N AT I O N A L F O O D P O L I CY
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FOODPOLICYACTION.ORG
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Food Policy Action was established in 2012 through a collaboration
of national food policy leaders in order to hold legislators
accountable on votes that have an effect on food and farming. Our
goal is to change the national dialogue on food policy by educating
the public on how elected officials are voting on these issues.
Our mission is to highlight the importance of food policy and
to promote policies that support healthy diets, reduce hunger
at home and abroad, improve food access and affordability,
uphold the rights and dignity of food and farm workers, increase
transparency, improve public health, reduce the risk of food-borne
illness, support local and regional food systems, protect and
maintain sustainable fisheries, treat farm animals humanely and
reduce the environmental impact of farming and food production.
Food Policy Action promotes positive policies through education
and publication of the National Food Policy Scorecard.
Chairman:
KEN COOK
President, Environmental
Working Group
Board Members:
TOM COLICCHIO
Chef, Restauranteur,
Head Judge of Top Chef
GARY HIRSHBERG
Co-founder and Chairman,
Stonyfield Farm
WAYNE PACELLE
CEO & President, Humane
Society of the United States
RAY OFFENHEISER
President, Oxfam America
REV. DAVID BECKMANN
President, Bread for the World
DAVE MURPHY
Founder & Executive Director,
Food Democracy Now!
MIA DELL
Chief lobbyist, United Food
& Commercial Workers
NAVINA KHANNA
Co-founder, Live Real
ROBIN SCHEPPER
former Executive Director,
“Let’s Move!”
JOHN BOYD
President, National Black
Farmers Association
MICHAEL JACOBSON
Executive Director, Center for
Science in the Public Interest
Through education and the National Food Policy Scorecard, more
people will be armed with the information they need to vote with
their forks and elect more food policy leaders across the country.
VOTE ADVISORY COUNCIL
HOW VOTES ARE SCORED
CHRISTINE MELENDEZ ASHLEY
Bread for the World
MARNI KARLIN
Organic Trade Association
The National Food Policy Scorecard is your go-to source for
information about the most important food policy legislation
considered by the House and Senate each year. The Scorecard
reflects the consensus of top food policy experts who select the
key food policy votes, bills and amendments each year. The scored
food policy issues include domestic and international hunger,
food safety, food access, farm subsidies, animal welfare, food and
farm labor, nutrition, food additives, food transparency, local and
regional food production, sustainable fisheries, organic farming
and the effects of food production on the environment. The
National Food Policy Scorecard lets you identify which legislators
are working for sensible food policies.
LINDA DELGADO
Oxfam America
BRITT LUNDGREN
Stonyfield Farm
MIA DELL
United Food &
Commercial Workers
FRANZ MATZNER
National Resource
Defense Council
SCOTT FABER
Environmental Working Group
COLIN O’NEIL
Center for Food Safety
FERD HOEFNER
National Sustainable
Agriculture Coalition
DAVID PLUNKETT
Center for Science
in the Public Interest
*Organization names presented here are for identification purposes only.
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SENATE VOTES SCORED
1. COBURN DIRECT PAYMENTS AMENDMENT
3. FEINSTEIN ETHANOL SUBSIDY AMENDMENT
Senate amendment 791 to Senate amendment 738
to H.R. 2112 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2012)
Senate Amendment 476 to S. 782 (Economic
Development Revitalization Act of 2011)
Vote Info: This amendment made highly profitable
farmers (earning in excess of $1 million a year in
adjusted gross income) ineligible for federal farm
subsidies known as direct payments. Previously,
farmers earning as much as $1.25 million a year
(or $2.5 million for married couples) could collect
direct payments and other subsidies, which go
overwhelmingly to the largest, most profitable farm
businesses. Common sense caps on eligibility allow
smaller farms to compete on a level playing field.
Date of Vote: 10/21/2011
Session: First Session
Bill Number: H.R. 2112
Roll Call: Senate No. 183
Good Food Vote: Yea
Passed: 84 - 15
Vote Info: This amendment eliminated the Volumetric
Ethanol Excise Tax Credit for gasoline refiners that
blend ethanol with gasoline and the tariff on imported
ethanol. Both measures provide unnecessary support
for the domestic ethanol industry, which has grown
dramatically as a result of the corn ethanol mandate.
The ethanol industry consumes 40 percent of the U.S.
corn crop, encourages cultivation on marginal and
sensitive land, increases the use of farm chemicals,
and drives up the price of food and livestock feed.
Date of vote: 6/16/2011
Session: First Session
Bill #: S.Amdt.476 to S. 782
Roll Call: Senate No. 90
Good Food Vote: Yea
Passed: 73 - 27
4. SANDERS GMO LABELING AMENDMENT
2. SESSIONS SNAP AMENDMENT #1
Senate amendment 810 to Senate amendment 738
to H.R. 2112 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2012)
Vote Info: This amendment to the appropriations
bill to fund the U.S. Department of Agriculture for
fiscal year 2012 would have prevented states from
using “categorical eligibility” rules to distribute
nutrition assistance benefits. The U.S. Department
of Agriculture allows many states to use categorical
eligibility to make it easier for low-income
households to enroll in the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program, formerly known as food
stamps, and to reduce the administrative costs for
state agencies.
Senate amendment 2310 to S. 3240 (Agriculture
Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012)
Vote Info: This amendment sought to ensure that
states are able to require labeling of foods that contain
genetically modified ingredients and that are sold
within their borders. Several states have passed or are
considering such laws. Industry is seeking to prevent
state-by-state labeling requirements. Many consumers
and scientists remain concerned about the potential
impact of genetically modified organisms on human
and environmental health.
Date of Vote: 6/21/2012 Roll Call: Senate No. 161
Session: Second Session Good Food Vote: Yea
Bill #: S.Amdt.2310 to S.3240 Failed: 26 - 73
Date of Vote: 10/20/2011 Roll Call: House No. 182
Session: First Session
Good Food Vote: Nay
Bill Number: H.R. 2112
Failed: 41 - 58
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SENATE VOTES SCORED
5. CHAMBLISS CONSERVATION COMPLIANCE
AMENDMENT
Senate amendment 2438 to S. 3240 (Agriculture
Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012)
Vote Info: This amendment requires farmers who
receive crop insurance subsidies to maintain basic
conservation practices. Beginning in 1985, all farm
subsidy programs were tied to these “conservation
compliance” commitments, which established a
compact between farmers and taxpayers to ensure
that tax dollars do not subsidize the loss of precious
topsoil from sensitive lands or the destruction of
wetlands. Insurance subsidies were removed from
this compact in 1996.
Date of Vote: 6/20/2012 Roll Call: Senate No. 155
Session: Second Session Good Food Vote: Yea
Bill #: S.Amdt.2438 to S.3240 Passed: 52 - 47
6. LEE CONSERVATION AMENDMENT
Senate amendment 2314 to S. 3240 (Agriculture
Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012)
Vote Info: This amendment would have eliminated
two of the programs that help farmers protect
water, air, soil and wildlife habitat. The Conservation
Reserve Program is the federal government‘s largest
conservation program, providing landowners with
rental payments to prevent erosion and water
pollution and protect wildlife habitat by keeping
marginal, sensitive or other land out of cultivation.
