Wednesday, April 30, 2014

House Kills Amendments on Medical Marijuana, Gitmo Closure

Today, the House began the appropriations process, starting with military construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Only two amendments received roll call votes. The final bill passed almost unanimously.

Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) introduced an amendment to allow VA hospital doctors to discuss the use of medical marijuana with patients.
It failed 195 to 222.

173 Democrats and 22 Republicans voted for it. 204 Republicans and 18 Democrats voted against it.

Here are the 22 Republicans who voted for it:

Justin Amash (MI-03)
Kerry Bentivolio (MI-11)
Mo Brooks (AL-05)
Paul Broun (GA-10)
Chis Collins (NY-27)
Steve Daines (MT)
Richard Hanna (NY-22)
Joe Heck (NV-03)
Duncan Hunter (CA-50)
Walter Jones (NC-03)
Frank LoBiondo (NJ-02)
Tom Massie (KY-04)
Tom McClintock (CA-04)
Mick Mulvaney (SC-05)
Tom Reed (NY-23)
Scott Rigell (VA-02)
Dana Rohrabacher (CA-48)
Mark Sanford (SC-01)
David Schweikert (AZ-06)
Steve Stivers (OH-15)
Fred Upton (MI-06)
Don Young (AK)

Here are the 18 Democrats who voted against it:

Ron Barber (AZ-02)
John Barrow (GA-12)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Pete Gallego (TX-23)
Bill Keating (MA-10)
Joe Kennedy (MA-04)
Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01)
Rick Larsen (WA-02)
Sandy Levin (MI-09)
Dan Lipinski (IL-03)
Jim Matheson (UT-04)
Mike McIntyre (NC-03)
Collin Peterson (MN-07)
Nick Rahall (WV-03)
David Scott (GA-13)
Terri Sewell (AL-07)
Filemon Vela (TX-34)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23)

Jim Moran (VA-08) introduced an amendment to strike the language from the bill barring the use of funds for closing Guantanamo Bay prison. The language the amendment would strike is the following:

Sec. 411. (a) In General- None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, or expand any facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the control of the Department of Defense.

It failed 168 to 249. 164 Democrats and 4 Republicans voted for it. 221 Republicans and 28 Democrats voted against it.

The following 4 Republicans voted for it :

Justin Amash (MI-03)
Jimmy Duncan (TN-02)
Chris Gibson (NY-19)
Mark Sanford (SC-01)

The following 28 Democrats voted against it:

Ron Barber (AZ-02)
John Barrow (GA-12)
Julia Brownley (CA-26)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Pete Gallego (TX-23)
Joe Garcia (FL-26)
Raul Grijalva (AZ-03)
Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01)
Dan Lipinski (IL-03)
Dan Maffei (NY-24)
Sean Maloney (NY-18)
Jim Matheson (UT-04)
Mike McIntyre (NC-03)
Jerry McNerney (CA-09)
Patrick Murphy (FL-18)
Gloria Negrete McLeod (CA-35)
Bill Owens (NY-21)
Gary Peters (MI-14)
Collin Peterson (MN-07)
Nick Rahall (WV-03)
Raul Ruiz (CA-36)
Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02)
Loretta Sanchez (CA-46)
David Scott (GA-13)
Terri Sewell (AL-07)
Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01)
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)
Filemon Vela (TX-34)

The vote was largely similar to that on an identical amendment last year. The bill gained three new Republican supporters since last year (the only Republican supporter then was Amash).

Last year, only 25 Democrats opposed the amendment, meaning a net increase of 3 opponents. Sanford Bishop (GA-02), Emmanuel Cleaver (MO-05), and Albio Sires (NJ-08) all went from NO to YES.

Raul Grijalva (AZ-03), Dan Maffei (NY-24), Gloria Negrete McLeod (CA-35), Collin Peterson (MN-07), David Scott (GA-13), and Terri Sewell (AL-07) all went from YES to NO.

I find Grijlava's flip strange, but there is not much surprising elsewhere.

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