Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act

On May 20, 2009, the House voted 385–41 on “On Motion to Recommit with Instructions” (HR 2352). Result: Passed. By party: Democrats 210–41, Republicans 175–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 41 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: Passed
Yes: 385
No: 41
Did not vote: 28
Date: May 20, 2009

By party

Republicans175 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
Democrats210 yes · 41 no · 18 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Doris Matsui D-CA voted no
Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA voted no
Barbara Lee D-CA voted no
Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA voted no
Mike Honda D-CA voted no
Zoe Lofgren D-CA voted no
Sam Farr D-CA voted no
Brad Sherman D-CA voted no
Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
Jane L. Harman D-CA voted no
Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA voted no
Jared Polis D-CO voted no
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted no
Hank Johnson D-GA voted no
John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
Mazie Hirono D-HI voted no
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted no
John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
James P. Mcgovern D-MA voted no
Barney Frank D-MA voted no
Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas D-MA voted no
John F. Tierney D-MA voted no
Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
Michael Everett Capuano D-MA voted no
Donna F. Edwards D-MD voted no
John Conyers Jr. D-MI voted no
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI voted no
William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO voted no
Emanuel Cleaver II D-MO voted no
Rush Holt D-NJ voted no
Joseph Crowley D-NY voted no
Edolphus Towns D-NY voted no
Yvette Diane Clarke D-NY voted no
Marcia L. Fudge D-OH voted no
Timothy J. Ryan D-OH voted no
Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX voted no
Gerald E. (Gerry) Connolly D-VA voted no
James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted no
Tammy Baldwin D-WI voted no
Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore D-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Donald Edwin Young R-AK
Jr. Bonner Josiah Robins (Jo) R-AL
Bobby Neal Bright Sr. D-AL
Mike Dennis Rogers R-AL
Robert Aderholt R-AL
Parker Griffith 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
Ann Kirkpatrick D-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
Tom Mcclintock R-CA
George Miller D-CA
Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
Jerry Mcnerney D-CA
Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA
George P. Radanovich R-CA
Jim Costa D-CA
Devin Nunes R-CA
Kevin Mccarthy R-CA
Lois Capps D-CA
Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
David Timothy Dreier R-CA
Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
Adam Schiff D-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Xavier Becerra D-CA
Diane Edith Watson D-CA
Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
Laura Richardson 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 Duane Hunter R-CA
Susan A. Davis D-CA
Diana Degette D-CO
John Salazar D-CO
Betsy Markey D-CO
Doug Lamborn R-CO
Mike Coffman R-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
Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
Corrine Brown D-FL
Ander Crenshaw R-FL
Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite R-FL
Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
John L. Mica R-FL
Alan Grayson D-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
Bill Posey R-FL
Thomas J. Rooney R-FL
Kendrick B. Meek D-FL
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
Robert Wexler D-FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
Ron Klein D-FL
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
Suzanne M. Kosmas D-FL
Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL
Jack Kingston R-GA
Lynn A. Westmoreland R-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
Phil Gingrey R-GA
John Barrow D-GA
David Scott D-GA
Dave Loebsack D-IA
Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
Thomas Latham R-IA
Steve King R-IA
Walt Minnick D-ID
Michael K. Simpson R-ID
Bobby L. Rush D-IL
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
Daniel Lipinski D-IL
Mike Quigley 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
Deborah L. Halvorson D-IL
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
Bill Foster D-IL
Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
Phil Hare D-IL
Aaron Schock 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
Lynn Jenkins R-KS
Dennis Moore D-KS
Todd Tiahrt R-KS
Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
Brett Guthrie 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
Anh (Joseph) Cao R-LA
Charles J. Melancon D-LA
John Fleming R-LA
Rodney Alexander R-LA
Bill Cassidy R-LA
Charles W. Boustany R-LA
Richard Edmund Neal 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
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
Peter Hoekstra R-MI
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
David Lee Camp R-MI
Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
Mark H. Schauer D-MI
Mike Rogers R-MI
Gary C. Peters D-MI
Candice S. Miller R-MI
Thaddeus George Mccotter R-MI
Sander Martin Levin D-MI
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
Tim Walz D-MN
John Kline R-MN
Erik Paulsen R-MN
Betty Mccollum D-MN
Keith Ellison D-MN
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
W. Todd Akin R-MO
Russ Carnahan D-MO
Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
Samuel Graves R-MO
Roy Blunt R-MO
Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO
Travis W. Childers D-MS
Bennie Thompson D-MS
Gregg Harper 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
Larry Kissell D-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
Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
John H. Adler D-NJ
Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
Scott Garrett R-NJ
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
Leonard Lance R-NJ
William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
Steven Rothman D-NJ
Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
Albio Sires D-NJ
Martin Heinrich D-NM
Harry Teague D-NM
Ben Ray Luján D-NM
Shelley Berkley D-NV
Dean Heller R-NV
Alice (Dina) Titus D-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
Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
Nydia M. Velázquez 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
John Michael Mchugh R-NY
Michael Arcuri D-NY
Daniel B. Maffei D-NY
Christopher John Lee R-NY
Brian Higgins D-NY
Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
Eric J.J. Massa D-NY
Steve Driehaus D-OH
Jean Schmidt R-OH
Michael R. Turner R-OH
Jim Jordan R-OH
Robert E. Latta R-OH
Charlie Wilson D-OH
Steve Austria R-OH
John Andrew Boehner R-OH
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Dennis Kucinich D-OH
Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
Betty Sutton D-OH
Mary Jo Kilroy D-OH
John A. Boccieri 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
Kurt Schrader D-OR
Robert A. Brady D-PA
Chaka Fattah D-PA
Kathleen A. (Kathy) Dahlkemper D-PA
Jason Altmire D-PA
Glenn Thompson 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
Robert Durden Inglis R-SC
John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
James Enos Clyburn D-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
David P. (Phil) Roe 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
Silvestre Reyes 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
Pete Olson R-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
John R. Carter R-TX
Pete Sessions R-TX
Robert (Rob) Bishop R-UT
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
J. Randy Forbes R-VA
Tom Perriello D-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
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
David G. Reichert R-WA
Adam Smith D-WA
Paul D. Ryan R-WI
Ron Kind D-WI
Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
Thomas Evert Petri R-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
Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Parker Griffith R-AL
Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS
Nancy Pelosi D-CA
John Garamendi D-CA
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline (Jackie) Speier D-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
Hilda L. Solis D-CA
Judy Chu D-CA
Linda T. Sánchez D-CA
Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC
Theodore E. (Ted) Deutch D-FL
Tom Graves R-GA
Madeleine Bordallo D-GU
Charles Djou R-HI
Bruce Braley D-IA
Marlin Stutzman R-IN
Michele Bachmann R-MN
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan D-MP
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan I-MP
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
William Owens D-NY
Thomas W. Reed II R-NY
Steven C. Latourette R-OH
Mark S. Critz D-PA
Pedro Pierluisi I-PR
Pedro Pierluisi D-PR
James Gresham Barrett R-SC
Donna Marie Christensen D-VI

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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