-TN
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
Marsha Blackburn R-TN
John S. Tanner D-TN
Harold Ford Jr. D-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
Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
Silvestre Reyes D-TX
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
Randy Neugebauer R-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Henry Bonilla R-TX
Kenny Marchant R-TX
Michael C. Burgess R-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
John R. Carter R-TX
Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
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
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
David G. Reichert R-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

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act: House Vote, Jul 12, 2006,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/109-H-1036/credit-rating-agency-duopoly-relief-act (accessed 2026-10-17).