The Conservation Stewardship Program provides
financial incentives for farmers and ranchers
to improve their environmental performance by
implementing better farming practices.
7. MERKLEY ORGANIC AMENDMENT
Senate Amendment 2382 to S. 3240 (Agriculture
Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012)
Vote Info: This amendment requires USDA to provide
subsidized crop insurance policies that reflect the full
market value of organic crops. These crops typically
are worth more than conventional crops because of
more stringent production requirements. But federal
crop insurance policies do not reflect the crops‘ higher
value. If organic farmers suffer a loss, indemnities
cover only a portion of the crop‘s real value.
Date of vote: 6/20/2012 Roll Call: Senate No. 140
Session: Second Session Good Food Vote: Yea
Bill #: S.Amdt.2382 to S. 3240 Passed: 63 - 36
8. GILLIBRAND SNAP AMENDMENT
Senate amendment 2156 to S. 3240 (Agriculture
Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012)
Vote Info: This amendment would have restored $4.5
billion in cuts made to SNAP funding and increased the
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program in schools
by a third. It would have paid for these changes by
reducing federal subsidies to insurance companies
that sell federal crop insurance policies.
Date of Vote: 6/19/2012 Roll Call: Senate No. 135
Session: Second Session Good Food Vote: Yea
Bill #: S.Amdt.2156 to S. 3240 Failed: 33 - 66
Date of Vote: 6/20/2012 Roll Call: Senate No. 148
Session: Second Session Good Food Vote: Nay
Bill #: S.Amdt.2314 to S.3240 Failed: 15 - 84
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SENATE VOTES SCORED
9. TOOMEY ORGANIC CERTIFICATION AMENDMENT
Senate amendment 2217 to S. 3240 (Agriculture
Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012)
Vote Info: This amendment would eliminate the
organic certification cost share program, which
helps organic farmers defray the cost of having their
operations and products certified as organic. Organic
producers voluntarily accept the extensive regulatory
requirements needed to meet organic standards.
Date of Vote: 6/19/2012 Roll Call: Senate No. 134
Session: Second Session Good Food Vote: Nay
Bill #: S.Amdt.2217 to S.3240 Failed: 42 - 57
10. SESSIONS SNAP BONUS PAYMENT
AMENDMENT
Senate amendment 2172 to S. 3240 (Agriculture
Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012)
Vote Info: This amendment would end bonus
payments to states that use their outreach and
administration funding effectively to enroll eligible
participants in the SNAP (food stamps) program.
Date of Vote: 6/19/2012 Roll Call: Senate No. 129
Session: Second Session Good Food Vote: Nay
Bill #: S.Amdt.2172 to S.3240 Failed: 41 - 58
11. CANTWELL PULSE AMENDMENT
Senate Amendment 2370 to S. 3240 (Agriculture
Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012)
Vote Info: This amendment instructs USDA‘s school
lunch and school breakfast programs to purchase
“pulse crops” such as dry beans and lentils, as well as
processed foods containing pulse crops. Research has
shown these foods to be healthy sources of protein,
fiber and other nutrients that can contribute to healthy
diets, often at lower cost than other protein sources.
Including pulse crops in school meals could improve
nutrition for schoolchildren and increase farmers‘
interest in planting these crops.
Date of vote: 6/19/2012 Roll Call: Senate No. 128
Session: Second Session Good Food Vote: Yea
Bill #: S.Amdt.2370 to S. 3240 Passed: 58 - 41
12. SESSIONS SNAP AMENDMENT #2
Senate amendment 2174 to S. 3240 (Agriculture
Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012)
Vote Info: This amendment would have prevented
states from using categorical eligibility rules to
distribute federal nutrition assistance dollars. This
amendment, however, would have locked in this
change for the full five years of the farm bill, rather
than for just a single fiscal year.
Date of Vote: 6/19/2012 Roll Call: Senate No. 127
Session: Second Session Good Food Vote: Nay
Bill #: S.Amdt.2174 to S. 3240 Failed: 43 - 56
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SENATE VOTES SCORED
13. BROWN RURAL DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT
15. JOHANNS FARM SURVEILLANCE AMENDMENT
Senate amendment 2445 to S. 3240 (Agriculture
Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012)
Senate Amendment 2372 to S. 3240 (Agriculture
Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012)
Vote Info: This amendment provides $150 million for
programs in the Rural Development title that help
beginning farmers and ranchers, small farms and
other rural businesses and rural communities. The
base bill provided no mandatory funding for these
programs, but the amendment restored funding
to several programs critical to local food and farm
economies and communities.
Vote Info: This amendment would have prevented the
Environmental Protection Agency from using aerial
surveillance in order to monitor agricultural operations‘
compliance with clean water regulations. This tool
is used primarily to monitor large animal feeding
operations, where manure spills into water bodies
are easily identifiable from the air. Congress does not
restrict how the agency monitors other industries.
Date of Vote: 6/19/2012 Roll Call: Senate No. 126
Session: Second Session Good Food Vote: Yea
Bill #: S.Amdt.2445 to S.3240 Passed: 55 - 44
Date of vote: 6/21/2012 Roll Call: Senate No. 159
Session: Second Session Good Food Vote: Nay
Bill #: S.Amdt.2372 to S. 3240 Passed: 56 - 43
14. GRASSLEY PAYMENT LIMIT AMENDMENT
16. THUNE MEANS TESTING AMENDMENT
Senate amendment 2167 to S. 3240 (Agriculture
Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012)
Senate amendment 2437 to S. 3240 (Agriculture
Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012)
Vote Info: This amendment capped the amount
of money farmers could collect from federal loan
subsidy programs for marketing their crops. Unlike
other farm subsidy programs, there were no limits
in these loan programs, essentially allowing large
farms to get unlimited federal commodity subsidies.
Payment limits, a long-standing feature of other
farm subsidy programs, favor smaller producers
who receive less federal assistance, reduce market
distortions from subsidies, and save taxpayer money.
Vote Info: This amendment sought to preempt the
Durbin-Coburn amendment to reduce crop insurance
premium subsidies to farmers earning more than
$750,000 a year in adjusted gross income. The Thune
amendment would have barred implementation of the
Durbin-Coburn amendment if administrative spending
increased as a result of implementing new limits on
crop insurance subsidies.
Date of Vote: 6/19/2012 Roll Call: Senate No. 125
Session: Second Session Good Food Vote: Yea
Bill #: S.Amdt.2167 to S.3240 Passed: 75 - 24
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Date of Vote: 6/20/2012 Roll Call: Senate No. 156
Session: Second Session Good Food Vote: Nay
Bill #: S.Amdt.2437 to S. 3240 Failed: 44 - 55
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SENATE VOTES SCORED
17. MUROWSKI GMO SALMON AMENDMENT
18. DURBIN-COBURN MEANS TESTING
Senate amendment 2108 (Murkowski) to S.
