House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Barbara Lee D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 14, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 589.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H600):Article I, Section VIII of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 58 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 589, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/589
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
92 cosponsors — 92 Democrats
0 of 92 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joe Baca (D-CA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Karen Bass (D-CA), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA) and 62 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 780 (112th) Responsible End to the War in Afghanistan Act
- H.R. 3300 (112th) Half in Ten Act of 2011
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Sponsor’s state and district
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.