Telework Improvements Act

On May 6, 2010, the House voted 268–147 on “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended” (HR 1722). Result: Failed. By party: Democrats 244–0, Republicans 24–147. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 members voted against their own party.

During the 111th Congress (2009–2010), Barack Obama was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Failed
Yes: 268
No: 147
Did not vote: 39
Date: May 6, 2010

By party

Republicans24 yes · 147 no · 12 didn’t vote
Democrats244 yes · 0 no · 25 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Brian P. Bilbray R-CA voted yes
Gus Bilirakis R-FL voted yes
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL voted yes
John Elmer Linder R-GA voted yes
Thomas Latham R-IA voted yes
Mark Steven Kirk R-IL voted yes
Anh (Joseph) Cao R-LA voted yes
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD voted yes
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI voted yes
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI voted yes
Samuel Graves R-MO voted yes
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE voted yes
Steven C. Latourette R-OH voted yes
Charles W. Dent R-PA voted yes
Ralph Moody Hall R-TX voted yes
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX voted yes
Jason Chaffetz R-UT voted yes
Robert J. Wittman R-VA voted yes
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA voted yes
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA voted yes
Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA voted yes
David G. Reichert R-WA voted yes
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI voted yes
Shelley Moore Capito R-WV voted yes

The bill

H.R. 1722: Telework Enhancement Act of 2010

How each representative voted: Yes

Bobby Neal Bright Sr. D-AL
Robert Marion Berry D-AR
Victor F. Snyder D-AR
Michael Avery Ross D-AR
Ann Kirkpatrick D-AZ
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
Barbara Lee D-CA
John Garamendi 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
Judy Chu 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
Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
Joe Baca D-CA
Loretta Sanchez D-CA
Brian P. Bilbray R-CA
Bob Filner D-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Jared Polis D-CO
John Salazar D-CO
Betsy Markey D-CO
Ed Perlmutter D-CO
John B. Larson D-CT
Joe Courtney D-CT
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
James A. Himes D-CT
Christopher Murphy D-CT
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
Corrine Brown D-FL
Alan Grayson D-FL
Gus Bilirakis R-FL
Kathy Castor D-FL
Vernon G. Buchanan R-FL
Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Ron Klein D-FL
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
Suzanne M. Kosmas D-FL
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
Hank Johnson D-GA
John R. Lewis D-GA
John Elmer Linder R-GA
Jim Marshall D-GA
John Barrow D-GA
David Scott D-GA
Mazie Hirono D-HI
Bruce Braley D-IA
Dave Loebsack D-IA
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
Thomas Latham R-IA
Walt Minnick D-ID
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
Mike Quigley D-IL
Danny K. Davis D-IL
Melissa L. Bean D-IL
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
Deborah L. Halvorson D-IL
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
Bill Foster D-IL
Phil Hare D-IL
Peter Visclosky D-IN
Joe Donnelly D-IN
André Carson D-IN
Brad Ellsworth D-IN
Baron P. Hill D-IN
Dennis Moore D-KS
John Yarmuth D-KY
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
Anh (Joseph) Cao 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
Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
Bill Delahunt D-MA
Frank M. Kratovil Jr. D-MD
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
Chellie Pingree D-ME
Michael H. Michaud D-ME
Bart T. Stupak D-MI
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Mark H. Schauer D-MI
Gary C. Peters D-MI
Thaddeus George Mccotter 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
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
Samuel Graves R-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
David Eugene Price D-NC
Mike Mcintyre D-NC
Larry Kissell D-NC
Heath Shuler D-NC
Melvin L. Watt D-NC
Brad Miller D-NC
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
Jeff Fortenberry R-NE
Carol Shea-Porter D-NH
Paul Hodes D-NH
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
John H. Adler D-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
Martin Heinrich D-NM
Harry Teague D-NM
Ben Ray Luján D-NM
Shelley Berkley D-NV
Alice (Dina) Titus D-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
Michael E. Mcmahon 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
Scott Murphy D-NY
Paul Tonko D-NY
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
William Owens D-NY
Michael Arcuri D-NY
Daniel B. Maffei D-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
Steve Driehaus D-OH
Charlie Wilson D-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Kucinich D-OH
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH
Betty Sutton D-OH
Steven C. Latourette R-OH
Mary Jo Kilroy D-OH
John A. Boccieri D-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
Kurt Schrader D-OR
Robert A. Brady D-PA
Kathleen A. (Kathy) Dahlkemper D-PA
Jason Altmire D-PA
Joe Sestak D-PA
Patrick Murphy D-PA
Chris Carney D-PA
Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA
Michael F. Doyle D-PA
Charles W. Dent R-PA
Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
James Langevin D-RI
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
Lincoln Davis D-TN
James Hayes Shofner Cooper D-TN
Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
John S. Tanner D-TN
Stephen Cohen D-TN
Ralph Moody Hall 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
Lamar Seeligson Smith R-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
Jason Chaffetz R-UT
Robert J. Wittman R-VA
Glenn C. Nye III D-VA
Robert C. Scott D-VA
Tom Perriello D-VA
Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
James P. Moran D-VA
Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
Gerald E. (Gerry) Connolly D-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
Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
James A. Mcdermott D-WA
David G. Reichert R-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Tammy Baldwin D-WI
Ron Kind D-WI
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Steven Kagen D-WI
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, “Telework Improvements Act: House Vote, May 6, 2010,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/111-H-1236/telework-improvements-act (accessed 2026-10-13).