Thursday, July 9, 2015

Which Dems Helped GOP Kill Pro-Environment Amendments to the Interior/EPA Approps Bill?

Yesterday, the House cast a series of 17 roll call votes on amendments for the FY 2016 appropriations bill for the Department of the Interior and the EPA.

As one can easily guess, the Republicans used the appropriations bill to attempt to gut environmental regulations and slash environmental programs. Democrats (well, most of them) attempted to undo them, but without success.

Six Democrats joined Republicans at least 25% of the time:

Collin Peterson (MN-07): 11/17
Henry Cuellar (TX-28): 9/17
Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01): 6/17
Kurt Schrader (OR-05): 6/17
Kyrsten Sinem (AZ-09): 6/17
Brad Ashford (NE-02): 5/17

Now, let's look at the Republicans who most frequently crossed the aisle to join Democrats. Four Republicans' records here were as good as or better than that of the worst Democrat, i.e., Collin Peterson--who cast the right vote only 6 out of 17 times.

Bob Dold (IL-10): 10/17
Chris Gibson (NY-19): 10/17
Carlos Curbelo (FL-26): 8/17
Lee Zeldin (NY-01): 6/17

DEPARTMENT TRANSFERS

John Garamendi (CA-03) offered an amendment to reduce funding for the Bureau of Land Management by $4.01 million and increase that for the US Fish and Wildlife Service by $3.902 million.

It failed 181 to 244.

165 Democrats and 16 Republicans voted for it. 227 Republicans and 17 Democrats voted against it.

Here are the 17 Democrats:

Jim Cooper (TN-05)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Diana DeGette (CO-01)
Gwen Graham (FL-02)
Al Green (TX-09)
Gene Green (TX-29)
Rick Larsen (WA-02)
Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01)
Ben Lujan (NM-03)
Betty McCollum (MN-04)
Beto O’Rourke (TX-16)
Ed Perlmutter (CO-07)
Collin Peterson (MN-07)
Charlie Rangel (NY-13)
Cedric Richmond (LA-02)
Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
Pete Visclosky (IN-01)

Here are the 16 Republicans:

Dan Benishek (MI-01)
Jeff Denham (CA-10)
Morgan Griffith (VA-09)
Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03)
David Jolly (FL-13)
Walter Jones (NC-03)
John Katko (NY-24)
Mike Kelly (PA-03)
Frank LoBiondo (NJ-01)
Tom Massie (KY-04)
David McKinley (WV-01)
Candice Miller (MI-10)
Alex Mooney (WV-02)
Bruce Poliquin (ME-02)
Mark Sanford (SC-01)
Lee Zeldin (NY-01)

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Lois Capps (CA-24) offered an amendment transfer $5,434,000 from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to Inland Oil Spill Programs.

It failed 184 to 243.

178 Democrats and 6 Republicans voted for it. 236 Republicans and 7 Democrats voted against it.

Here are the 7 Democrats:

Jim Cooper (TN-05)
Jim Costa (CA-17)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Charlie Rangel (NY-13)
Cedric Richmond (LA-02)
Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
Rick Larsen (WA-02)
Here are 6 Republicans:
Dan Benishek (MI-01)
Bob Dold (IL-10)
Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03)
Walter Jones (NC-03)
Frank LoBiondo (NJ-01)
Mark Sanford (SC-01)

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Gregorio Sablan (Northern Mariana Islands) offered an amendment to transfer $5 million from the Office of the Secretary Departmental Operations to the Office of Insular Affairs.

It failed 183 to 245.

175 Democrats and 8 Republicans voted for it. 235 Republicans and 10 Democrats voted against it.

Here are the 8 Republicans:

Rob Bishop (UT-01)
Carlos Curbelo (FL-26)
Jeff Denham (CA-10)
Chris Gibson (NY-19)
Walter Jones (NC-03)
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27)
Don Young (AK-AL)
Ryan Zinke (MT-AL)
Here are the 10 Democrats:
Don Beyer (VA-08)
Gwen Graham (FL-02)
Bill Keating (MA-09)
Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01)
Rick Larsen (WA-02)
Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01)
Ben Lujan (NM-03)
Scott Peters (CA-52)
Jared Polis (CO-02)
Bobby Rush (IL-01)

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Kathy Castor (FL-14) offered an amendment to transfer $1.93 million from the Office of the Secretary Departmental Operations to Environmental Programs and Management.

