House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Jim McDermott D-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2008
- Committee actionApr 16, 2008
- Passed HouseJun 12, 2008 · 274–137
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 13, 2008 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 780 under authority of the order of the Senate of 06/12/2008.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5749.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5749, Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008” on April 17, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 16, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 17, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19646
- CBO publication date
- April 17, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5749, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5749
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
35d36d08c5b44ef2003650d0ed9a39afbbb287a4fdbc532a5d5f93d212770e50
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5749, Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008” on April 17, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 16, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 17, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19646
- CBO publication date
- April 17, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5749, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5749
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
35d36d08c5b44ef2003650d0ed9a39afbbb287a4fdbc532a5d5f93d212770e50
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5749, Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008” on June 12, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the substitute Amendment to H.R. 5749</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 12, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19877
- CBO publication date
- June 12, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5749, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5749
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
35d36d08c5b44ef2003650d0ed9a39afbbb287a4fdbc532a5d5f93d212770e50
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5749, Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008” on June 12, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the substitute Amendment to H.R. 5749”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 12, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19877
- CBO publication date
- June 12, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5749, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5749
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
35d36d08c5b44ef2003650d0ed9a39afbbb287a4fdbc532a5d5f93d212770e50
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 110-607 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on April 24, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 24, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/607
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5749, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5749
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
35d36d08c5b44ef2003650d0ed9a39afbbb287a4fdbc532a5d5f93d212770e50
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
36 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 27 Democrats
9 of 36 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Artur Davis (D-AL), John Dingell (D-MI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Phil English (R-PA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Al Green (D-TX), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Ron Kind (D-WI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Sander Levin (D-MI), John Lewis (D-GA), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Candice Miller (R-MI), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Jon Porter (R-NV), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Mike Rogers (R-MI), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), David Scott (D-GA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Pete Stark (D-CA) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.