Which 45 Dems Voted to Block States from Labeling GMOs?

Yesterday, the House passed the so-called Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015.

What would the bill do? It codifies the existing voluntary non-GMO labeling policy of the FDA and would make it "virtually impossible" to craft a national mandatory GMO labeling system. It would preempt states from passing their own labeling system and invalidate laws already passed. Moreover, it would allow "natural" claims on foods with GMOs.

Note, of course, that Republicans are always ready to discard "states' rights" when the interests of donors (here, agribusiness) are concerned.

The bill passed 275 to 150.

230 Republicans and 45 Democrats voted for it. 138 Democrats and 12 Republicans voted against it.

Here are the 45 Democrats:

Alma Adams (NC-12)
Brad Ashford (NE-02)
Ami Bera (CA-07)
Sanford Bishop (GA-02)
Corrine Brown (FL-05)
Cheri Bustos (IL-17)
G. K. Butterfield (NC-01)
John Carney (DE-AL)
Kathy Castor (FL-14)
Lacy Clay (MO-01)
Emmanuel Cleaver (MO-05)
Jim Clyburn (SC-06)
Jim Cooper (TN-05)
Jim Costa (CA-16)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Danny Davis (IL-07)
Tammy Duckworth (IL-08)
Bill Foster (IL-11)
Marcia Fudge (OH-11)
John Garamendi (CA-03)
Gwen Graham (FL-02)
Al Green (TX-09)
Gene Green (TX-29)
Alcee Hastings (FL-20)
Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15)
Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18)
Eddie B. Johnson (TX-30)
Robin Kelly (IL-02)
Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01)
Brenda Lawrence (MI-14)
Dan Lipinski (IL-03)
David Loebsack (IA-02)
Betty McCollum (MN-04)
Donald Norcross (NJ-01)
Bill Pascrell (NJ-09)
Collin Peterson (MN-07)
Cedric Richmond (LA-02)
Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02)
Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
David Scott (GA-13)
Terri Sewell (AL-07)
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)
Bennie Thompson (MS-02)
Marc Veasey (TX-33)
Tim Walz (MN-01)
Here are the 12 Republicans:
Justin Amash (MI-03)
Vern Buchanan (FL-16)
Jimmy Duncan (TN-02)
Trent Franks (AZ-08)
Chris Gibson (NY-19)
Leonard Lance (NJ-07)
Tom Massie (KY-04)
Bruce Poliquin (ME-02)
Bill Posey (FL-08)
Mark Sanford (SC-01)
Chris Smith (NJ-04)
Lee Zeldin (NY-01)

Pete DeFazio (OR-04) offered an amendment to establish that if a U.S. company or their subsidiary labels their product as containing GMOs in any foreign country they must label the equivalent product the same way in the U.S.

It failed 123 to 303.

122 Democrats and 1 Republican—Mark Sanford (SC-01)—voted for it.

61 Democrats and 242 Republicans voted for it.

Here are the 61 Democrats:

Brad Ashford (NE-02)
Ami Bera (CA-07)
Sanford Bishop (GA-02)
Cheri Bustos (IL-17)
G. K. Butterfield (NC-01)
John Carney (DE-AL)
Kathy Castor (FL-14)
Lacy Clay (MO-01)
Jim Clyburn (SC-06)
Jim Cooper (TN-05)
Jim Costa (CA-16)
Joe Crowley (NY-14)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Susan Davis (CA-53)
John Delaney (MD-06)
Suzan DelBene (WA-01)
Ted Deutch (FL01)
Debbie Dingell (MI-12)
Mike Doyle (PA-14)
Tammy Duckworth (IL-08)
Eliot Engel (NY-16)
Bill Foster (IL-11)
Lois Frankel (FL-22)
Marcia Fudge (OH-11)
John Garamendi (CA-03)
Gwen Graham (FL-02)
Denny Heck (WA-10)
Jim Himes (CT-04)
Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15)
Steny Hoyer (MD-05)
Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08)
Robin Kelly (IL-02)
Dan Kildee (MI-05)
Derek Kilmer (WA-06)
Ron Kind (WI-03)
Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01)
Rick Larsen (WA-02)
Brenda Lawrence (MI-14)
Dan Lipinski (IL-03)
David Loebsack (IA-02)
Jerry McNerney (CA-09)
Gregory Meeks (NY-05)
Patrick Murphy (FL-18)
Frank Pallone (NJ-06)
Scott Peters (CA-52)
Collin Peterson (MN-07)
David Price (NC-04)
Mike Quigley (IL-05)
Cedric Richmond (LA-02)
Raul Ruiz (CA-36)
John Sarbanes (MD-03)
Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
David Scott (GA-13)
Terri Sewell (AL-07)
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)
Mark Takano (CA-41)
Bennie Thompson (MS-02)
Juan Vargas (CA-51)
Marc Veasey (TX-33)
Tim Walz (MN-01)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23)

Jared Huffman (CA-02) offered an amendment to ensure tribal sovereignty to prohibit or restrict the cultivation of genetically engineered plants on tribal lands.

It failed 196 to 227.

175 Democrats and 21 Republicans voted for it. 219 Republicans and 8 Democrats voted against it.

Here are those 8 Democrats:

Brad Ashford (NE-02)
Sanford Bishop (GA-02)
Jim Costa (CA-16)
John Garamendi (CA-03)
Collin Peterson (MN-07)
David Scott (GA-13)
Terri Sewell (AL-07)
Tim Walz (MN-01)

Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) offered an amendment to prohibit the use of the term "natural" on food when a food consists of a genetically engineered plant.

