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Vote number 2009-H187 regulating tobacco as a drug
on Apr 2, 2009 regarding bill HR1256&S982 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
Results: Passed 298-112

Congressional Summary:Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to provide for the regulation of tobacco products by the Secretary of Health and Human Services through the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Defines a tobacco product as any product made or derived from tobacco that is intended for human consumption. Excludes from FDA authority the tobacco leaf and tobacco farms.

Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. HEATH SHULER (D, NC-11): Putting a dangerous, overworked FDA in charge of tobacco is a threat to public safety. Last year, the FDA commissioner testified that he had serious concerns that this bill could undermine the public health role of the FDA. And the FDA Science Board said the FDA's inability to keep up with scientific advancements means that Americans' lives will be at risk.

Proponent's argument to vote Yes: Rep. HENRY WAXMAN (D, CA-30): The bill before us, the Waxman-Platts bill, has been carefully crafted over more than a decade, in close consultation with the public health community. It's been endorsed by over 1,000 different public health, scientific, medical, faith, and community organizations.

Sen. HARRY REID (D, NV): Yesterday, 3,500 children who had never smoked before tried their first cigarette. For some, it will also be their last cigarette but certainly not all. If you think 3,500 is a scary number, how about 3.5 million. That is a pretty scary number. That is how many American high school kids smoke--3.5 million. Nearly all of them aren't old enough to buy cigarettes. It means we have as many boys and girls smoking as are participating in athletics in high schools. We have as many as are playing football, basketball, track and field, and baseball combined.

Categorized under Health Care

Voting YES counts for 1 points on VoteMatch question 5:
More Federal Funding for Health Coverage;
Voting NO counts for -1 points on VoteMatch question 5.



