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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