Immigration Law Enforcement Act of 2006

On Sep 21, 2006, the House voted 277–140 on “On Passage” (HR 6095). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 215–5, Democrats 62–134, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 67 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: 277
No: 140
Did not vote: 23
Date: Sep 21, 2006

By party

Republicans215 yes · 5 no · 16 didn’t vote
Democrats62 yes · 134 no · 7 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
Artur Davis D-AL voted yes
Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted yes
Michael Avery Ross D-AR voted yes
James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ voted no
Michael Thompson D-CA voted yes
Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA voted yes
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA voted yes
Jim Costa D-CA voted yes
Jane L. Harman D-CA voted yes
Mark Udall D-CO voted yes
John Salazar D-CO voted yes
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL voted yes
Jim Davis D-FL voted yes
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted no
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL voted no
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted yes
Jim Marshall D-GA voted yes
John Barrow D-GA voted yes
David Scott D-GA voted yes
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted yes
Daniel Lipinski D-IL voted yes
Melissa L. Bean D-IL voted yes
Peter Visclosky D-IN voted yes
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY voted yes
Charles J. Melancon D-LA voted yes
Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted yes
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted yes
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC voted yes
Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC voted yes
Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted yes
Brad Miller D-NC voted yes
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND voted yes
Heather Wilson R-NM voted no
Timothy H. Bishop D-NY voted yes
Steve Israel D-NY voted yes
Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY voted yes
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted yes
Brian Higgins D-NY voted yes
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH voted yes
Sherrod Brown D-OH voted yes
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH voted yes
Daniel David Boren D-OK voted yes
David Wu D-OR voted yes
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted yes
Darlene Hooley D-OR voted yes
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA voted yes
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted yes
Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA voted yes
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA voted yes
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC voted yes
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD voted yes
Lincoln Davis D-TN voted yes
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN voted yes
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
Harold Ford Jr. D-TN voted yes
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX voted yes
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted yes
James P. Moran D-VA voted yes
Brian Baird D-WA voted yes
David Ross Obey D-WI voted yes
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV voted yes
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV 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
Artur Davis D-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
Michael Thompson D-CA
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
Jane L. Harman D-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
Mark Udall D-CO
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
Jim Davis D-FL
Adam Putnam R-FL
Connie Mack IV R-FL
David Joseph Weldon R-FL
Mark A. Foley R-FL
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
Tom Feeney R-FL
Jack Kingston R-GA
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Jim Marshall 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
John Barrow D-GA
David Scott D-GA
James Allen Nussle R-IA
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
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
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
Ray H. Lahood R-IL
John M. Shimkus R-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
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
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-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
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
Bart T. Stupak D-MI
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
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-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
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Bobby R. Etheridge 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
Brad Miller D-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
James A. Gibbons 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
Vito John Fossella R-NY
Sue W. Kelly R-NY
John E. Sweeney R-NY
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
John Michael Mchugh 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
Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
David Lee Hobson R-OH
John Andrew Boehner R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
Sherrod Brown D-OH
Steven C. Latourette R-OH
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
Timothy J. Ryan D-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
David Wu D-OR
Greg Walden R-OR
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
Darlene Hooley D-OR
Philip Sheridan English R-PA
Melissa A. Hart R-PA
John Peterson R-PA
Jim Gerlach R-PA
Michael G. Fitzpatrick R-PA
William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
Don Sherwood R-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA
Charles W. Dent R-PA
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-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
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-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
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-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
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
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
James P. Moran D-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
Brian Baird D-WA
Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers R-WA
David G. Reichert R-WA
Paul D. Ryan R-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Mark Green R-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

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “Immigration Law Enforcement Act of 2006: House Vote, Sep 21, 2006,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/109-H-1136/immigration-law-enforcement-act-of-2006 (accessed 2026-10-17).