3187 (Food and Drug Administration Safety and
Innovation Act)
Senate Amendment 2439 (Durbin-Coburn) to S. 3240
(Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012)
Vote Info: This amendment to the FDA user fee
reauthorization bill would have required the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to conduct
an environmental review of genetically modified (GM)
salmon before FDA allowed it into the food supply.
In 2010, GM salmon became the first genetically
modified animals to receive preliminary FDA approval
for use as food, but continuing concerns about the
health and environmental impacts have thus far kept
the fish off the market.
Date of Vote: 5/24/2012 Roll Call: Senate No. 106
Session: Second Session Good Food Vote: Yea
Bill #: S.Amdt.2108 to S.3187 Failed: 46 - 50
Vote Info: This amendment reduces the federal
subsidy for crop insurance premiums by 15 percent
for farmers with an annual adjusted gross income
of more than $750,000. In contrast to traditional
commodity subsidies, the subsidies for purchasing
federally-backed crop insurance are not subject to
an income test or payment limit. Currently, taxpayers
cover on average 62 percent of the cost of a farmer‘s
premiums. Rather than denying insurance subsidies
to large farmers, the amendment simply requires the
most profitable farmers to pay a larger share of their
insurance premiums.
Date of vote: 6/20/2012 Roll Call: Senate No. 157
Session: Second Session Good Food Vote: Yea
Bill #: S.Amdt.2439 to S. 3240 Passed: 66 - 33
DISHONORABLE MENTIONS
Dishonorable mentions are votes on broad budget, regulatory, or public policy
issues that impact the food system, but are not included in legislator scores.
1. PROCEEDING TO HOUSE BUDGET
Vote Info: This was a procedural vote to consider the budget introduced by House Budget
Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Ind.). This budget would have profound effects on the food
and farm system. Although the Ryan budget would cut $30 billion over 10 years from wasteful
farm subsidy programs, it proposed to cut $133.5 billion from SNAP and $16 billion from farm
conservation programs. These severe cuts to discretionary spending would affect other nutrition
assistance such as the Women, Infants and Children supplemental feeding program.
Date of vote: 5/16/2012 Roll Call: Senate No. 98
Session: Second Session Good Food Vote: Nay
Bill #: H.Con.Res. 112
Failed: 41 - 58
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SENATE MEMBERS SCORED
SENATE MEMBERPARTY
SCORE
SENATE MEMBERPARTY
SCORE
Sen. Daniel Akaka Sr. (HI)
D
94
Sen. Al Franken (MN)
D
78
Sen. Lamar Alexander (TN)
R
22
Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand (NY)
D
78
Sen. Kelly A Ayotte (NH)
R
33
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (SC)
R
39
Sen. John Barrasso (WY)
R
22
Sen. Charles E. Grassley (IA)
R
33
Sen. Max S. Baucus (MT)
D
67
Sen. Kay R. Hagan (NC)
D
61
Sen. Mark Begich (AK)
D
83
Sen. Thomas Harkin (IA)
D
78
Sen. Michael Bennet (CO)
D
94
Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (UT)
R
28
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (NM)
D
89
Sen. Dean Heller (NV)
R
50
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (CT)
D
94
Sen. John Hoeven (ND)
R
22
Sen. Roy Blunt (MO)
R
6
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX) R
24
Sen. John N. Boozman (AR)
R
22
Sen. James M. Inhofe (OK)
R
11
Sen. Barbara Boxer (CA)
D
100
Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (HI)
D
89
Sen. Scott P. Brown (MA)
R
78
Sen. John H. Isakson (GA)
R
17
Sen. Sherrod C. Brown (OH)
D
83
Sen. Mike O. Johanns (NE)
R
22
Sen. Richard M. Burr (NC)
R
33
Sen. Ron Johnson (WI)
R
22
Sen. Maria Cantwell (WA)
D
94
Sen. Tim P. Johnson (SD)
D
83
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (MD)
D
100
Sen. John Kerry (MA)
D
94
Sen. Tom Carper (DE)
D
83
Sen. Mark Steven Kirk (IL)
R
33
Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. (PA)
D
78
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (MN)
D
72
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (GA)
R
11
Sen. Herbert H. Kohl (WI)
D
78
Sen. Daniel Coats (IN)
R
22
Sen. Jon Kyl (AZ)
R
33
Sen. Tom Coburn (OK)
R
33
Sen. Mary L. Landrieu (LA)
D
67
Sen. Thad Cochran (MS)
R
22
Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ)
D
100
Sen. Susan M. Collins (ME)
R
72
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (VT)
D
78
Sen. Kent Conrad (ND)
D
67
Sen. Mike Lee (UT)
R
28
Sen. Chris Coons (DE)
D
89
Sen. Carl Levin (MI)
D
89
Sen. Bob Corker (TN)
R
33
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (CT)
I
100
Sen. John Cornyn (TX)
R
17
Sen. Richard G. Lugar (IN)
R
33
Sen. Mike Crapo (ID)
R
29
Sen. Joe Manchin III (WV)
D
89
Sen. Jim W. DeMint (SC)
R
28
Sen. John McCain (AZ)
R
28
Sen. Richard J. Durbin (IL)
D
83
Sen. Claire McCaskill (MO)
D
33
Sen. Michael B. Enzi (WY)
R
22
Sen. Mitch McConnell (KY)
R
22
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (CA)
D
94
Sen. Robert Menendez (NJ)
D
94
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SENATE MEMBERS SCORED
SENATE MEMBERPARTY
SCORE
SENATE MEMBERPARTY
SCORE
Sen. Jeff Merkley (OR)
D
100
Sen. Charles E. Schumer (NY)
D
83
Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (MD)
D
100
Sen. Jeff Sessions III (AL)
R
28
Sen. Jerry Moran (KS)
R
11
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
D
94
Sen. Lisa A. Murkowski (AK)
R
56
Sen. Richard C. Shelby (AL)
R
22
Sen. Patty Murray (WA)
D
94
Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (ME)
R
72
Sen. Bill Nelson Sr. (FL)
D
78
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (MI)
D
61
Sen. E. Benjamin Nelson (NE)
D
56
Sen. Jon Tester (MT)
D
78
Sen. Rand Paul (KY)
R
28
Sen. John R. Thune (SD)
R
17
Sen. Rob Portman (OH)
R
33
Sen. Patrick Toomey (PA)
R
28
Sen. Mark Pryor (AR)
D
61
Sen. Mark E. Udall (CO)
D
83
Sen. Jack Reed (RI)
D
100
Sen. Tom S. Udall (NM)
D
100
Sen. Harry M. Reid (NV)
D
89
Sen. David B. Vitter (LA)
R
11
Sen. James E. Risch (ID)
R
28
Sen. Mark R. Warner (VA)
D
83
Sen. Pat Roberts (KS)
R
17
Sen. James H. Webb Jr. (VA)
D
81
Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (WV) D
100
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
D
100
Sen. Marco Rubio (FL)
R
39
Sen. Roger F. Wicker (MS)
R
11
Sen. Bernard Sanders (VT)
I
83
Sen. Ron Wyden (OR)
D
100
Sen. Ron Wyden (OR)
D
100
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HOUSE VOTES SCORED
1. FARM DUST REGULATION PREVENTION ACT
OF 2011
H.R. 1633 (Noem) Farm Dust Regulation
Prevention Act
Vote Info: This bill seeks to prevent the EPA from
enacting limits under the Clean Air Act on dust and
other particulate matter that may accumulate in
rural areas, despite EPA‘s repeated insistence that
it has no intention of doing so. The bill establishes a
new class of “nuisance dust” and other particulate
matter that typically might be stirred up by farming
activities, driving on unpaved roads, etc. The bill
hampers EPA‘s ability to enforce provisions of the
Clean Air Act that prevent asthma and other illnesses
that cause or contribute to premature death.