It failed 163 to 262.

153 Democrats and 10 Republicans voted for it. 232 Republicans and 30 Democrats voted against it.

Here are those 30 Democrats:

Ami Bera (CA-07)
Sanford Bishop (GA-02)
G. K. Butterfield (NC-01)
Kathy Castor (FL-14)
Jim Clyburn (SC-06)
Jim Cooper (TN-05)
Joe Crowley (NY-14)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Ted Deutch (FL01)
Bill Foster (IL-11)
Lois Frankel (FL-22)
Gwen Graham (FL-02)
Alcee Hastings (FL-20)
Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15)
Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01)
Zoe Lofgren (CA-19)
Patrick Murphy (FL-18)
Scott Peters (CA-52)
David Price (NC-04)
Cedric Richmond (LA-02)
Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
David Scott (GA-13)
Terri Sewell (AL-07)
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)
Mark Takano (CA-41)
Bennie Thompson (MS-02)
Marc Veasey (TX-33)
Filemon Vela (TX-34)
Tim Walz (MN-01)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23)

Here are the 10 Republicans:

Mo Brooks (AL-05)
Chris Gibson (NY-19)
Bill Huizenga (MI-02)
Frank LoBiondo (NJ-02)
Barry Loudermilk (GA-11)
Bruce Poliquin (ME-02)
Dana Rohrabacher (CA-48)
Mark Sanford (SC-01)
Chris Smith (NJ-04)
Lee Zeldin (NY-01)

After the bill passed, Jared Polis (CO-02) offered an amendment  to change the title of the bill to read "A bill to enact the 'Deny Americans the Right to Know Act' or the 'DARK Act.'

It failed 87 to 337.

86 Democrats and 1 Republican--Tom Massie (KY-04)--voted for it. 241 Republicans and 96 Democrats voted against it.

Here are the 86 Democrats that voted for it:

Pete Aguilar (CA-31)
Karen Bass (CA-37)
Xavier Becerra (CA-34)
Earl Blumenauer (OR-03)
Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)
Brendan Boyle (PA-13)
Lois Capps (CA-24)
Tony Cárdenas (CA-29)
Andre Carson (IN-07)
Matt Cartwright (PA-17)
Judy Chu (CA-27)
David Cicilline (RI-01)
Katherine Clark (MA-05)
Yvette Clarke (NY-09)
Lacy Clay (MO-01)
Gerry Connolly (VA-11)
John Conyers (MI-13)
Elijah Cummings (MD-07)
Pete DeFazio (OR-04)
Diana DeGette (CO-01)
John Delaney (MD-06)
Rosa DeLauro (CT-03)
Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11)
Ted Deutch (FL-21)
Donna Edwards (MD-04)
Keith Ellison (MN-05)
Chaka Fattah (PA-02)
Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02)
Ruben Gallego (AZ-07)
Alan Grayson (FL-09)
Raul Grijalva (AZ-03)
Luis Gutiérrez (IL-04)
Janice Hahn (CA-44)
Brian Higgins (NY-26)
Mike Honda (CA-17)
Jared Huffman (CA-02)
Hank Johnson (GA-04)
Eddie Johnson (TX-30)
Joe Kennedy (MA-04)
Annie Kuster (NH-02)
Barbara Lee (CA-13)
Sandy Levin (MI-09)
John Lewis (GA-05)
Ted Lieu (CA-33)
Zoe Lofgren (CA-19)
Alan Lowenthal (CA-47)
Carolyn Maloney (NY-12)
Jim McDermott (WA-07)
Jim McGovern (MA-02)
Jerry McNerney (CA-09)
Grace Meng (NY-06)
Gwen Moore (WI-04)
Seth Moulton (MA-06)
Patrick Murphy (FL-18)
Jerry Nadler (NY-10)
Rick Nolan (MN-08)
Beto O’Rourke (TX-16)
Donald Payne (NJ-10)
Nancy Pelosi (CA-12)
Ed Perlmutter (CO-07)
Chellie Pingree (ME-01)
Jared Polis (CO-02)
Charlie Rangel (NY-13)
Kathleen Rice (NY-04)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40)
Tim Ryan (OH-13)
Linda Sánchez (CA-38)
Loretta Sanchez (CA-46)
Adam Schiff (CA-28)
Jose Serrano (NY-15)
Brad Sherman (CA-30)
Louise Slaughter (NY-25)
Adam Smith (WA-09)
Jackie Speier (CA-14)
Eric Swalwell (CA-15)
Mark Takai (HI-01)
Dina Titus (NV-01)
Paul Tonko (NY-20)
Norma Torres (CA-35)
Niki Tsongas (MA-03)
Chris Van Hollen (MD-08)
Nydia Velázquez (NY-07)
Pete Visclosky (IN-01)
Maxine Waters (CA-43)
Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12)
Pete Welch (VT-AL)

There are some strange votes in there.

Lacy Clay and Eddie B. Johnson voted for the bill and then voted for Polis’s amendment.

John Delaney voted against DeFazio’s amendment but then for Polis’s amendment.

Ted Deutch and Patrick Murphy voted against both DeFazio’s and DeLauro’s amendments but then for Polis’s amendment.

Zoe Lofgren voted against DeLauro’s amendment but then for Polis’s amendment.