Senate roll-call on military aviation biofuels: the geography of support
November 29, 2012
| Jim Lane
In Washington, the US Senate voted 62-37 in favor of an amendment offered by Senator Mark Udall of Colorado to repeal section 313 of the annual Defense appropriations bill.
Section 313 language, which was offered by Senator Inhofe and adopted in Committee, prohibits DOD from procuring alternative fuels if they cost more than their conventional counterparts.
The geography of support is shown below – green representing states where both Senators voted in favor of the Udall amendment, blue representing a split vote, and brown representing states where both Senators voted against.
Alphabetical by Senator Name
Akaka (D-HI), Yea Alexander (R-TN), Nay Ayotte (R-NH), Nay Barrasso (R-WY), Nay Baucus (D-MT), Yea Begich (D-AK), Yea Bennet (D-CO), Yea Bingaman (D-NM), Yea Blumenthal (D-CT), Yea Blunt (R-MO), Yea Boozman (R-AR), Nay Boxer (D-CA), Yea Brown (D-OH), Yea Brown (R-MA), Nay Burr (R-NC), Nay Cantwell (D-WA), Yea Cardin (D-MD), Yea Carper (D-DE), Yea Casey (D-PA), Yea Chambliss (R-GA), Nay Coats (R-IN), Nay Coburn (R-OK), Nay Cochran (R-MS), Yea Collins (R-ME), Yea Conrad (D-ND), Yea Coons (D-DE), Yea Corker (R-TN), Nay Cornyn (R-TX), Nay Crapo (R-ID), Nay DeMint (R-SC), Nay Durbin (D-IL), Yea Enzi (R-WY), Nay Feinstein (D-CA), Yea Franken (D-MN), Yea |
Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea Graham (R-SC), Nay Grassley (R-IA), Yea Hagan (D-NC), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Yea Hatch (R-UT), Nay Heller (R-NV), Nay Hoeven (R-ND), Yea Hutchison (R-TX), Nay Inhofe (R-OK), Nay Inouye (D-HI), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Nay Johanns (R-NE), Yea Johnson (D-SD), Yea Johnson (R-WI), Nay Kerry (D-MA), Yea Kirk (R-IL), Not Voting Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea Kohl (D-WI), Yea Kyl (R-AZ), Nay Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea Leahy (D-VT), Yea Lee (R-UT), Nay Levin (D-MI), Yea Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea Lugar (R-IN), Yea Manchin (D-WV), Nay McCain (R-AZ), Nay McCaskill (D-MO), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Nay Menendez (D-NJ), Yea Merkley (D-OR), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Yea |
Moran (R-KS), Yea Murkowski (R-AK), Yea Murray (D-WA), Yea Nelson (D-FL), Yea Nelson (D-NE), Yea Paul (R-KY), Nay Portman (R-OH), Nay Pryor (D-AR), Yea Reed (D-RI), Yea Reid (D-NV), Yea Risch (R-ID), Nay Roberts (R-KS), Nay Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea Rubio (R-FL), Nay Sanders (I-VT), Yea Schumer (D-NY), Yea Sessions (R-AL), Nay Shaheen (D-NH), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Nay Snowe (R-ME), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Yea Tester (D-MT), Yea Thune (R-SD), Yea Toomey (R-PA), Nay Udall (D-CO), Yea Udall (D-NM), Yea Vitter (R-LA), Nay Warner (D-VA), Yea Webb (D-VA), Nay Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea Wicker (R-MS), Nay Wyden (D-OR), Yea |
Grouped By Vote Position
YEAs —62 | ||
Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Begich (D-AK) Bennet (D-CO) Bingaman (D-NM) Blumenthal (D-CT) Blunt (R-MO) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Coons (D-DE) Durbin (D-IL) Feinstein (D-CA) Franken (D-MN) Gillibrand (D-NY) |
Grassley (R-IA) Hagan (D-NC) Harkin (D-IA) Hoeven (R-ND) Inouye (D-HI) Johanns (R-NE) Johnson (D-SD) Kerry (D-MA) Klobuchar (D-MN) Kohl (D-WI) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (ID-CT) Lugar (R-IN) McCaskill (D-MO) Menendez (D-NJ) Merkley (D-OR) Mikulski (D-MD) Moran (R-KS) |
Murkowski (R-AK) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sanders (I-VT) Schumer (D-NY) Shaheen (D-NH) Snowe (R-ME) Stabenow (D-MI) Tester (D-MT) Thune (R-SD) Udall (D-CO) Udall (D-NM) Warner (D-VA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wyden (D-OR) |
