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House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law

To define marriage for all legal purposes in the District of Columbia to consist of the union of one man and one woman.

H.R. 2608Introduced May 21, 2009Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Rep. Jim Jordan R-OH
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Where it went

Latest action: Jun 26, 2009 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.

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

64 cosponsors — 60 Republicans, 4 Democrats

4 of 64 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.

Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), J. Barrett (R-SC), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), John Boozman (R-AR), Dan Boren (D-OK), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Paul Broun (R-GA), Henry Brown (R-SC), Dan Burton (R-IN), John Campbell (R-CA), Eric Cantor (R-VA), John Carter (R-TX), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Travis Childers (D-MS), Tom Cole (R-OK), K. Conaway (R-TX), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Mary Fallin (R-OK), John Fleming (R-LA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and 34 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Jordan.

Sponsor’s state and district

Ohio in Congress · OH-4 district

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Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.