Does your Senator care about the US and price of gasonline?

[SavageSun4x4]

Senate Bill S.3711 http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SN3711 :
A bill to enhance the energy independence and security of the United States by providing for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources in the Gulf of Mexico. The bill opens up an additional 181 square miles of potential offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

YAYS ---71

NAYs ---25

Not voting ---4

NAYS are as follows, by Senators name and party affiliation:

Akaka (D-HI)
Bayh (D-IN)*
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)*
Byrd (D-WV)*
Cantwell (D-WA)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)*
Feinstein (D-CA)*
Harkin (D-IA)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)*
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)*
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Obama (D-IL)*
Reed (D-RI)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Snowe (R-ME)
Wyden (D-OR)

1 Republican

24 DimOkrats

*: Outstanding members of the far left


Not Voting - 4

Baucus (D-MT)
Bunning (R-KY)
Kerry (D-MA)
Lieberman (D-CT)

4 DimOkrats

YOU make the call!

[1BLKJP]

HA, doesn't surprise me that Kerry didn't vote. Does that guy ever do anything except B*tch about not getting elected president?

And man Barbara Boxer is hell on wheels out there in California. For the life of me I have no idea why anyone listens to her.

[mingoglia]

Kennedy voted Nay? What a surprise. ;)

[RokNRich]

Not surprised this passed, but you know what they say, if it looks like pork, smells like pork, and tastes like pork, it's probably pork.

Also 17 Dems voted yea, including Hillary :eek:

Went ahead and did a search to find out a little about this bill, interesting highlights from the article I read:

Much of the debate has focused on the generous revenue-sharing provisions added by lawmakers in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama. Oil and gas rigs have drilled off the coasts of those states for decades, and the states stand to receive a windfall if the bill becomes law.

Under the narrower Senate bill, 37.5 percent of all oil and gas royalties would go to energy-producing states in the Gulf of Mexico starting next year. The bill would extend the new revenue-sharing formula to all offshore projects across the country starting in 2016.

The House-passed bill contains an even more generous revenue-sharing scheme. States would receive 63.75 percent of royalties for oil and gas platforms within 12 miles of shore, and 42.5 percent of revenues for areas more than 12 miles offshore.

"Fundamental fairness dictates that states and local communities who voluntarily sustain this important energy industry should receive part of the proceeds," said Sen. Trent Lott, a Republican from Mississippi.

But even the Bush administration is worried that the legislation could divert billions of dollars from the federal Treasury at a time the nation is facing a costly war in Iraq and steep budget deficits.

Lease Area 181, which is about 100 miles south of the Florida Panhandle, is not covered by the congressional moratorium on drilling, but President Bush and his brother, Republican Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, had worked out a deal not to offer any new lease sales in the area. The areas covered by the Senate bill are estimated to contain 1.25 billion barrels of recoverable oil and 5 trillion cubic feet of gas.

Among the bill's opponents is Sen. Ted Stevens, the powerful Alaska Republican lawmaker who chairs the Senate Commerce Committee.

Stevens supports offshore drilling, but was angered that Senate Republican leaders did not include Alaska among the states that will share in the billions of dollars in revenue. He said he plans to object on the Senate floor.



Grouped By Vote Position YEAs ---71
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Burns (R-MT)
Burr (R-NC)
Carper (D-DE)
Chafee (R-RI)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Frist (R-TN)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Inouye (D-HI)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kohl (D-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Levin (D-MI)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reid (D-NV)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Santorum (R-PA)
Schumer (D-NY)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Specter (R-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)

NAYs ---25
Akaka (D-HI)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Obama (D-IL)
Reed (D-RI)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Snowe (R-ME)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 4
Baucus (D-MT)
Bunning (R-KY)
Kerry (D-MA)
Lieberman (D-CT)

[DsrtJeeper]

Not Voting - 4

Baucus (D-MT)
Bunning (R-KY)
Kerry (D-MA)
Lieberman (D-CT)

4 DimOkrats

YOU make the call!

Since we're splitting hairs here; you have Bunning listed as Republican. The total not voting would then be 3. ;) :D