To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an Ombudsman within the Department of Veterans Affairs

On Jul 29, 2008, the House voted 398–0 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended” (HR 2192). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 220–0, Republicans 178–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes.

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: 398
No: 0
Did not vote: 55
Date: Jul 29, 2008

By party

Republicans178 yes · 0 no · 29 didn’t vote
Democrats220 yes · 0 no · 26 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.

The bill

H.R. 2192: To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an Ombudsman within the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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
Victor F. Snyder D-AR
John Boozman R-AR
Michael Avery Ross D-AR
Rick Renzi R-AZ
Trent Franks R-AZ
John B. Shadegg R-AZ
Ed Pastor D-AZ
Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ
Jeff Flake R-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
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
George P. Radanovich R-CA
Jim Costa D-CA
Devin Nunes R-CA
Lois Capps D-CA
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-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
Edward Randall Royce R-CA
Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
Gary G. Miller R-CA
Joe Baca D-CA
Ken Calvert R-CA
Mary Bono R-CA
Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
Loretta Sanchez D-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
John Salazar D-CO
Marilyn N Musgrave R-CO
Doug Lamborn 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
Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
Ander Crenshaw R-FL
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
John L. Mica R-FL
Richard (Ric) Keller R-FL
Gus Bilirakis R-FL
Charles William (Bill) Young 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
Robert Wexler D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
Ron Klein D-FL
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
Tom Feeney R-FL
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
Jack Kingston R-GA
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Lynn A. Westmoreland R-GA
Hank Johnson D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
Tom Price R-GA
John Elmer Linder R-GA
Jim Marshall D-GA
John Nathan Deal R-GA
Paul C. Broun Jr. R-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
Steve King R-IA
William Sali R-ID
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
Daniel Lipinski 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
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
Bill Foster D-IL
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
Phil Hare D-IL
Ray H. Lahood R-IL
John M. Shimkus R-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
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
Ron Lewis 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
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
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
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
Michele Bachmann R-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
Roy Blunt R-MO
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
Travis W. Childers D-MS
Bennie Thompson D-MS
Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-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
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
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
Adrian Smith R-NE
Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
Paul Hodes D-NH
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Scott Garrett R-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
Michael Ferguson R-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
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
Nita M. Lowey D-NY
John Hall D-NY
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
Michael Arcuri D-NY
James T. Walsh R-NY
Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
John R. (Randy) Kuhl Jr. R-NY
Steve Chabot R-OH
Jean Schmidt R-OH
Michael R. Turner R-OH
Jim Jordan R-OH
Robert E. Latta R-OH
Charlie Wilson D-OH
David Lee Hobson R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Kucinich D-OH
Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
Deborah D. Pryce 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
James Gresham Barrett R-SC
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
David Davis 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
Stephen Cohen 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
Al Green D-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
Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
Randy Neugebauer R-TX
Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
Kenny Marchant R-TX
Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
Michael C. Burgess R-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
John R. Carter R-TX
Pete Sessions R-TX
Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
Christopher B. Cannon R-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
James P. Moran D-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-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
Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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