Democrats voting on 2009-H187

Neil Abercrombie YESHawaii Democrat (Resigned 2010)
Gary Ackerman YESNew York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.
John Adler YESNew Jersey Democrat (until 2010)
Jason Altmire YESPennsylvania Democrat
Rob Andrews YESNew Jersey Democrat
Michael Arcuri YESNew York Democrat (until 2010)
Joe Baca YESCalifornia Democrat
Brian Baird YESWashington Democrat (until 2010)
Tammy Baldwin YESWisconsin Democrat
John Barrow YESGeorgia Democrat
Melissa Bean YESIllinois Democrat (Unseated 2010)
Shelley Berkley YESNevada Democrat (Senate run 2012)
Howard Berman YESCalifornia Democrat
Timothy Bishop YESNew York Democrat
Earl Blumenauer YESOregon Democrat
John Boccieri YESOhio Democrat (until 2010)
Dan Boren YESOklahoma Democrat (Retiring 2012)
Leonard Boswell YESIowa Democrat
Rick Boucher YESVirginia Democrat (until 2010)
Robert Brady YESPennsylvania Democrat
Bruce Braley YESIowa Democrat
Bobby Bright NOAlabama Democrat (Unseated 2010)
Corrine Brown YESFlorida Democrat
G.K. Butterfield YESNorth Carolina Democrat
Lois Capps YESCalifornia Democrat
Michael Capuano YESMassachusetts Democrat
Russ Carnahan YESMissouri Democrat
Andre Carson YESIndiana Democrat
Kathy Castor YESFlorida Democrat
Ben Chandler YESKentucky Democrat
Travis Childers YESMississippi Democrat (until 2010)
Yvette Clarke YESNew York Democrat
William Lacy Clay YESMissouri Democrat
Emmanuel Cleaver YESMissouri Democrat
James Clyburn YESSouth Carolina Democrat
Steve Cohen YESTennessee Democrat
Gerry Connolly YESVirginia Democrat
John Conyers YESMichigan Democrat
Jim Cooper YESTennessee Democrat
Jim Costa YESCalifornia Democrat
Jerry Costello YESIllinois Democrat
Joe Courtney YESConnecticut Democrat
Joseph Crowley YESNew York Democrat
Henry Cuellar YESTexas Democrat
Elijah Cummings YESMaryland Democrat
Kathy Dahlkemper YESPennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)
Danny Davis YESIllinois Democrat
Lincoln Davis NOTennessee Democrat (until 2010)
Susan Davis YESCalifornia Democrat
Peter Defazio YESOregon Democrat
Diana DeGette YESColorado Democrat
Bill Delahunt YESMassachusetts Democrat (until 2010)
Rosa DeLauro YESConnecticut Democrat
Norm Dicks YESWashington Democrat
John Dingell YESMichigan Democrat
Lloyd Doggett YESTexas Democrat
Joe Donnelly YESIndiana Democrat (Senate run 2012)
Mike Doyle YESPennsylvania Democrat
Steven Driehaus YESOhio Democrat (until 2010)
Chet Edwards YESTexas Democrat (until 2010)
Donna Edwards YESMaryland Democrat
Keith Ellison YESMinnesota Democrat
Brad Ellsworth YESIndiana Democrat (until 2010)
Eliot Engel YESNew York Democrat/Liberal
Anna Eshoo YESCalifornia Democrat
Bob Etheridge YESNorth Carolina Democrat (Unseated 2010)
Sam Farr YESCalifornia Democrat
Chaka Fattah YESPennsylvania Democrat
Bob Filner YESCalifornia Democrat (Mayoral run 2011)
Bill Foster YESIllinois Democrat (until 2010)
Barney Frank YESMassachusetts Democrat
Marcia Fudge YESOhio Democrat
Gabby Giffords YESArizona Democrat
Bart Gordon YESTennessee Democrat (until 2010)
Al Green YESTexas Democrat
Gene Green YESTexas Democrat
John Hall YESNew York Democrat (until 2010)
Ralph Moody Hall YESTexas Democrat
Debbie Halvorson YESIllinois Democrat (until 2010)
Phil Hare YESIllinois Democrat (until 2010)
Jane Harman YESCalifornia Democrat (Resigned 2011)
Alcee Hastings YESFlorida Democrat
Martin Heinrich YESNew Mexico Democrat (Senate run 2012)
Stephanie Herseth YESSouth Dakota Democratic (until 2010)
Brian Higgins YESNew York Democrat
Baron Hill YESIndiana Democrat (until 2010)
Jim Himes YESConnecticut Democrat
Maurice Hinchey YESNew York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.
Mazie Hirono YESHawaii Democrat (Senate run 2012)
Paul Hodes YESNew Hampshire Democrat (until 2010)
Tim Holden YESPennsylvania Democrat
Rush Holt YESNew Jersey Democrat
Mike Honda YESCalifornia Democrat
Steny Hoyer YESMaryland Democrat
Jay Inslee YESWashington Democrat
Steve Israel YESNew York Democrat
Jesse Louis Jackson YESIllinois Democrat
Sheila Jackson Lee YESTexas Democrat
Eddie Bernice Johnson YESTexas Democrat
Hank Johnson YESGeorgia Democrat
Steve Kagen YESWisconsin Democrat (until 2010)
Paul Kanjorski YESPennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)
Marcy Kaptur YESOhio Democrat
Patrick Kennedy YESRhode Island Democrat (until 2010)
Dale Kildee YESMichigan Democrat
Carolyn Kilpatrick YESMichigan Democrat (until 2010)
Mary Jo Kilroy YESOhio Democrat (until 2010)
Ron Kind YESWisconsin Democrat
Larry Kissell NONorth Carolina Democrat
Frank Kratovil YESMaryland Democrat (until 2010)
Dennis Kucinich YESOhio Democrat
James Langevin YESRhode Island Democrat
Rick Larsen YESWashington Democrat
Barbara Lee YESCalifornia Democrat
John Lewis YESGeorgia Democrat
Dan Lipinski YESIllinois Democrat
David Loebsack YESIowa Democrat
Zoe Lofgren YESCalifornia Democrat
Nita Lowey YESNew York Democrat
Cynthia Lummis NOWyoming Democrat
Steve Lynch YESMassachusetts Democrat
Dan Maffei YESNew York Democrat (Unseated 2010)
Carolyn Maloney YESNew York Democrat/Liberal
Ed Markey YESMassachusetts Democrat
Eric Massa YESNew York Democrat (until 2010)
Jim Matheson YESUtah Democrat
Doris Matsui YESCalifornia Democrat
Carolyn McCarthy YESNew York Dem./Ind./Working-Families
Betty McCollum YESMinnesota Democrat
Jim McDermott YESWashington Democrat
Jim McGovern YESMassachusetts Democrat
Mike McIntyre NONorth Carolina Democrat
Mike McMahon YESNew York Democrat (until 2010)
Jerry McNerney YESCalifornia Democrat
Gregory Meeks YESNew York Dem./Working-Families
Charles Melancon YESLouisiana Democrat (until 2010)
Michael Michaud YESMaine Democrat
Brad Miller YESNorth Carolina Democrat
George Miller YESCalifornia Democrat
Alan Mollohan YESWest Virginia Democrat
Dennis Moore YESKansas Democrat (until 2010)
Gwen Moore YESWisconsin Democrat
James Moran YESVirginia Democrat
Chris Murphy YESConnecticut Democrat (Senate run 2012)
Patrick Murphy YESPennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)
John Murtha YESPennsylvania Democrat (Deceased Feb. 2010)
Jerrold Nadler YESNew York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
Richard Neal YESMassachusetts Democrat
Glenn Nye YESVirginia Democrat (until 2010)
James Oberstar YESMinnesota Dem./Farmer/Labor (until 2010)
David Obey YESWisconsin Democrat (until 2010)
John Olver YESMassachusetts Democrat
Solomon Ortiz YESTexas Democrat (Unseated 2010)
Frank Pallone YESNew Jersey Democrat
Ed Pastor YESArizona Democrat
Donald Payne YESNew Jersey Democrat
Ed Perlmutter YESColorado Democrat
Tom Perriello NOVirginia Democrat (until 2010)
Gary Peters YESMichigan Democrat
Collin Peterson NOMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
Chellie Pingree YESMaine Democrat
Jared Polis YESColorado Democrat
Earl Pomeroy YESNorth Dakota Democrat (until 2010)
David Eugene Price YESNorth Carolina Democrat
Nick Rahall YESWest Virginia Democrat
Charles Rangel YESNew York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
Silvestre Reyes YESTexas Democrat
Laura Richardson YESCalifornia Democrat
Ciro Rodriguez YESTexas Democrat (until 2010)
Mike Ross YESArkansas Democrat
Steven Rothman YESNew Jersey Democrat
Dutch Ruppersberger YESMaryland Democrat
Bobby Rush YESIllinois Democrat
Tim Ryan YESOhio Democrat
Linda Sanchez YESCalifornia Democrat
Loretta Sanchez YESCalifornia Democrat
John Sarbanes YESMaryland Democrat
Jan Schakowsky YESIllinois Democrat
Mark Schauer YESMichigan Democrat (until 2010)
Adam Schiff YESCalifornia Democrat
Kurt Schrader YESOregon Democrat
Allyson Schwartz YESPennsylvania Democrat
Bobby Scott YESVirginia Democrat
David Scott YESGeorgia Democrat
Jose Serrano YESNew York Democrat/Liberal
Joe Sestak YESPennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)
Carol Shea-Porter YESNew Hampshire Democrat (until 2010)
Brad Sherman YESCalifornia Democrat
Heath Shuler NONorth Carolina Democrat
Albio Sires YESNew Jersey Democrat
Ike Skelton YESMissouri Democrat (until 2010)
Louise Slaughter YESNew York Democrat
David Adam Smith YESWashington Democrat
Zack Space YESOhio Democrat (until 2010)
Jackie Speier YESCalifornia Democrat
John Spratt YESSouth Carolina Democrat (until 2010)
Pete Stark YESCalifornia Democrat
Bart Stupak YESMichigan Democrat (until 2010)
Betty Sutton YESOhio Democrat
John Tanner YESTennessee Democrat (until 2010)
Gene Taylor YESMississippi Democrat (until 2010)
Harry Teague YESNew Mexico Democrat (until 2010)
Bennie Thompson YESMississippi Democrat
Mike Thompson YESCalifornia Democrat
John Tierney YESMassachusetts Democrat
Dina Titus YESNevada Democrat (until 2010)
Paul Tonko YESNew York Democrat
Ed Towns YESNew York Democrat/Liberal
Niki Tsongas YESMassachusetts Democrat
Chris Van Hollen YESMaryland Democrat
Peter Visclosky YESIndiana Democrat
Tim Walz YESMinnesota Democrat
Debbie Wasserman Schultz YESFlorida Democrat
Maxine Waters YESCalifornia Democrat
Mel Watt YESNorth Carolina Democrat
Henry Waxman YESCalifornia Democrat
Anthony Weiner YESNew York Democrat (Resigned 2011)
Peter Welch YESVermont Democrat
Robert Wexler YESFlorida Democrat (resigned Jan. 2010)
Charlie Wilson YESOhio Democrat (until 2010)
Lynn Woolsey YESCalifornia Democrat (Retiring 2012)
John Yarmuth YESKentucky Democrat