It failed 188 to 239.

178 Democrats and 10 Republicans voted for it. 233 Republicans and 6 Democrats voted against it.

Here are the 6 Democrats:

Elizabeth Esty (CT-05)
Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01)
Ben Lujan (NM-03)
Scott Peters (CA-52)
Collin Peterson (MN-07)
Jared Polis (CO-02)

Here are the 10 Republicans:

Lou Barletta (PA-11)
Carlos Curbelo (FL-26)
Bob Dold (IL-10)
John Fleming (LA-04)
Chris Gibson (NY-19)
Walter Jones (NC-03)
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05)
Dave Reichert (WA-08)
Chris Smith (NJ-04)
Lee Zeldin (NY-01)

MINING
Raul Grijalva (AZ-03) offered an amendment to strike section 423, which prohibits the use of funds to develop any new interpretation of specified regulations pertaining to surface mining.

It failed 189 to 239.

182 Democrats and 7 Republicans voted for it. 235 Republicans and 4 Democrats voted against it.

Here are the 4 Democrats:

Jim Costa (CA-16)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Collin Peterson (MN-07)
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)

Here are the 7 Republicans:

Carlos Curbelo (FL-26)
Bob Dold (IL-10)
Chris Gibson (NY-19)
Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03)
Frank LoBiondo (NJ-02)
Dave Reichert (WA-08)
Chris Smith (NJ-04)

OCEAN POLICY

Nikki Tsongas (MA-03) offered an amendment to strike section 425, which prohibits the use of funds to further implement coastal and marine spatial planning and management components of the National Ocean Policy.

It failed 186 to 238.

5 Republicans joined Democrats in voting for it:

Bob Dold (IL-10)
Frank Guinta (NH-01)
Richard Hanna (NY-22)
Elise Stefanik (NY-21)
Lee Zeldin (NY-01)

PUBLIC LANDS

Raul Grijalva (AZ-03) offered an amendment to strike section 433, which provides for vacant public land grazing allotments when an existing allotment is unusable due to drought or wildfire.

It failed 178 to 251.

8 Democrats joined the GOP in voting against it:

Brad Ashford (NE-02)
Jim Costa (CA-16)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01)
Ben Lujan (NM-03)
Ed Perlmutter (CO-07)
Collin Peterson (MN-07)
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)

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Brenda Lawrence (MI-14) offered an amendment to strike section 439 from the bill, which prohibits the use of funds for the regulations on fracking on federal and Indian lands that Obama issued in March.

It failed 179 to 250.

178 Democrats and 1 Republican voted for it. 242 Republicans and 8 Democrats voted against it.

The 1 Republican was Chris Gibson (NY-19).

Here are the 8 Democrats:

Brad Ashford (NE-02)
Sanford Bishop (GA-02)
Henry Cuellar (NE-02)
Gene Green (TX-29)
Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01)
Collin Peterson (MN-07)
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)
Filemon Vela (TX-34)

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Jared Polis (CO-02) offered an amendment to prohibit use of funds in contravention of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act.

It failed 192 to 237.

184 Democrats and 8 Republicans voted for it. 235 Republicans and 2 Democrats voted against it.
The two Democrats were Collin Peterson (MN-07) and Kurt Schrader (OR-05).

Here are the 8 Republicans:

Ryan Costello (PA-06)
Mike Fitzpatrick (PA-08)
Jeff Fortenberry (NE-01)
Chris Gibson (NY-19)
Pat Meehan (PA-07)
Reid Ribble (WI-08)
Lee Zeldin (NY-01)
Ryan Zinke (MT-AL)

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Steve Pearce (NM-02) offered an amendment to prohibit the use of funds to increase the rate of any royalty required to be paid to the United States for oil and gas produced on Federal land, or to prepare or publish a proposed rule relating to such an increase.

It passed 231 to 198.

230 Republicans and 1 Democrat voted for it. 185 Democrats and 13 Republicans voted against it.

That 1 Democrat was Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09).

Here are the 13 Republicans:

Vern Buchanan (FL-16)
Jeff Denham (CA-10)
Renee Ellmers (NC-02)
Mike Fitzpatrick (PA-08)
Jeff Fortenberry (NE-01)
Chris Gibson (NY-19)
Morgan Griffith (VA-09)
Richard Hanna (NY-22)
Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03)
Walter Jones (NC_03)
Gary Palmer (AL-06)
Tom Reed (NY-23)
Morgan Sanford (SC-01)

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Cresent Hardy (NV-04) offered an amendment to prohibit the use of funds to make a Presidential declaration by public proclamation of a national monument under chapter 3203 of title 54, United States Code in specified counties.

