Here is the roll call on the American Clean Energy and Security Act.
Aye: 219
No: 212
8 Republicans voted Aye:
Castle (DE, duh)
LoBiondo (NJ)
Lance (NJ)
Smith (NJ)
Kirk (IL)
Reichert (WA)
McHugh (NY)
Bono Mack (CA)
44 Dems voted against:
Altmire (PA)
Dahlkemper (PA)
Holden (PA)
Arcuri (NY)
Massa (NY)
Costa (CA)
Stark (CA)
Foster (IL)
Costello (IL)
Kucinich (OH)
DeFazio (OR)
Kissell (NC)
McIntyre (NC)
Nye (VA)
Kirkpatrick (AZ)
Mitchell (AZ)
Salazar (CO)
Wilson (OH)
Visclosky(IN)
Donnelly (IN)
Ellsworth (IN)
Mollohan (WV)
Rahall (WV)
Berry (AR)
Ross (AR)
Melancon (LA)
Barrow (GA)
Marshall (GA)
Davis (TN)
Tanner (TN)
Pomeroy (ND)
Herseth Sandlin (SD)
Rodriguez (TX)
Ortiz (TX)
Edwards (TX)
Boren (OK)
Bright (AL)
Davis (AL)
Griffith (AL)
Childers (MS)
Taylor (MS)
Matheson (UT)
Minnick (ID)
“Moderate” Republicans who should catch hell for opposing this:
Cao (LA)
King (NY)
Lee (NY)
Bartlett (MD)
Garrett (NJ)
Freylinghuysen (NJ)
Biggert (IL)
Wolf (VA)
Dent (PA)
Gerlach (PA)
Dreier (CA)
Rohrabacher (CA)
Brown-Waite (FL)
Ros-Lehtinen (FL)
Diaz-Balart (both) (FL)
Paulsen (MN)
Terry (NE)
Credit is due to some Moderate Dems voting Aye
Kratovil (MD)
Shuler (NC)
Skelton (MO)
Cuellar (TX)
Gordon (TN)
Teague (NM)
Markey (CO)
Moore (KS)
Yarmuth (KY)
Murtha (PA)
Sestak (PA)
Peterson (MN)
Periello (VA)
Space (OH)
Thompson (MS)
Titus (NV)
Someone wanna explain to me why Henry Cuellar supported it and Ciro Rodriguez didn’t? Topsy-turvy.
Keep in mind, Kucinich, Stark, and DeFazio likely voted against because the bill didn’t go far enough (or gave too much money to so-called “clean coal”). Not sure about Costa.
Anyway, what the heck is the point of all those coal giveaways if we couldn’t get the support of Mollohan and Rahall? Effing coalmongers.
UPDATE: Burnt Orange Report on the Texas delegation:
Now i know Edwards has a conservative, rural district. But Ortiz and Rodriguez? If memory serves, Rodriguez lost a primary to Henry Cuellar after redistricting, and lost because Cuellar ran to the right of him. Now, then how in the world is Cuellar voting yes and Rodriguez no? Rodriguez’s district is also home to the most renewable energy potential of any part of not only Texas but possibly the country. And he’ll vote no on renewable energy? Too bad those hundreds of wind turbines that produce clean energy and local jobs out in Fort Stockton can’t vote.
And Ortiz? I guess the bill was good enough for the refiners in Houston (as evidenced by Gene Green’s vote) but not the refiners in Corpus Christi? #EPIC FAIL#