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Thursday, April 21, 2005

The ANWR amendment: How they voted

A total of 29 Republicans and one Independent joined Democrats in the failed vote on the amendment to strip ANWR from the energy bill yesterday (known as Amendment #3). Those 30 are:

Bartlett (Md.), Bass (N.H.), Boehlert (N.Y.), Bradley (N.H.), Castle (Del.), Davis (Va.), Ehlers (Mich.), Ferguson (N.J.), Fitzpatrick (Penn.), Freylinghuysen (N.J.), Gerlach (Penn.), Gilchrest (Md.), Inglis (S.C.), Johnson (Conn.), Johnson (Ill.), Kennedy (Minn.), Kirk (R.I.), Leach (Iowa), LoBiondo (N.J.), Petri (Wisc.,) Ramstad (Minn.), Reichert (Wash.), Sanders (I-Vt.), Saxton (N.J.), Schwarz (Mich.), Sensenbrenner (Wisc.), Shays (Conn.), Simmons (Conn.), Smith (N.J.), Walsh (N.Y.).

Meanwhile, 30 Democrats defected and voted with Republicans against the amendment (thus voting to keep ANWR drilling in the bill):

Baca (Calif.), Berry (Ark.), Bishop (Ga.), Boren (Okla.), Boyd (Fla.), Brady (Penn.), Cardoza (Calif.), Costa (Calif.), Cramer (Ala.), Cuellar (Tex.), Davis (Ala.), Davis (Tenn.), Edwards (Tex.), Green (Ala.), Green (Tex.), Herseth (S.D.), Hinojosa (Tex.), Jefferson (La.), Kanjorski (Penn.), Melancon (Ala.), Mollohan (W.V.), Murhta (Penn.), Ortiz (Tex.), Peterson (Minn.), Reyes (Tex.), Ross (Ark.), Skelton (Mo.), Tanner (Tenn.), Taylor (Miss.) Towns (N.Y.).

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