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A breakdown of the CAFE standards yeas and nays in the Senate

By Amanda Griscom
14 Mar 2002
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By a vote of 62 to 38, the U.S. Senate decided yesterday to remove from the energy bill a provision that would have increased Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency vehicle standards. Instead, the Senate opted for an industry-backed proposal to give the Bush administration two more years to study the implications of raising CAFE standards. You can find the full text of Amendment 2997 here; the English translation is that a yea vote for the amendment is a thumbs-down to cleaner, greener vehicles. See how your senators voted.

Meanwhile, by a vote of 56 to 44, the Senate agreed to exempt pickup trucks from any future changes to fuel-efficiency standards. Policy wonks can check out the full text of Amendment 2998 here. See how your senators voted.

Amendment 2997


Yeas

Wayne Allard (R-Colo.) George Allen (R-Va.)
Max Baucus (D-Mont.) Evan Bayh (D-Ind.)
Robert Bennett (R-Utah) Christopher Bond (R-Mo.)
John Breaux (D-La.) Sam Brownback (R-Kan.)
Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) Conrad Burns (R-Mont.)
Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.)
Jean Carnahan (D-Mo.) Thomas Carper (D-Del.)
Max Cleland (D-Ga.) Thad Cochran (R-Miss.)
Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) Larry Craig (R-Idaho)
Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) Mike DeWine (R-Ohio)
Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.)
John Ensign ( R-Nev.) Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.)
Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) Peter Fitzgerald (R-Ill.)
William Frist (R-Tenn.) Phil Gramm (R-Texas)
Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) Charles Hagel (R-Neb.)
Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) Jesse Helms (R-N.C.)
Tim Hutchinson (R-Ark.) Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas)
James Inhofe (R-Okla.) Tim Johnson (D-S.D.)
Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.)
Mary Landrieu (D-La.) Carl Levin (D-Mich.)
Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) Trent Lott (R-Miss.)
Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) Zell Miller (D-Ga.)
Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska) Ben Nelson (D-Neb.)
Don Nickles (R-Okla.) Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)
Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.)
Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) Bob Smith (R-N.H.)
Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)
Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) Craig Thomas (R-Wyo.)
Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.)
George Voinovich (R-Ohio) John Warner (R-Va.)


Nays

Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) Joseph Biden, Jr. (D-Del.)
Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)
Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) Lincoln Chafee (R-R.I.)
Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) Susan Collins (R-Maine)
Jon Corzine (D-N.J.) Tom Daschle (D-S.D.)
Mark Dayton (D-Minn.) Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.)
Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) John Edwards (D-N.C.)
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) Bob Graham (D-Fla.)
Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)
Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii)
James Jeffords (I-Vt.) Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.)
John Kerry (D-Mass.) Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)
Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) John McCain (R-Ariz.)
Patty Murray (D-Wash.) Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)
Jack Reed (D-R.I.) Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
John Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.) Paul Sarbanes (D-Md.)
Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) Gordon Smith (R-Ore.)
Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.)
Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)


Amendment 2998


Yeas

Wayne Allard (R-Colo.) George Allen (R-Va.)
Max Baucus (D-Mont.) Robert Bennett (R-Utah)
John Breaux (D-La.) Sam Brownback (R-Kan.)
Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) Conrad Burns (R-Mont.)
Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.)
Jean Carnahan (D-Mo.) Max Cleland (D-Ga.)
Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) Kent Conrad (D-N.D.)
Larry Craig (R-Idaho) Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)
Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) Mike DeWine (R-Ohio)
Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.)
John Edwards (D-N.C.) Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.)
William Frist (R-Tenn.) Phil Gramm (R-Texas)
Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) Charles Hagel (R-Neb.)
Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)
Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) Tim Hutchinson (R-Ark.)
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) James Inhofe (R-Okla.)
Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.)
Mary Landrieu (D-La.) Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.)
Trent Lott (R-Miss.) Richard Lugar (R-Ind.)
Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Zell Miller (D-Ga.)
Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska) Ben Nelson (D-Neb.)
Don Nickles (R-Okla.) Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)
John Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.) Rick Santorum (R-Pa.)
Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) Richard Shelby (R-Ala.)
Bob Smith (R-N.H.) Gordon Smith (R-Ore.)
Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) Craig Thomas (R-Wyo.)
Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.)
George Voionovich (R-Ohio) John Warner (R-Va.)


Nays

Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) Evan Bayh (D-Ind.)
Joseph Biden, Jr. (D-Del.) Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)
Christopher Bond (R-Mo.) Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)
Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) Thomas Carper (D-Del.)
Lincoln Chafee (R-R.I.) Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.)
Susan Collins (R-Maine) Jon Corzine (D-N.J.)
Mark Dayton (D-Minn.) Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.)
Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) John Ensign (R-Nev.)
Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)
Peter Fitzgerald (R-Ill.) Bob Graham (D-Fla.)
Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.)
Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) James Jeffords (I-Vt.)
Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) John Kerry (D-Mass.)
Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)
Carl Levin (D-Mich.) Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.)
John McCain (R-Ariz.) Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.)
Patty Murray (D-Wash.) Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)
Jack Reed (D-R.I.) Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
Paul Sarbanes (D-Md.) Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)
Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) Arlen Specter (R-Pa.)
Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.)
Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)


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Grist columnist Amanda Griscom writes Muckraker and Powers That Be. Her articles on energy, technology, and the environment have appeared in publications ranging from Rolling Stone to The New York Times Magazine.
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