Date of Vote: 12/8/2011
Session: First Session
Bill Number: H.R. 1633
Roll Call: House No. 912
Good Food Vote: Nay
Passed: 268 - 150
2. DELAURO E. COLI AMENDMENT
House amendment 420 to H.R. 2112 (Consolidated
and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012)
Vote Info: This amendment would have moved
$1 million from USDA administrative accounts to
provide additional funding for the Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition to better protect against
E. coli contamination in the food supply.
Date of Vote: 6/15/2011
Session: First Session
Bill Number: H.R. 2112
Roll Call: House No. 420
Good Food Vote: Yea
Failed: 193 - 226
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3. FARR ORGANIC AMENDMENT
House amendment 424 to H.R. 2112 (Consolidated
and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012)
Vote Info: This amendment added $300,000 to
USDA‘s budget for the Organic Data Initiative.
Collection and distribution of organic pricing
and marketing information is crucial for proper
functioning of the marketplace. USDA has collected
such data for decades for conventional crops.
Date of Vote: 6/15/2011
Session: First Session
Bill Number: H.R. 2112
Roll Call: House No. 422
Good Food Vote: Yea
Passed: 352 - 70
4. BROUN WIC AMENDMENT
House amendment 438 to H.R. 2112 (Consolidated
and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012)
Vote Info: This amendment would have cut $604
million from the Supplemental Nutrition Program
for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). The WIC
program provides crucial nutrition assistance to lowincome pregnant women and their young children
in order to ensure proper fetal and newborn growth
and development. Adequate nutrition can mean the
difference between a healthy, productive child and
one who is afflicted by low birth weight, birth defects
and mental or physical handicaps.
Date of Vote: 6/15/2011 Roll Call: House No. 430
Session: Second Session Good Food Vote: Nay
Bill Number: H.R. 2112
Failed: 64 - 360
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HOUSE VOTES SCORED
5. FOXX WIC AMENDMENT
7. BROUN MCGOVERN-DOLE AMENDMENT
House amendment 440 to H.R. 2112 (Consolidated
and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012)
House amendment 444 to H.R. 2112 (Consolidated
and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012)
Vote Info: This amendment targeted a peer
counseling initiative within the WIC program aimed
at helping women learn to breast-feed. This service
has been an important tool in helping low-income
mothers to provide the best nutrition and care to
their newborns. The amendment would have cut all
funding for the initiative.
Vote Info: This amendment would have eliminated
the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education
and Child Nutrition Program grants. The McGovernDole grants were developed in recognition that, just
as schools can be an important source of nutrition
for low-income children here in the U.S., so too can
they help improve child nutrition in other countries.
Proper nutrition during childhood improves health and
productivity in adulthood, promoting economic and
political stability.
Date of Vote: 6/15/2011
Session: First Session
Bill Number: H.R. 2112
Roll Call: House No. 431
Good Food Vote: Nay
Failed: 119 - 306
6. BROUN FOOD FOR PEACE AMENDMENT
House amendment 443 to H.R. 2112 (Consolidated
and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012)
Vote Info: This amendment would have nearly
eliminated foreign food aid by cutting $940 million
from Title II of the Food For Peace program. Food For
Peace grants are the United States‘ primary form of
foreign food aid, designed to help alleviate severe
hunger and increase political stability around the
world. Federal purchases of the food commodities
also benefit American farms and transportation
businesses.
Date of Vote: 5/15/2011
Session: First Session
Bill Number: H.R. 2112
Roll Call: House No. 434
Good Food Vote: Nay
Failed: 108 - 316
Date of Vote: 6/15/2011
Session: First Session
Bill Number: H.R. 2112
8. PINGREE KNOW YOUR FARMER AMENDMENT
House amendment 450 to H.R. 2112 (Consolidated
and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012)
Vote Info: This amendment sought to strike a
burdensome reporting requirement from USDA‘s “Know
Your Farmer, Know Your Food” initiative. This program
seeks to connect people to the food they eat and the
people who grow it by promoting farmers‘ markets,
farm-to-school initiatives and other local distribution
channels. The underlying bill requires that any travel
expenses in support of “Know Your Farmer, Know Your
Food” be reported electronically to Congress.
Date of Vote: 6/16/2011
Session: First Session
Bill Number: H.R. 2112
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Roll Call: House No. 435
Good Food Vote: Nay
Failed: 120 - 303
Roll Call: House No. 437
Good Food Vote: Yea
Failed: 170 - 238
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9. FOXX KNOW YOUR FARMER AMENDMENT
11. FLAKE MEANS TESTING AMENDMENT
House amendment 451 to H.R. 2112 (Consolidated
and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012)
House Amendment 478 to H.R. 2112 (Consolidated
and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012)
Vote Info: This amendment would have eliminated
all funding for USDA‘s “Know Your Farmer, Know Your
Food” initiative.
Vote Info: This amendment would have lowered
from $1.25 million to $250,000 a year the income
limit for individuals to be eligible to receive federal
farm subsidies. The current limit is $2.5 million for
a married couple, impacting few farm businesses.
A more reasonable limit would ensure that scarce
federal dollars go to those who truly need assistance.
Currently, 74 percent of farm subsidy dollars go to the
top 10 percent of producers.
Date of Vote: 6/16/2011
Session: First Session
Bill Number: H.R. 2112
Roll Call: House No. 438
Good Food Vote: Nay
Passed: 212 - 201
10. BLUMENAUER PAYMENT LIMIT AMENDMENT
House Amendment 460 to H.R. 2112 (Consolidated
and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012)
Vote Info: This amendment would have capped
at $125,000 the amount an individual grower
could receive from the suite of federal commodity
production subsidies. Under current law, the
marketing loan provisions of the Commodity Title
have no payment limits. This means growers are
eligible for potentially unlimited benefits from these
programs, even though other commodity subsidy
programs are subject to limits.
