Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act

On May 21, 2008, the House voted 263–160 on “On Passage” (HR 6049). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 228–1, Republicans 35–159. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 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: 263
No: 160
Did not vote: 30
Date: May 21, 2008

By party

Republicans35 yes · 159 no · 13 didn’t vote
Democrats228 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL voted yes
Christopher H. Shays R-CT voted yes
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE voted yes
Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL voted yes
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL voted yes
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL voted yes
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL voted yes
Thomas Latham R-IA voted yes
Ray H. Lahood R-IL voted yes
Mark Edward Souder R-IN voted yes
Jerry Moran R-KS voted yes
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD voted yes
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted yes
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI voted yes
Candice S. Miller R-MI voted yes
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC voted yes
Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC voted yes
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted yes
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ voted yes
Jon C. Porter R-NV voted yes
John Michael Mchugh R-NY voted yes
David Lee Hobson R-OH voted yes
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH voted yes
Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted yes
Deborah D. Pryce R-OH voted yes
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH voted yes
Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted yes
Jim Gerlach R-PA voted yes
Charles W. Dent R-PA voted yes
Timothy Murphy R-PA voted yes
Todd Platts R-PA voted yes
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN voted yes
Sam Johnson R-TX voted yes
Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX voted no
Shelley Moore Capito R-WV voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
Artur Davis D-AL
Robert Marion Berry D-AR
Victor F. Snyder D-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
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
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
Mike Honda D-CA
Zoe Lofgren D-CA
Sam Farr D-CA
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
Jim Costa D-CA
Lois Capps D-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
Joe Baca D-CA
Loretta Sanchez D-CA
Bob Filner D-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
Mark Udall D-CO
John Salazar D-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
Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Tim Mahoney D-FL
Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
Ron Klein D-FL
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Hank Johnson D-GA
John R. Lewis D-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
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
Rahm Emanuel D-IL
Danny K. Davis D-IL
Melissa L. Bean D-IL
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
Bill Foster D-IL
Phil Hare D-IL
Ray H. Lahood R-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Joe Donnelly D-IN
Mark Edward Souder 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
John Yarmuth D-KY
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
Charles J. Melancon D-LA
Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. D-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
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD
John Sarbanes D-MD
Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-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
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
Candice S. Miller 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
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Keith Ellison D-MN
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
Russ Carnahan D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO
Travis W. Childers D-MS
Bennie Thompson D-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
David Eugene Price D-NC
Mike Mcintyre D-NC
Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
Heath Shuler D-NC
Melvin L. Watt D-NC
Brad Miller D-NC
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
Paul Hodes D-NH
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Steven Rothman D-NJ
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Rush Holt D-NJ
Albio Sires D-NJ
Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
Shelley Berkley D-NV
Jon C. Porter R-NV
Timothy H. Bishop D-NY
Steve Israel D-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
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
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
John Michael Mchugh R-NY
Michael Arcuri D-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
Charlie Wilson D-OH
David Lee Hobson R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Kucinich D-OH
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 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
Daniel David Boren D-OK
David Wu D-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
Jim Gerlach R-PA
Joe Sestak D-PA
Patrick Murphy D-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
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
Timothy Murphy R-PA
Todd Platts R-PA
James Langevin D-RI
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
Lincoln Davis D-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
John S. Tanner D-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Sam Johnson R-TX
Al Green D-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
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
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
Robert C. Scott D-VA
James P. Moran D-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Peter Welch D-VT
Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
Brian Baird D-WA
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
James A. Mcdermott D-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Tammy Baldwin D-WI
Ron Kind D-WI
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-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

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act: House Vote, May 21, 2008,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/110-H-1519/renewable-energy-and-job-creation-act (accessed 2026-10-17).