It passed 222 to 206.

221 Republicans and 1 Democrat voted for it. 185 Democrats and 21 Republicans voted against it.

That 1 Democrat was Kurt Schrader (OR-05).

OZONE AND CLIMATE

Jared Polis (CO-02) offered an amendment to strike section 437, which prohibits the use of funds for the social cost of carbon to be incorporated into any rulemaking or guidance document until a new Interagency Working Group revises the estimates using the discount rates and domestic-only limitation on benefits estimates in accordance with Executive Order 12866.

It failed 186 to 243.

5 members of each party switched sides.

Here are the 5 Democrats who voted against it:

Henry Cuellar (TX_28)
Gene Green (TX-29)
Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15)
Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01)
Collin Peterson (MN-07)

Here are the 5 Republicans who voted for it:

Carlos Curbelo (FL-26)
Bob Dold (IL-10)
Chris Gibson (NY-19)
Richard Hanna (NY-22)
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27)

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Donna Edwards (MD-04) offered an amendment to strike section 438 from the bill which provides for a limitation on the use of funds regarding ozone standards.

It failed 180 to 249.

6 Democrats joined Republicans in voting against it:

Brad Ashford (NE-02)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01)
Collin Peterson (MN-08)
Terri Sewell (AL-07)
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)

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Don Beyer (VA-08) offered an amendment to prohibit the use of funds in contravention of Executive Orders regarding climate change.

The amendment failed 189 to 237.

181 Democrats and 8 Republicans voted for it. 233 Republicans and 4 Democrats voted against it.

Here are the 4 Democrats:

Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Collin Peterson (MN-07)
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)

Here are the 8 Republicans:

Carlos Curbelo (FL-26)
Bob Dold (IL-10)
Chris Gibson (NY-19)
John Katko (NY-24)
Pat Meehan (PA-07)
Dave Reichert (WA-08)
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27)
Elise Stefanik (WA-07)

WILDLIFE PROTECTION

Niki Tsongas (MA-03) offered andment to prohibit use of funds to implement or enforce sections 117, 121, or 122 of the bill. Section 117 relates to Sage-Grouse; section 121 relates to reissuance of rules (wolves); and section 122 relates to the Northern Long Eared Bat.

It failed 186 to 243.

187 Democrats and 9 Republicans voted for it. 234 Republicans and 9 Democrats voted against it.

Here are the 9 Democrats:

Brad Ashford (NE-02)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Ron Kind (WI-03)
Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01)
Rick Nolan (MN-08)
Collin Peterson (MN-07)
Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
Pete Welch (VT-AL)
Tim Walz (MN-01)

Here are the 9 Republicans:

Vern Buchanan (FL-16)
Ryan Costello (PA-06)
Carlos Curbelo (FL-26)
Bob Dold (IL-10)
Mike Fitzpatrick (PA-08)
Richard Hanna (NY-22)
John Katko (NY-24)
Pat Meehan (PA-07)
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27)

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Raul Grijalva (AZ-03) offered an amendment to prohibit the use of funds to implement or enforce section 120 of this Act, with respect to Ivory.

It failed 183 to 244.

177 Democrats and 6 Republicans voted for it. 235 Republicans and 9 Democrats voted against it.

Here are the 6 Republicans:

Vern Buchanan (FL-16)
Dan Donovan (NY-11)
Bob Dold (IL-10)
Pete King (NY-02)
Peter Roskam (IL-06)
Ed Whitfield (KY-01)

Here are the 9 Democrats:

Brad Ashford (NE-02)
Jim Costa (CA-16)
Jim Cooper (TN-05)
Gwen Graham (FL-02)
Gene Green (TN-29)
Collin Peterson (MN-07)
Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
Mike Thompson (CA-05)
Tim Walz (MN-01)

OVERALL FUNDING


Marsha Blackburn (TN-07) offered an amendment to reduce funds in the bill by 1 percent across-the-board.

The amendment failed 168 to 258.

167 Republicans and 1 Democrat voted for it. 184 Democrats and 74 Republicans voted against it.

That one Democrat was Jim Cooper (TN-05).

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