Date of Vote: 6/16/2011
Session: First Session
Bill Number: H.R. 2112
Roll Call: House No. 443
Good Food Vote: Yea
Failed: 154 - 262
Date of Vote: 6/16/2011
Session: First Session
Bill Number: H.R. 2112
12. REDUCING REGULATORY BURDENS
ACT OF 2011
H.R. 872 (Gibbs) Reducing Regulatory
Burdens Act of 2011
Vote Info: This bill amends federal law governing the
use of pesticides (the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act, or FIFRA) and the Clean Water Act
to prohibit the EPA or a state from requiring a permit
to discharge a pesticide from a point source into
navigable waters, so long as the pesticide is approved
for use under FIFRA. Proponents of the bill claim it is
unnecessary and burdensome for farmers to obtain
permits in order to conduct routine pesticide spraying
near or over water bodies adjacent to streams, and
that FIFRA regulation is the best way to control
pesticide contamination of public water supplies. The
federal Clean Water Act, however, is the appropriate
and most effective means to limit toxic discharges into
water bodies.
Date of Vote: 3/21/2011
Session: First Session
Bill Number: H.R. 872
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Roll Call: House No. 455
Good Food Vote: Yea
Failed: 186 - 228
Roll Call: House No. 206
Good Food Vote: Nay
Passed: 292 - 130
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13. SULLIVAN E15 AMENDMENT
House amendment 156 to H.R. 1
(Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011)
Vote Info: This amendment would prevent the EPA
from allowing higher amounts of ethanol in gasoline.
Currently, most gasoline for general use can contain
no more than 10 percent ethanol, but the EPA has
moved to raise the limit to 15 percent. Ethanol
production for fuel already consumes 40 percent of
the U.S. corn crop, creating enormous pressure to
expand cultivation, causing environmental harm, and
contributing to higher food prices. EPA‘s proposal is
currently being challenged in federal court.
Date of Vote: 2/19/2011
Session: First Session
Bill Number: H.R. 1
Roll Call: House No. 134
Good Food Vote: Yea
Passed: 285 - 136
DISHONORABLE MENTIONS
Dishonorable mentions are votes on broad budget,
regulatory, or public policy issues that impact the food
system, but are not included in legislator scores.
1. REINS ACT FINAL PASSAGE
H.R. 10 Regulations From the Executive
in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011
Vote Info: This bill subjects federal agencies to new
oversight and scrutiny from Congress when making
rules and regulations to carry out federal law. The
bill requires any major new rule - defined as one with
an effect of $100 million or more on the economy or
that has a measurable impact on national security,
health and safety, or consumer prices - be approved
by Congress before going into effect.
Date of vote: 12/7/2011
Session: First Session
Bill Number: H.R. 10
Roll Call: House No. 901
Good Food Vote: Nay
Passed: 241 - 184
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14. AGRICULTURAL DISASTER
ASSISTANCE ACT
H.R. 6233 (Lucas) (Agricultural Disaster
Assistance Act)
Vote Info: This bill provides disaster relief to livestock
producers and some specialty crop growers who
are experiencing severe drought or other natural
disasters this year. While assistance for farmers and
ranchers who do not have access to crop insurance is
warranted, the bill cuts $383 million from conservation
programs to pay for the drought relief and an
additional $256 million from conservation to help
reduce the federal deficit. Conservation programs help
farmers to implement farming practices that improve
soil health and ameliorate the effects of drought.
Date of Vote: 8/2/2012
Roll Call: House No. 554
Session: Second Session Good Food Vote: Nay
Bill Number: H.R. 6233
Passed: 223 - 197
2. RYAN BUDGET
House Concurrent Resolution 112 Establishing the
budget for the United States Government for fiscal
year 2013 and setting forth appropriate budgetary
levels for fiscal years 2014 through 2022
Vote Info: This vote to approve the budget introduced
by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan
(R-Ind.) would have profound effects on the food and
farm system. Although the Ryan budget would cut
$30 billion over 10 years from wasteful farm subsidy
programs, it proposed to cut $133.5 billion from SNAP
and $16 billion from farm conservation programs.
These severe cuts to discretionary spending would
affect other nutrition assistance such as the Women,
Infants and Children supplemental feeding program.
Date of vote: 3/29/2012 Roll Call: House No. 151
Session: Second Session Good Food Vote: Nay
Bill Number: H.Con.Res.112 Passed: 228 - 191
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HOUSE MEMBERS SCORED
HOUSE MEMBERPARTY
SCORE
HOUSE MEMBERPARTY
SCORE
Rep. Gary L. Ackerman (NY-5)
D
100
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (TN-7)
R
14
Rep. Sandra Adams (FL-24)
R
29
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR-3)
D
93
Rep. Robert B. Aderholt (AL-4)
R
36
Rep. John A. Boehner (OH-8)
R
N/A
Rep. W. Todd Akin (MO-2)
R
46
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1) D
100
Rep. Rodney M. Alexander (LA-5) R
43
Rep. Jo Bonner Jr. (AL-1)
R
36
Rep. Jason Altmire (PA-4)
D
50
Rep. Mary Bono Mack (CA-45)
R
29
Rep. Justin Amash (MI-3)
R
21
Rep. Dan Boren (OK-2)
D
50
Rep. Mark E. Amodei (NV-2)
