Stop National Animal ID
Amendment to Block Animal ID—How They Voted
by Gail Damerow

In May 2006 the House of Representatives voted on the 2007 Farm Bill amendment authored by Texas Representative Ron Paul to block funding for the USDA’s National Animal Identification System (NAIS). Only 34 Representatives voted "yes" to block NAIS funding. Those 34 enlightened Representatives who favor farmers are shown in green. The remainder must be either educated or voted out of office.

Alabama
Aderholt—no
Bachus—no
Bonner—no
Cramer—no
Davis—no
Everett—no
Rogers—no

Alaska
Young—yes

Arizona
Flake—yes
Franks—yes

Grijalva—no
Hayworth—yes
Kolbe—no
Pastor—no
Renzi—yes
Shadegg—yes

Arkansas
Berry—no
Boozman—no
Ross—no
Snyder—abstain

California
Baca—no
Becerra—no
Berman—no
Bono—no
Calvert—no
Campbell—no
Capps—no
Cardoza—no
Costa—no
Cunningham—vacant
Davis—no
Doolittle—no
Dreier—no
Eshoo—no
Farr—no
Filner—no
Gallegly—no
Harman—no
Herger—no
Honda—no
Hunter—abstain
Issa—abstain
Lantos—no
Lee—no
Lewis—no
Lofgren—no
Lungren—no
Matsui—no
McKeon—no
Millender-McDonald—no
Miller—no
Miller—no
Napolitano—no
Nunes—no
Pelosi—no
Pombo—no
Radanovich—no
Rohrabacher—no
Roybal-Allard—no
Royce—yes
Sanchez—no
Sanchez—no
Schiff—no
Sherman—no
Solis—no
Stark—no
Tauscher—no
Thomas—no
Thompson—no
Waters—no
Watson—no
Waxman—no
Woolsey—no

Colorado
Beauprez—no
DeGette—no
Hefley—yes
Musgrave—no
Salazar—no
Tancredo—yes
Udall—no

Connecticut
DeLauro—no
Johnson—no
Larson—abstain
Shays—no
Simmons—no

Delaware
Castle—no

Florida
Bilirakis—no
Boyd—no
Brown—abstain
Brown-Waite—no
Crenshaw—no
Davis—abstain
Diaz-Balart—no
Diaz-Balart—no
Feeney—no
Foley—no
Harris—no
Hastings—no
Keller—no
Mack—no
Meek—no
Mica—no
Miller—yes
Putnam—no
Ros-Lehtinen—no
Shaw Jr.—no
Stearns—no
Wasserman Schultz—no
Weldon—no
Wexler—no
Young—no

Georgia
Barrow—no
Bishop Jr.—no
Deal—no
Gingrey—no
Kingston—no
Lewis—no
Linder—no
Marshall—no
McKinney—yes
Norwood—no
Price—yes
Scott—no
Westmoreland—no

Hawaii
Abercrombie—yes
Case—no

Idaho
Otter—no
Simpson—no

Illinois
Bean—no
Biggert—no
Costello—no
Davis—no
Emanuel—no
Evans—abstain
Gutierrez—no
Hastert—no
Hyde—no
Jackson Jr.—no
Johnson—no
Kirk—no
Lahood—no
Lipinski—no
Manzullo—no
Rush—no
Schakowsky—no
Shimkus—no
Weller—no

Indiana
Burton—yes
Buyer—no
Carson—no
Chocola—no
Hostettler—yes
Pence—no
Sodrel—no
Souder—no
Visclosky—no

Iowa
Boswell—no
King—no
Latham—no
Leach—no
Nussle—no

Kansas
Moore—no
Moran—no
Ryun—no
Tiahrt—no

Kentucky
Chandler—no
Davis—no
Lewis—no
Northup—no
Rogers—no
Whitfield—no

Louisiana
Alexander—no
Baker—no
Boustany Jr.—no
Jefferson—no
Jindal—no
McCrery—no
Melancon—no

Maine
Allen—no
Michaud—no

Maryland
Bartlett—yes
Cardin—no
Cummings—no
Gilchrest—no
Hoyer—no
Ruppersberger—no
Van Hollen—no
Wynn—no

Massachusetts
Capuano—no
Delahunt—no
Frank—no
Lynch—no
Markey—no
McGovern—no
Meehan—no
Neal—no
Olver—no
Tierney—no

Michigan
Camp—no
Conyers Jr.—no
Dingell—no
Ehlers—no
Hoekstra—no
Kildee—no
Kilpatrick—no
Knollenberg—no
Levin—no
McCotter—no
Miller—no
Rogers—no
Schwarz—no
Stupak—no
Upton—no