NAYs —37 | ||
Alexander (R-TN) Ayotte (R-NH) Barrasso (R-WY) Boozman (R-AR) Brown (R-MA) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coats (R-IN) Coburn (R-OK) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) |
Enzi (R-WY) Graham (R-SC) Hatch (R-UT) Heller (R-NV) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johnson (R-WI) Kyl (R-AZ) Lee (R-UT) Manchin (D-WV) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) |
Paul (R-KY) Portman (R-OH) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS) Rubio (R-FL) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Toomey (R-PA) Vitter (R-LA) Webb (D-VA) Wicker (R-MS) |
Not Voting – 1 | ||
Kirk (R-IL) |
By State:
Alabama: | Sessions (R-AL), Nay | Shelby (R-AL), Nay |
Alaska: | Begich (D-AK), Yea | Murkowski (R-AK), Yea |
Arizona: | Kyl (R-AZ), Nay | McCain (R-AZ), Nay |
Arkansas: | Boozman (R-AR), Nay | Pryor (D-AR), Yea |
California: | Boxer (D-CA), Yea | Feinstein (D-CA), Yea |
Colorado: | Bennet (D-CO), Yea | Udall (D-CO), Yea |
Connecticut: | Blumenthal (D-CT), Yea | Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea |
Delaware: | Carper (D-DE), Yea | Coons (D-DE), Yea |
Florida: | Nelson (D-FL), Yea | Rubio (R-FL), Nay |
Georgia: | Chambliss (R-GA), Nay | Isakson (R-GA), Nay |
Hawaii: | Akaka (D-HI), Yea | Inouye (D-HI), Yea |
Idaho: | Crapo (R-ID), Nay | Risch (R-ID), Nay |
Illinois: | Durbin (D-IL), Yea | Kirk (R-IL), Not Voting |
Indiana: | Coats (R-IN), Nay | Lugar (R-IN), Yea |
Iowa: | Grassley (R-IA), Yea | Harkin (D-IA), Yea |
Kansas: | Moran (R-KS), Yea | Roberts (R-KS), Nay |
Kentucky: | McConnell (R-KY), Nay | Paul (R-KY), Nay |
Louisiana: | Landrieu (D-LA), Yea | Vitter (R-LA), Nay |
Maine: | Collins (R-ME), Yea | Snowe (R-ME), Yea |
Maryland: | Cardin (D-MD), Yea | Mikulski (D-MD), Yea |
Massachusetts: | Brown (R-MA), Nay | Kerry (D-MA), Yea |
Michigan: | Levin (D-MI), Yea | Stabenow (D-MI), Yea |
Minnesota: | Franken (D-MN), Yea | Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea |
Mississippi: | Cochran (R-MS), Yea | Wicker (R-MS), Nay |
Missouri: | Blunt (R-MO), Yea | McCaskill (D-MO), Yea |
Montana: | Baucus (D-MT), Yea | Tester (D-MT), Yea |
Nebraska: | Johanns (R-NE), Yea | Nelson (D-NE), Yea |
Nevada: | Heller (R-NV), Nay | Reid (D-NV), Yea |
New Hampshire: | Ayotte (R-NH), Nay | Shaheen (D-NH), Yea |
New Jersey: | Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea | Menendez (D-NJ), Yea |
New Mexico: | Bingaman (D-NM), Yea | Udall (D-NM), Yea |
New York: | Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea | Schumer (D-NY), Yea |
North Carolina: | Burr (R-NC), Nay | Hagan (D-NC), Yea |
North Dakota: | Conrad (D-ND), Yea | Hoeven (R-ND), Yea |
Ohio: | Brown (D-OH), Yea | Portman (R-OH), Nay |
Oklahoma: | Coburn (R-OK), Nay | Inhofe (R-OK), Nay |
Oregon: | Merkley (D-OR), Yea | Wyden (D-OR), Yea |
Pennsylvania: | Casey (D-PA), Yea | Toomey (R-PA), Nay |
Rhode Island: | Reed (D-RI), Yea | Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea |
South Carolina: | DeMint (R-SC), Nay | Graham (R-SC), Nay |
South Dakota: | Johnson (D-SD), Yea | Thune (R-SD), Yea |
Tennessee: | Alexander (R-TN), Nay | Corker (R-TN), Nay |
Texas: | Cornyn (R-TX), Nay | Hutchison (R-TX), Nay |
Utah: | Hatch (R-UT), Nay | Lee (R-UT), Nay |
Vermont: | Leahy (D-VT), Yea | Sanders (I-VT), Yea |
Virginia: | Warner (D-VA), Yea | Webb (D-VA), Nay |
Washington: | Cantwell (D-WA), Yea | Murray (D-WA), Yea |
West Virginia: | Manchin (D-WV), Nay | Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea |
Wisconsin: | Johnson (R-WI), Nay | Kohl (D-WI), Yea |
Wyoming: | Barrasso (R-WY), Nay | Enzi (R-WY), Nay |
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