R
0
Rep. Leonard L. Boswell (IA-3)
D
64
Rep. Robert E. Andrews (NJ-1)
D
92
Rep. Charles Boustany Jr. (LA-3) R
29
Rep. Steven Austria (OH-7)
R
36
Rep. Robert A. Brady (PA-1)
D
93
Rep. Joe Baca (CA-43)
D
64
Rep. Kevin P. Brady (TX-8)
R
7
Rep. Michele Bachmann (MN-6) R
42
Rep. Bruce Braley (IA-1)
D
69
Rep. Spencer Bachus (AL-6)
R
43
Rep. Mo Brooks (AL-5)
R
21
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (WI-2)
D
93
Rep. Paul C. Broun (GA-10)
R
21
Rep. Ron Barber (AZ-2)
D
100
Rep. Corrine Brown (FL-5)
D
71
Rep. Lou Barletta (PA-11)
R
50
Rep. Vern Buchanan (FL-16)
R
50
Rep. John Barrow (GA-12)
D
57
Rep. Larry Bucshon (IN-8)
R
43
Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett (MD-6) R
29
Rep. Ann Buerkle (NY-25)
R
14
Rep. Joe Barton (TX-6)
R
38
Rep. Michael C. Burgess (TX-26) R
21
Rep. Karen Bass (CA-37)
D
92
Rep. Dan L. Burton (IN-5)
R
14
Rep. Charles Bass (NH-2)
R
71
Rep. G.K. Butterfield Jr. (NC-1)
D
71
Rep. Xavier Becerra (CA-34)
D
93
Rep. Ken S. Calvert (CA-42)
R
43
Rep. Dan Benishek (MI-1)
R
36
Rep. Dave Camp (MI-4)
R
36
Rep. Rick Berg (ND-AL)
R
36
Rep. John B.T. Campbell III (CA-45) R
27
Rep. Shelley Berkley (NV-1)
D
93
Rep. Francisco Canseco (TX-23) R
14
Rep. Howard L. Berman (CA-28) D
100
Rep. Eric I. Cantor (VA-7)
R
14
Rep. Judy Biggert (IL-13)
R
57
Rep. Lois Capps (CA-24)
D
86
Rep. Brian P. Bilbray (CA-50)
R
31
Rep. Michael E. Capuano (MA-7) D
100
Rep. Gus Bilirakis (FL-12)
R
54
Rep. Dennis A. Cardoza (CA-18) D
62
Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (GA-2)D
57
Rep. Russ Carnahan (MO-3)
D
79
Rep. Timothy H. Bishop (NY-1)
D
93
Rep. John Carney (DE-AL)
D
64
Rep. Rob Bishop (UT-1)
R
21
Rep. Andre D. Carson (IN-7)
D
71
Rep. Diane Black (TN-6)
R
8
Rep. John R. Carter (TX-31)
R
29
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HOUSE MEMBERPARTY
SCORE
HOUSE MEMBERPARTY
SCORE
Rep. William Cassidy (LA-6)
R
36
Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (OR-4)
D
100
Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14)
D
92
Rep. Diana L. DeGette (CO-1)
D
93
Rep. Steven J. Chabot (OH-1)
R
29
Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3)
D
86
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (UT-3)
R
14
Rep. Jeff Denham (CA-10)
R
50
Rep. Ben Chandler III (KY-6)
D
64
Rep. Charles W. Dent (PA-15)
R
71
Rep. Judy M. Chu (CA-27)
D
92
Rep. Scott DesJarlais (TN-4)
R
43
Rep. David Cicilline (RI-1)
D
93
Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-21)
D
93
Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (NY-9)
D
71
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25)
R
50
Rep. Hansen Clarke (MI-13)
D
93
Rep. Norman D. Dicks (WA-6)
D
79
Rep. William Lacy Clay Jr. (MO-1) D
86
Rep. John D. Dingell (MI-12)
D
93
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (MO-5) D
69
Rep. Lloyd A. Doggett (TX-35)
D
100
Rep. James E. Clyburn (SC-6)
D
79
Rep. Robert Dold Jr. (IL-10)
R
71
Rep. Mike Coffman (CO-6)
R
50
Rep. Joe Donnelly Sr. (IN-2)
D
50
Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-9)
D
100
Rep. Michael F. Doyle Jr. (PA-14) D
100
Rep. Tom Cole (OK-4)
R
36
Rep. David T. Dreier (CA-26)
R
50
Rep. K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) R
14
Rep. Sean Duffy (WI-7)
R
43
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11) D
100
Rep. Jeff Duncan (SC-3)
R
21
Rep. John Conyers Jr. (MI-13)
D
93
Rep. John J. Duncan Jr. (TN-2) R
43
Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-5)
D
100
Rep. Donna Edwards (MD-4)
D
79
Rep. Jim Costa (CA-16)
D
64
Rep. Keith M. Ellison (MN-5)
D
85
Rep. Jerry F. Costello (IL-12)
D
57
Rep. Renee Ellmers (NC-2)
R
29
Rep. Joseph D. Courtney (CT-2) D
86
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (MO-8)
R
29
Rep. Chip Cravaack (MN-8)
R
36
Rep. Eliot L. Engel (NY-16)
D
86
Rep. Rick Crawford (AR-1)
R
43
Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18)
D
75
Rep. Ander Crenshaw (FL-4)
R
36
Rep. Blake Farenthold (TX-27)
R
21
Rep. Mark S. Critz (PA-12)
D
50
Rep. Sam Farr (CA-20)
D
71
Rep. Joseph Crowley (NY-14)
D
93
Rep. Chaka Fattah Sr. (PA-2)
D
93
Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
D
57
Rep. Bob Filner (CA-51)
D
93
Rep. John A. Culberson (TX-7)
R
14
Rep. Stephen Fincher (TN-8)
R
29
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (MD-7) D
86
Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick (PA-8) R
57
Rep. Susan A. Davis (CA-53)
D
93
Rep. Jeff Flake (AZ-6)
R
29
Rep. Danny K. Davis (IL-7)
D
69
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (TN-3) R
15
Rep. Geoff Davis (KY-4)
R
46
Rep. John Fleming (LA-4)
21
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HOUSE MEMBERS SCORED
HOUSE MEMBERPARTY
SCORE
HOUSE MEMBERPARTY
SCORE
Rep. Bill Flores (TX-17)
R
14
Rep. Janice Hahn (CA-44)
D
100
Rep. J. Randy Forbes (VA-4)
R
43
Rep. Ralph Hall (TX-4)
R
21
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (NE-1)
R
50
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (HI-1)
D
86
Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC-5)
R
21
Rep. Richard Hanna (NY-22)
R
69
Rep. Barney Frank (MA-4)
D
92
Rep. Gregg Harper (MS-3)
R
36
Rep. Trent Franks (AZ-8)
R
29
Rep. Andy Harris (MD-1)
R
21
Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (NJ-11)R
54
Rep. Vicky Hartzler (MO-4)
R
29
Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11)
D
69
Rep. Alcee L. Hastings Sr. (FL-20) D
79
Rep. Elton W. Gallegly (CA-24)
