Senate roll call on greenhouse gas regulations
Note: It is now perfectly clear who supports drastic regulations on carbon dioxide and who does not. ALL Senators on the West Coast and in Hawaii supported the EPA by voting against the Murkowski resolution.
Several Democrats joined all Republican Senators in supporting the resolution, including Senator Rockefeller of West Virginia. His comment: “I don’t want the EPA turning the lights out on America” sums everything up.
Although the press is touting the vote to defeat Murkowski as a boost to President Obama’s efforts to pass climate legislation, it may just bring the battle into clearer focus ahead of the November elections. The fact that six Democrats supported Murkowski means that many are aware of and worried about the political implications of supporting carbon taxes (in whatever form) in a cooling climate.
As to Senators Wyden and Merkley in Oregon, let there be no doubt that they want to be counted among Global Warming fanatics. — Gordon F.
By The Associated Press, June 10 [here]
The 53-47 roll call Thursday by which the Senate rejected a resolution to stop the Obama administration from imposing regulations on greenhouse gases.
A “yes” vote is a vote to advance the measure to a final vote.
A “no” vote is a vote to stop the measure from going forward.
Voting yes were 6 Democrats and 41 Republicans.
Voting no were 51 Democrats, 0 Republicans and 2 independents.
ALABAMA
Sessions (R), Yes; Shelby (R), Yes.
ALASKA
Begich (D), No; Murkowski (R), Yes.
ARIZONA
Kyl (R), Yes; McCain (R), Yes.
ARKANSAS
Lincoln (D), Yes; Pryor (D), Yes.
CALIFORNIA
Boxer (D), No; Feinstein (D), No.
COLORADO
Bennet (D), No; Udall (D), No.
CONNECTICUT
Dodd (D), No; Lieberman (I), No.
DELAWARE
Carper (D), No; Kaufman (D), No.
FLORIDA
LeMieux (R), Yes; Nelson (D), No.
GEORGIA
Chambliss (R), Yes; Isakson (R), Yes.
HAWAII
Akaka (D), No; Inouye (D), No.
IDAHO
Crapo (R), Yes; Risch (R), Yes.
ILLINOIS
Burris (D), No; Durbin (D), No.
INDIANA
Bayh (D), Yes; Lugar (R), Yes.
IOWA
Grassley (R), Yes; Harkin (D), No.
KANSAS
Brownback (R), Yes; Roberts (R), Yes.
KENTUCKY
Bunning (R), Yes; McConnell (R), Yes.
LOUISIANA
Landrieu (D), Yes; Vitter (R), Yes.
MAINE
Collins (R), Yes; Snowe (R), Yes.
MARYLAND
Cardin (D), No; Mikulski (D), No.
MASSACHUSETTS
Brown (R), Yes; Kerry (D), No.
MICHIGAN
Levin (D), No; Stabenow (D), No.
MINNESOTA
Franken (D), No; Klobuchar (D), No.
MISSISSIPPI
Cochran (R), Yes; Wicker (R), Yes.
MISSOURI
Bond (R), Yes; McCaskill (D), No.
MONTANA
Baucus (D), No; Tester (D), No.
NEBRASKA
Johanns (R), Yes; Nelson (D), Yes.
NEVADA
Ensign (R), Yes; Reid (D), No.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Gregg (R), Yes; Shaheen (D), No.
NEW JERSEY
Lautenberg (D), No; Menendez (D), No.
NEW MEXICO
Bingaman (D), No; Udall (D), No.
NEW YORK
Gillibrand (D), No; Schumer (D), No.
NORTH CAROLINA
Burr (R), Yes; Hagan (D), No.
NORTH DAKOTA
Conrad (D), No; Dorgan (D), No.
OHIO
Brown (D), No; Voinovich (R), Yes.
OKLAHOMA
Coburn (R), Yes; Inhofe (R), Yes.
OREGON
Merkley (D), No; Wyden (D), No.
PENNSYLVANIA
Casey (D), No; Specter (D), No.
RHODE ISLAND
Reed (D), No; Whitehouse (D), No.
SOUTH CAROLINA
DeMint (R), Yes; Graham (R), Yes.
SOUTH DAKOTA
Johnson (D), No; Thune (R), Yes.
TENNESSEE
Alexander (R), Yes; Corker (R), Yes.
TEXAS
Cornyn (R), Yes; Hutchison (R), Yes.
UTAH
Bennett (R), Yes; Hatch (R), Yes.
VERMONT
Leahy (D), No; Sanders (I), No.
VIRGINIA
Warner (D), No; Webb (D), No.
WASHINGTON
Cantwell (D), No; Murray (D), No.
WEST VIRGINIA
Byrd (D), No; Rockefeller (D), Yes.
WISCONSIN
Feingold (D), No; Kohl (D), No.
WYOMING
Barrasso (R), Yes; Enzi (R), Yes
