Energy bill still up for debate, Who voted how

[GreenPartyVoter]

Kerry and Edwards did not vote on this, which is terribly disappointing to me. :(

BUT... at least the durned thing didn't pass.


How Did Your Senators Vote?
Roll Call 456: On the Cloture Motion - H.R. 6 (Energy Policy Act of 2003 )
A YEA vote was to end debate and pass the Bush Energy policy. A NO vote was to continue debate. 60 votes are needed to end debate.
Yea 57

Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Breaux (D-LA)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Campbell (R-CO)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Conrad (D-ND)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
Daschle (D-SD)
Dayton (D-MN)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Fitzgerald (R-IL)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagel (R-NE)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
McConnell (R-KY)
Miller (D-GA)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-NE)
Nickles (R-OK)
Pryor (D-AR)
Roberts (R-KS)
Santorum (R-PA)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)

No 40

Akaka (D-HI)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE)
Chafee (R-RI)
Clinton (D-NY)
Collins (R-ME)
Corzine (D-NJ)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Frist (R-TN)
Graham (D-FL)
Gregg (R-NH)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
McCain (R-AZ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Snowe (R-ME)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Sununu (R-NH)
Wyden (D-OR)


Not Voting 3
Edwards (D-NC)
Hollings (D-SC)
Kerry (D-MA)

[helleborient]

1. Durbin, Feingold and Bayh held firm against the tide...

They made this one really tough for farm belt states...because of the increased use of ethanol.

[goodhue]

3. also Kohl held firm

but the rest of the corn belt dems caved, including Daschle, Dorgan, Dayton, Johnson, Nelson, Harkin and Conrad. It is hard to underestimate the power of the ethanol lobby here in the upper midwest.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Feinstein

is concerned about ethanol creating more pollution in CA. Does anyone have some reading material on this subject? I honestly don't know much about the stuff.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

2. As long as the Repugs don't have the 60 votes needed for cloture

it doesn't matter how many votes are on the other side.

[goodhue]

5. Can someone explain

why Frist voted No. I don't get it. Could that be an error? Or seeing that he doesn't have 60, he votes against party position? What am I missing? Thanks in advance.

[helleborient]

6. Wasn't there something about that he had to vote that way...

For the bill to be brought back up later?

I'm sorry, I admit I'm not a Sen. Byrd-style expert in Senate rules.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Yes, he said he voted no

to keep it alive.

[goodhue]

8. thanks

I think that's right.