R
43
Rep. Doc Hastings (WA-4)
R
29
Rep. John Garamendi (CA-3)
D
85
Rep. Nan Hayworth (NY-19)
R
43
Rep. Cory Gardner (CO-4)
R
36
Rep. Joe Heck (NV-3)
R
43
Rep. Scott Garrett (NJ-5)
R
29
Rep. Martin T. Heinrich (NM-1)
D
100
Rep. Jim Gerlach (PA-6)
R
43
Rep. Dean A. Heller (NV-2)
R
50
Rep. Bob Gibbs (OH-7)
R
36
Rep. Jeb Hensarling (TX-5)
R
21
Rep. Christopher Gibson (NY-19) R
77
Rep. Walter Herger Jr. (CA-2)
R
8
Rep. Phil Gingrey (GA-11)
R
21
Rep. Brian M. Higgins (NY-26)
D
100
Rep. Louis Gohmert (TX-1)
R
43
Rep. Jim Himes (CT-4)
D
100
Rep. Charles A. Gonzalez (TX-20)D
86
Rep. Maurice D. Hinchey (NY-22) D
92
Rep. Robert W. Goodlatte (VA-6) R
14
Rep. Ruben E. Hinojosa Sr. (TX-15)D
77
Rep. Paul Gosar (AZ-4)
R
36
Rep. Mazie K. Hirono (HI-2)
D
71
Rep. Trey Gowdy (SC-4)
R
14
Rep. Kathy Hochul (NY-26)
D
75
Rep. Kay Granger (TX-12)
R
36
Rep. Tim Holden (PA-17)
D
57
Rep. Tom Graves Jr. (GA-14)
R
29
Rep. Rush D. Holt Jr. (NJ-8)
D
86
Rep. Samuel B. Graves (MO-6)
R
15
Rep. Michael M. Honda (CA-17) D
92
Rep. Al Green (TX-9)
D
86
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (MD-5)
D
93
Rep. Gene Green (TX-29)
D
92
Rep. Tim Huelskamp (KS-1)
R
14
Rep. Tim Griffin (AR-2)
R
43
Rep. Bill Huizenga (MI-2)
R
29
Rep. Morgan Griffith (VA-9)
R
14
Rep. Randy Hultgren (IL-14)
R
29
Rep. Raul M. Grijalva (AZ-3)
D
93
Rep. Duncan D. Hunter (CA-50) R
29
Rep. Mike Grimm (NY-11)
R
57
Rep. Robert Hurt (VA-5)
R
14
Rep. Frank Guinta (NH-1)
R
36
Rep. Jay Inslee (WA-1)
D
100
Rep. Brett Guthrie (KY-2)
R
43
Rep. Steve J. Israel (NY-3)
D
93
Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (IL-4)
D
92
Rep. Darrell Issa (CA-49)
R
29
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HOUSE MEMBERS SCORED
HOUSE MEMBERPARTY
SCORE
HOUSE MEMBERPARTY
SCORE
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (IL-2)
D
83
Rep. Barbara J. Lee (CA-13)
D
86
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18) D
85
Rep. Sander M. Levin (MI-9)
D
100
Rep. Lynn M. Jenkins (KS-2)
R
36
Rep. John R. Lewis (GA-5)
D
93
Rep. Henry C. Johnson Jr. (GA-4)D
92
Rep. Jerry Lewis (CA-41)
R
43
Rep. Bill Johnson (OH-6)
R
29
Rep. Daniel William Lipinski (IL-3) D
93
Rep. Sam Johnson (TX-3)
R
14
Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ-2)
R
79
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30) D
86
Rep. Dave W. Loebsack (IA-2)
D
64
Rep. Timothy V. Johnson (IL-15) R
43
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA-19)
D
93
Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr. (NC-3) R
50
Rep. Billy Long (MO-7)
R
14
Rep. James Jordan (OH-4)
R
29
Rep. Nita M. Lowey (NY-17)
D
93
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH-9)
D
86
Rep. Frank D. Lucas (OK-3)
R
36
Rep. Bill Keating (MA-9)
D
79
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) R
36
Rep. Mike Kelly Jr. (PA-3)
R
43
Rep. Ben Ray Lujan Jr. (NM-3)
D
93
Rep. Dale E. Kildee (MI-5)
D
79
Rep. Cynthia M. Lummis (WY-AL)R
29
Rep. Ron Kind (WI-3)
D
79
Rep. Daniel E. Lungren (CA-3)
R
36
Rep. Steve A. King (IA-4)
R
14
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (MA-8)
D
100
Rep. Peter T. King (NY-2)
R
57
Rep. Connie Mack IV (FL-14)
R
21
Rep. Jack Kingston (GA-1)
R
43
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) D
92
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (IL-16)
R
36
Rep. Donald A. Manzullo (IL-16) R
7
Rep. Larry Kissell (NC-8)
D
64
Rep. Kenny E. Marchant (TX-24) R
14
Rep. John P. Kline (MN-2)
R
21
Rep. Thomas Marino (PA-10)
R
43
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (OH-10) D
93
Rep. Edward J. Markey (MA-7)
D
92
Rep. Raul Labrador (ID-1)
R
21
Rep. Jim Matheson (UT-4)
D
71
Rep. Douglas L. Lamborn (CO-5) R
14
Rep. Doris O. Matsui (CA-6)
D
79
Rep. Leonard Lance (NJ-7)
R
50
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (CA-23)
R
21
Rep. Jeff Landry (LA-3)
R
23
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (NY-4)
D
92
Rep. James R. Langevin (RI-2) D
86
Rep. Michael T. McCaul (TX-10) R
43
Rep. James Lankford (OK-5)
R
29
Rep. Tom McClintock (CA-4)
R
29
Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-2)
D
93
Rep. Betty McCollum (MN-4)
D
85
Rep. John B. Larson (CT-1)
D
100
Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter (MI-11) R
67
Rep. Thomas P. Latham (IA-3)
R
36
Rep. James A. McDermott (WA-7)D
100
Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (OH-14)R
43
Rep. James P. McGovern (MA-2) D
93
Rep. Bob Latta (OH-5)
15
Rep. Patrick T. McHenry (NC-10) R
21
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HOUSE MEMBERPARTY
SCORE
HOUSE MEMBERPARTY
SCORE
Rep. Mike McIntyre (NC-7)
D
57
Rep. Ed Pastor (AZ-7)
D
79
Rep. Howard P. McKeon (CA-25) R
43
Rep. Ron Paul (TX-14)
R
30
Rep. David McKinley (WV-1)
R
50
Rep. Erik Paulsen (MN-3)
R
64
Rep. Jerry McNerney (CA-9)
D
64
Rep. Donald M. Payne (NJ-10)
D
92
Rep. Patrick Meehan (PA-7)
R
50
Rep. Stevan E. Pearce (NM-2)
R
29
Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (NY-5)
D
86
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (CA-12)
D
92
Rep. John L. Mica (FL-7)
R
29
Rep. Mike Pence (IN-6)
R
14
Rep. Michael H. Michaud (ME-2) D
93
Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-7)
D
71
Rep. George Miller (CA-11)
D
92
Rep. Gary C. Peters (MI-14)
D
85
Rep. Gary G. Miller (CA-31
R
21
Rep. Collin C. Peterson (MN-7)
D
57
Rep. Jeff Miller (FL-1)
R
29
Rep. Thomas E. Petri (WI-6)
R
29
Rep. Candice S. Miller (MI-10)
