H.R.249 - To restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros.

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  • Official: To restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros. as introduced.

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Result: Passed - April 26, 2007

Roll call number 269 in the House

Question: On Passage: H R 249 To restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros.

Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 1/2 (50%)
Percentage of 'aye' votes: 64%

Democrats Voting 'Aye'

Neil Abercrombie
Rep. Gary Ackerman [D, NY-5]
Thomas Allen
Rep. Jason Altmire [D, PA-4]
Rep. Robert Andrews [D, NJ-1]
Michael Arcuri
Rep. Joe Baca [D, CA-43]
Brian Baird
Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
Melissa Bean
Rep. Xavier Becerra [D, CA-31]
Rep. Shelley Berkley [D, NV-1]
Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28]
Robert Berry
Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]
Frederick Boucher
Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1]
Rep. Bruce Braley [D, IA-1]
Rep. Corrine Brown [D, FL-3]
Rep. George Butterfield [D, NC-1]
Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8]
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D, MO-3]
Christopher Carney
Julia Carson
Rep. Kathy Castor [D, FL-11]
Rep. Ben Chandler [D, KY-6]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D, NY-11]
Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D, MO-5]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D, TN-5]
Rep. Jerry Costello [D, IL-12]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D, CT-2]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D, NY-7]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
Artur Davis
Rep. Susan Davis [D, CA-53]
Lincoln Davis
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D, OR-4]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D, CO-1]
William Delahunt
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
Rep. Norman Dicks [D, WA-6]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D, TX-25]
Rep. Joe Donnelly [D, IN-2]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D, PA-14]
Thomas Edwards
Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
Rahm Emanuel
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D, AZ-8]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY]
Barton Gordon
Rep. Al Green [D, TX-9]
Rep. Raymond Green [D, TX-29]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez [D, IL-4]
John Hall
Phil Hare
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Rep. Brian Higgins [D, NY-27]
Baron Hill
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2]
Paul Hodes
Rep. Tim Holden [D, PA-17]
Rep. Rush Holt [D, NJ-12]
Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
Darlene Hooley
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5]
Rep. Jay Inslee [D, WA-1]
Rep. Steve Israel [D, NY-2]
Rep. Jesse Jackson [D, IL-2]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
William Jefferson
Rep. Henry Johnson [D, GA-4]
Stephanie Jones
Steve Kagen
Paul Kanjorski
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D, OH-9]
Patrick Kennedy
Rep. Dale Kildee [D, MI-5]
Carolyn Kilpatrick
Ron Klein
Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
Rep. James Langevin [D, RI-2]
Tom Lantos
Rep. Rick Larsen [D, WA-2]
Rep. John Larson [D, CT-1]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
Rep. Sander Levin [D, MI-12]
Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D, IL-3]
Rep. David Loebsack [D, IA-2]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D, NY-18]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D, MA-9]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5]
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7]
Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
Rep. Mike McIntyre [D, NC-7]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D, CA-11]
Martin Meehan
Kendrick Meek
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D, NY-6]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D, ME-2]
Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7]
Rep. Bradley Miller [D, NC-13]
Harry Mitchell
Alan Mollohan
Dennis Moore
Rep. Gwen Moore [D, WI-4]
Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
Rep. Christopher Murphy [D, CT-5]
Patrick Murphy
John Murtha
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D, NY-8]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D, CA-38]
Rep. Richard Neal [D, MA-2]
David Obey
Rep. John Olver [D, MA-1]
Solomon Ortiz
Rep. Frank Pallone [D, NJ-6]
Rep. William Pascrell [D, NJ-8]
Rep. Edward Pastor [D, AZ-4]
Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D, CO-7]
Rep. David Price [D, NC-4]
Rep. Nick Rahall [D, WV-3]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15]
Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D, TX-16]
Rep. Mike Ross [D, AR-4]
Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D, CA-34]
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger [D, MD-2]
Rep. Timothy Ryan [D, OH-17]
Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D, CA-47]
Rep. Linda Sánchez [D, CA-39]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D, MD-3]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D, CA-29]
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D, PA-13]
Rep. David Scott [D, GA-13]
Rep. Robert Scott [D, VA-3]
Rep. José Serrano [D, NY-16]
Joe Sestak
Carol Shea-Porter
Rep. Brad Sherman [D, CA-27]
Rep. Heath Shuler [D, NC-11]
Rep. Albio Sires [D, NJ-13]
Ike Skelton
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D, NY-28]
Rep. Adam Smith [D, WA-9]
Victor Snyder
Hilda Solis
Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
Bart Stupak
Rep. Betty Sutton [D, OH-13]
John Tanner
Ellen Tauscher
Gene Taylor
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D, MS-2]
Rep. Michael Thompson [D, CA-1]
Rep. John Tierney [D, MA-6]
Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
Sen. Mark Udall [D, CO]
Sen. Tom Udall [D, NM]
Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D, MD-8]
Rep. Nydia Velázquez [D, NY-12]
Rep. Peter Visclosky [D, IN-1]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D, FL-20]
Rep. Maxine Waters [D, CA-35]
Diane Watson
Rep. Melvin Watt [D, NC-12]
Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
Rep. Anthony Weiner [D, NY-9]
Rep. Peter Welch [D, VT-0]
Robert Wexler
Charles Wilson
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
Rep. David Wu [D, OR-1]
Albert Wynn
Rep. John Yarmuth [D, KY-3]

