Status of Senate farm bill amendments
June 19, 2012 | 09:27 PM
Here is the status of Senate amendments to the farm bill:
Approved by voice vote:
- Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii #2440 (highly fractionated tribal lands) – Yes
- Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii #2396 (tribal relations office) – Yes
- Max Baucus, D-Mont., #2429 (livestock) – Yes
- Christopher Coons, D-Del., #2426 (poultry insurance study) – Yes
- Kay Hagan, D-N.C., #2366 (crop insurance plain language) – Yes
- John Kerry, D-Mass., #2187 (commercial fishermen) – Yes
- John McCain, R-Ariz., #2199 (catfish) – Yes
- Jim DeMint, R-S.C., #2262 (SoS Free MKT) – Yes
- Mary Landrieu, D-La., #2321 (rural development loans) – Yes
Withdrawn
- Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., #2364 (multi-state aquifers) – Withdrawn
- Susan Collins, R-Maine, #2444 (dairy) – Withdrawn
Approved by recorded vote
- Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, #2445 (rural development) – 55-44
- Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., #2370 (pulse pilot) – 58-44
- Robert Casey, D-Pa., #2238 (technical/study -federal milk marketing) – 73-26
- Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., #2309 (insurance recall) – 76-23
- Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, #2190 (milk marketing order reform) – 66-33
- Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, #2167 (pay cap marketing loans) – 75-24
Rejected by recorded vote
- Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., #2156 (SNAP) – 33-66
- Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., #2192 (value added grants) – 38-61
- Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., #2174 (SNAP) – 43-56
- Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., #2172 (SNAP) – 41-58
- Rand Paul, R-Ky., #2181 ($250,000 income limit) – 15-84
- Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., #2191 (wind loans) – 33-66
- Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., #2217 (organic/AMA) – 42-57
- Jim DeMint, R-S.C., #2263 (broadband funding) – 45-54
- Jim DeMint, R-S.C., #2268 (Loan guarantees) – 14-48
- Jim DeMint, R-S.C., #2276 (checkoffs) – 20-79
To be considered Wednesday
- Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., #2345 (dietary study)
- Jim DeMint, R-S.C., #2273 (broadband)
- Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., #2382 (organic crop insurance)
- Tom Coburn, R-Okla., #2289 (MAP)
- Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., #2427 (acer)
- Tom Coburn, R-Okla., #2293 (Limit millionaires)
- Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., #2453 (NAP)
- John Kerry, D-Mass., #2454 (North Korea)
- Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., #2354 (North Korea)
- Mark Udall, D-Colo., #2295 (bark beetle)
- Mike Lee, R-Utah, #2313 (Forest Legacy)
- Mark Warner, D-Va., #2457 (rural broadband)
- Mike Lee, R-Utah, #2314 (CSP/CRP cut)
- Ron Wyden, D-Ore., #2442 (microloans)
- John Boozman, R-Ariz., #2355 (Ag research, law info)
- Ron Wyden, D-Ore., #2388 (farm to school)
- John Boozman, R-Ariz., #2360 (cut SNAP performance bonuses and invest in TEFAP)
- Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., #2204 (rural development)
- Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., #2226 (energy title)
- Ben Nelson, D-Neb., #2242 (rural housing) – Possible voice vote
- Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., #2433 (sugar)
- Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., #2299 (transportation study)
- Mike Lee, R-Utah, Motion to recommit (FY 2008 levels)
- Thomas Carper, D-Del., #2287 (poultry feed research)
- Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Motion to recommit (Nutrition/agriculture titles; requires farm bill move as two separate bills, one on nutrition, one on farm programs)
- Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., #2254 (biomass)
- Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., #2438 (conservation crop insurance)
- John Thune, R-S.D., #2437 (crop insurance)
- Richard Durbin, D-Ill.-Tom Coburn, R-Okla., #2439 (crop insurance)
- Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., #2340 (sugar)
- Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., #2432 (FMPP)
- Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., #2195 (GAO crop insurance fraud report)
- Roy Blunt, R-Mo., #2246 (veterans) – Possible voice vote
- Jerry Moran, R-Kan., #2403 (food aid)
- Jerry Moran, R-Kan., #2443 (beginning farmers)
- David Vitter, R-La., #2363 (pets)
- Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., #2247 (paper work) – 60-vote threshold
- Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., #2310 (genetically engineered food) – 60-vote threshold
- Tom Coburn, R-Okla., #2214 (convention funding) – 60-vote threshold
- Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., #2456 (aerial inspections) – 60-vote threshold
- Mike Johanns, R-Neb., #2372 (aerial inspections) – 60-vote threshold
- Patty Murray, D-Wash., # 2455 (sequestration)– 60-vote threshold
- John McCain, R-Ariz., #2162 (Sequestration report DoD) – 60-vote threshold
- Marco Rubio, R-Fla., #2166 (RAISE Act) – 60-vote threshold