R
43
Rep. Chellie M. Pingree (ME-1)
D
93
Rep. Brad Miller (NC-13)
D
79
Rep. Joseph R. Pitts (PA-16)
R
46
Rep. Gwen S. Moore (WI-4)
D
93
Rep. Todd Russell Platts (PA-19) R
57
Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (VA-8) D
100
Rep. Ted Poe (TX-2)
R
8
Rep. Mick Mulvaney (SC-5)
R
21
Rep. Jared Polis (CO-2)
D
92
Rep. Tim Murphy (PA-18)
R
36
Rep. Mike Pompeo (KS-4)
R
7
Rep. Christopher S. Murphy (CT-5) D
93
Rep. Bill Posey (FL-8)
R
57
Rep. Sue W. Myrick (NC-9)
R
31
Rep. Thomas E. Price (GA-6)
R
21
Rep. Jerrold L. Nadler (NY-10)
D
100
Rep. David E. Price (NC-4)
D
79
Rep. Grace Flores Napolitano (CA-32)D
79
Rep. Ben Quayle (AZ-3)
R
31
Rep. Richard E. Neal (MA-1)
100
Rep. Mike Quigley (IL-5)
D
100
Rep. Randy Neugebauer (TX-19) R
14
Rep. Nick Joe Rahall II (WV-3)
D
77
Rep. Kristi Noem (SD-AL)
R
36
Rep. Charles B. Rangel (NY-13) D
100
Rep. Richard Nugent (FL-11)
R
36
Rep. Tom Reed (NY-23)
R
43
Rep. Devin G. Nunes (CA-22)
R
21
Rep. Dennis Rehberg (MT-AL)
R
36
Rep. Alan Nunnelee (MS-1)
R
43
Rep. Dave Reichert (WA-8)
R
64
Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22)
R
42
Rep. Jim Renacci (OH-16)
R
36
Rep. John W. Olver (MA-1)
D
100
Rep. Silvestre Reyes (TX-16)
D
79
Rep. Bill Owens (NY-21)
D
79
Rep. Reid Ribble (WI-8)
R
36
Rep. Steven Palazzo (MS-4)
R
43
Rep. Laura Richardson (CA-37) D
79
Rep. Frank J. Pallone Jr. (NJ-6) D
93
Rep. Cedric L Richmond (LA-2) D
69
Rep. William J. Pascrell Jr. (NJ-9) D
100
Rep. Scott Rigell (VA-2)
43
D
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20
HOUSE MEMBERS SCORED
HOUSE MEMBERPARTY
SCORE
HOUSE MEMBERPARTY
SCORE
Rep. David Rivera (FL-25)
R
43
Rep. David Scott (GA-13)
D
57
Rep. Martha Roby (AL-2)
R
29
Rep. Robert C. Scott (VA-3)
D
86
Rep. Michael Dennis Rogers (AL-3)R
36
Rep. Tim Scott (SC-1)
R
14
Rep. Harold Rogers (KY-5)
R
36
Rep. James F. SensenbrennerJr. (WI-5)R
36
Rep. Mike Rogers (MI-8)
R
43
Rep. Jose E. Serrano (NY-15)
D
79
Rep. Dana T. Rohrabacher (CA-48)R
21
Rep. Peter A. Sessions (TX-32)
R
21
Rep. Todd Rokita (IN-4)
R
25
Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-7)
D
57
Rep. Tom Rooney (FL-17)
R
14
Rep. Brad J. Sherman (CA-30)
D
100
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27)R
50
Rep. John M. Shimkus (IL-15)
R
29
Rep. Peter J. Roskam (IL-6)
R
21
Rep. Heath Shuler (NC-11)
D
64
Rep. Dennis Ross (FL-15)
R
21
Rep. Bill Shuster (PA-9)
R
43
Rep. Mike Ross (AR-4)
D
57
Rep. Michael K. Simpson (ID-2) R
43
Rep. Steven R. Rothman (NJ-9) D
100
Rep. Albio Sires (NJ-13)
79
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40)D
93
Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter (NY-25)D
100
Rep. Edward R. Royce (CA-39)
R
29
Rep. Adrian M. Smith (NE-3)
R
29
Rep. Jon Runyan (NJ-3)
R
79
Rep. Christopher H. Smith (NJ-4)R
64
Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-2)D
100
Rep. Lamar S. Smith (TX-21)
R
43
Rep. Bobby L. Rush (IL-1)
D
85
Rep. Adam Smith (WA-9)
D
100
Rep. Timothy J. Ryan (OH-13)
D
93
Rep. William Southerland II (FL-2)R
14
Rep. Paul D. Ryan (WI-1)
R
29
Rep. Jackie Speier (CA-14)
D
100
Rep. Linda T. Sanchez (CA-38)
D
100
Rep. Fortney “Pete” Stark (CA-13) D
100
Rep. Loretta L. Sanchez (CA-46) D
86
Rep. Clifford B. Stearns (FL-6)
R
29
Rep. John P. Sarbanes (MD-3)
D
100
Rep. Steven Stivers (OH-15)
R
0
Rep. Stephen J. Scalise (LA-1)
R
21
Rep. Marlin Stutzman (IN-3)
R
14
Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky (IL-9) D
93
Rep. John A. Sullivan (OK-1)
R
31
Rep. Adam B. Schiff (CA-28)
D
100
Rep. Betty Sutton (OH-13)
D
93
Rep. Robert T Schilling (IL-17)
R
43
Rep. Lee R. Terry (NE-2)
R
21
Rep. Jean Schmidt (OH-2)
R
36
Rep. Michael C. Thompson (CA-5) D
71
Rep. Aaron Schock (IL-18)
R
36
Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (MS-2) D
64
Rep. Kurt Schrader (OR-5)
D
71
Rep. Glenn W. Thompson Jr. (PA-5) R
43
Rep. Allyson Y. Schwartz (PA-13) D
93
Rep. Mac Thornberry (TX-13)
R
29
Rep. David Schweikert (AZ-6)
R
31
Rep. Patrick J. Tiberi (OH-12)
R
43
Rep. Austin Scott (GA-8)
R
14
Rep. John F. Tierney (MA-6)
D
93
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HOUSE MEMBERS SCORED
HOUSE MEMBERPARTY
SCORE
HOUSE MEMBERPARTY
SCORE
Rep. Scott Tipton (CO-3)
R
36
Rep. Daniel Webster (FL-10)
R
21
Rep. Paul D. Tonko (NY-20)
D
100
Rep. Peter F. Welch (VT-AL)
D
86
Rep. Edolphus Towns (NY-10)
D
86
Rep. Allen West (FL-22)
R
50
Rep. Niki Tsongas (MA-3)
D
90
Rep. Lynn A. Westmoreland (GA-3)R
14
Rep. Michael R. Turner (OH-10)
R
43
Rep. Edward Whitfield (KY-1)
R
42
Rep. Fred Upton (MI-6)
R
50
Rep. Joe Wilson Sr. (SC-2)
R
21
Rep. ChristopherVan Hollen Jr. (MD-8) D
100
Rep. Frederica Wilson (FL-17)
D
92
Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (NY-7) D
85
Rep. Robert J. Wittman (VA-1)
R
50
Rep. Peter J. Visclosky (IN-1)
D
86
Rep. Frank Rudolph Wolf (VA-10) R
64
Rep. Timothy L. Walberg (MI-7)
R
23
Rep. Steve Womack (AR-3)
R
43
Rep. Greg P. Walden (OR-2)
R
43
Rep. Rob Woodall (GA-7)
R
21
Rep. Joe Walsh (IL-8)
R
21
Rep. Lynn C. Woolsey (CA-6)
D
93
Rep. Timothy J. Walz (MN-1)
D
64
Rep. John Yarmuth (KY-3)
D
93
Rep. DebbieWasserman Schultz (FL-23)D
86
Rep. Kevin Yoder (KS-3)
R
36
Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-43)
D
92
Rep. Donald E. Young (AK-AL)
R
36
Rep. Mel Watt (NC-12)
D
77
Rep. Todd Young (IN-9)
R
36
Rep. Henry A. Waxman (CA-33) D
93
Rep. C. W. Bill Young* (FL-13)
R
43
*DECEASED
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