Republicans Voting 'Aye'

Rep. Robert Aderholt [R, AL-4]
James Barrett
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R, MD-6]
Rep. Judy Biggert [R, IL-13]
Rep. Brian Bilbray [R, CA-50]
Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R, FL-9]
Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R, CA-45]
Sen. John Boozman [R, AR]
Rep. Vern Buchanan [R, FL-13]
Rep. Michael Burgess [R, TX-26]
Rep. Ken Calvert [R, CA-44]
Rep. John Campbell [R, CA-48]
Rep. Shelley Capito [R, WV-2]
Michael Castle
Rep. Steven Chabot [R, OH-1]
Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R, FL-4]
Thomas Davis
Rep. Geoff Davis [R, KY-4]
Rep. Charles Dent [R, PA-15]
Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R, FL-21]
Rep. David Dreier [R, CA-26]
Rep. John Duncan [R, TN-2]
Vernon Ehlers
Philip English
Terry Everett
Michael Ferguson
Rep. Randy Forbes [R, VA-4]
Vito Fossella
Rep. Virginia Foxx [R, NC-5]
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R, NJ-11]
Rep. Elton Gallegly [R, CA-24]
Rep. Jim Gerlach [R, PA-6]
Wayne Gilchrest
Virgil Goode
Rep. Ralph Hall [R, TX-4]
Sen. Dean Heller [R, NV]
David Hobson
Rep. Darrell Issa [R, CA-49]
Bobby Jindal
Rep. Timothy Johnson [R, IL-15]
Rep. Walter Jones [R, NC-3]
Ric Keller
Rep. Peter King [R, NY-3]
Sen. Mark Kirk [R, IL]
John Kuhl
Rep. Steven LaTourette [R, OH-14]
John Linder
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R, NJ-2]
Rep. Kenny Marchant [R, TX-24]
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R, MI-11]
John McHugh
Rep. John Mica [R, FL-7]
Rep. Tim Murphy [R, PA-18]
Rep. Sue Myrick [R, NC-9]
Rep. Joseph Pitts [R, PA-16]
Rep. Todd Platts [R, PA-19]
Jon Porter
Deborah Pryce
James Ramstad
Rep. Dave Reichert [R, WA-8]
Thomas Reynolds
Rep. Harold Rogers [R, KY-5]
Rep. Michael Rogers [R, MI-8]
Rep. Peter Roskam [R, IL-6]
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R, FL-18]
Rep. Edward Royce [R, CA-40]
James Saxton
Rep. Jean Schmidt [R, OH-2]
Christopher Shays
Rep. Christopher Smith [R, NJ-4]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R, OH-12]
Rep. Michael Turner [R, OH-3]
Rep. Frederick Upton [R, MI-6]
James Walsh
Zach Wamp
Gerald Weller
Rep. Edward Whitfield [R, KY-1]
Heather Wilson
Rep. Addison Wilson [R, SC-2]
Rep. Frank Wolf [R, VA-10]
Rep. Bill Young [R, FL-10]

Others Voting 'Aye'

Others Voting 'Abstain'

 

Official Summary

4/26/2007--Passed House without amendment. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Amends the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to: (1) prohibit the sale or transfer of any free-roaming horse or burro or its remains on

Official Summary

4/26/2007--Passed House without amendment. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Amends the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to:
(1) prohibit the sale or transfer of any free-roaming horse or burro or its remains on U.S. public lands for consideration for processing into commercial products; and
(2) repeal provisions permitting the sale of certain excess animals or their remains and excluding from criminal fine or imprisonment a person who processes or permits the processing of such animals' remains.


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