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Farm Bill: Tester Amendment Roll Call Vote

Written by Stumo

Thursday, 13 December 2007

Senator Jon Tester offered a Farm Bill amendment today, Amendment no. 3666, that would have made it harder for meat packers to avoid liability for price manipulation. It would have clarified that so-called "legitimate business justifications" are not a defense to manipulating livestock prices in the United States.

Farmers and ranchers should know that these Senators voted “no,” thereby supporting continued packer price manipulation.

Thune (SD), Hagel (NE), Nelson (NE), Domenici (NM), Klobuchar (MN), Stabenow (MI), Casey (PA), Coleman (MN)

We need to thank Senator Tester, as well as these Senators that voted in favor of competitive markets:

Salazar (CO), Landrieu (LA), Harkin (IA), Johnson (SD), Grassley (IA), Enzi (WY), Barasso (WY), Conrad (ND), Dorgan (ND), McCaskill (MO)

The full roll call vote is below the fold. (read more).

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---40

Barrasso (R-WY)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Enzi (R-WY)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Grassley (R-IA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Tester (D-MT)
Webb (D-VA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

NAYs ---55

Akaka (D-HI)
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Casey (D-PA)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Inouye (D-HI)
Isakson (R-GA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)