Minnesota
Gutknecht—no
Kennedy—no
Kline—no
McCollum—no
Oberstar—no
Peterson—no
Ramstad—no
Sabo—no

Mississippi
Pickering—no
Taylor—no
Thompson—no
Wicker—no

Missouri
Akin—no
Blunt—no
Carnahan—no
Clay Jr.—no
Cleaver—no
Emerson—no
Graves—no
Hulshof—no
Skelton—no

Montana
Rehberg—no

Nebraska
Fortenberry—no
Osborne—no
Terry—no

Nevada
Berkley—no
Gibbons—no
Porter—no

New Hampshire
Bass—no
Bradley—no

New Jersey
Andrews—no
Ferguson—no
Frelinghuysen—no
Garrett—no
Holt—no
LoBiondo—no
Menendez—vacant
Pallone Jr.—no
Pascrell Jr.—no
Payne—abstain
Rothman—no
Saxton—no
Smith—no
New Mexico
Pearce—yes
Udall—yes
Wilson—yes

New York
Ackerman—no
Bishop—no
Boehlert—no
Crowley—no
Engel—no
Fossella—no
Higgins—no
Hinchey—no
Israel—no
Kelly—no
King—no
Kuhl Jr.—no
Lowey—no
Maloney—no
McCarthy—no
McHugh—no
McNulty—no
Meeks—no
Nadler—no
Owens—no
Rangel—no
Reynolds—no
Serrano—no
Slaughter—no
Sweeney—no
Towns—no
Velazquez—no
Walsh—no
Weiner—no

North Carolina
Butterfield—no
Coble—no
Etheridge—no
Foxx—no
Hayes—no
Jones—no
McHenry—yes
McIntyre—no
Miller—no
Myrick—no
Price—no
Taylor—no
Watt—no

North Dakota
Pomeroy—no

Ohio
Boehner—no
Brown—no
Chabot—no
Gillmor—no
Hobson—no
Jones—no
Kaptur—no
Kucinich—no
LaTourette—no
Ney—no
Oxley—no
Pryce—no
Regula—no
Ryan—no
Schmidt—no
Strickland—no
Tiberi—yes
Turner—no

Oklahoma
Boren—no
Cole—no
Istook Jr.—yes
Lucas—no
Sullivan—yes

Oregon
Blumenauer—no
DeFazio—no
Hooley—no
Walden—no
Wu—no

Pennsylvania
Brady—no
Dent—no
Doyle—no
English—no
Fattah—no
Fitzpatrick—no
Gerlach—no
Hart—no
Holden—no
Kanjorski—no
Murphy—no
Murtha—no
Peterson—no
Pitts—no
Platts—no
Schwartz—no
Sherwood—no
Shuster—no
Weldon—no

Rhode Island
Kennedy—abstain
Langevin—no

South Carolina
Barrett—yes
Brown—no
Clyburn—no
Inglis—no
Spratt—no
Wilson—no

South Dakota
Herseth—no

Tennessee
Blackburn—no
Cooper—no
Davis—no
Duncan Jr.—yes
Ford—no
Gordon—no
Jenkins—no
Tanner—no
Wamp—no

Texas
Barton—no
Bonilla—no
Brady—no
Burgess—no
Carter—no
Conaway—no
Cuellar—no
Culberson—no
DeLay—vacant
Doggett—no
Edwards—no
Gohmert—yes
Gonzalez—no
Granger—no
Green—no
Green—no
Hall—no
Hensarling—no
Hinojosa—no
Jackson Lee—no
Johnson, EB—no
Johnson, S—yes
Marchant—no
McCaul—no
Neugebauer—no
Ortiz—no
Paul—yes
Poe—yes

Reyes—no
Sessions—no
Smith—no
Thornberry—no

Utah
Bishop—no
Cannon—no
Matheson—no

Vermont
Sanders—yes
Boucher—no
Cantor—no
Davis—no
Davis—no
Drake—no
Forbes—no
Goode Jr.—yes
Goodlatte—no
Moran—no
Scott—no
Wolf—no

Washington
Baird—no
Dicks—no
Hastings—no
Inslee—no
Larsen—no
McDermott—no
McMorris—yes
Reichert—no
Smith—no
West Capito—no
West Mollohan—no
West Rahall—no

Wisconsin
Baldwin—no
Green—no
Kind—no
Moore—no
Obey—no
Petri—yes
Ryan—no
Sensenbrenner—yes

Wyoming
Cubin—no

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01 August 2006