Republicans voting on 2009-H187

Robert Aderholt NOAlabama Republican
Todd Akin NOMissouri Republican (Senate run 2012)
Rodney Alexander NOLouisiana Republican
Steve Austria YESOhio Republican
Michele Bachmann NOMinnesota Republican
Spencer Bachus YESAlabama Republican
Gresham Barrett NOSouth Carolina Republican (until 2010)
Roscoe Bartlett YESMaryland Republican
Joe Linus Barton NOTexas Republican
Judy Biggert YESIllinois Republican
Brian Bilbray YESCalifornia Republican
Gus Bilirakis YESFlorida Republican
Rob Bishop NOUtah Republican
Marsha Blackburn NOTennessee Republican
John Boehner NOOhio Republican
Jo Bonner NOAlabama Republican
Mary Bono YESCalifornia Republican
Charles Boustany NOLouisiana Republican
Kevin Brady YESTexas Republican
Henry Brown YESSouth Carolina Republican (until 2010)
Vern Buchanan YESFlorida Republican
Michael Burgess NOTexas Republican
Dan Burton NOIndiana Republican
Steve Buyer NOIndiana Republican (until 2010)
Ken Calvert NOCalifornia Republican
Dave Camp YESMichigan Republican
John Campbell NOCalifornia Republican
Eric Cantor YESVirginia Republican
Joseph Cao YESLouisiana Republican (until 2010)
Shelley Moore Capito YESWest Virginia Republican
John Carter NOTexas Republican
Bill Cassidy YESLouisiana Republican
Jason Chaffetz NOUtah Republican (Senate run 2012)
John Howard Coble NONorth Carolina Republican
Mike Coffman NOColorado Republican
Tom Cole NOOklahoma Republican
Mike Conaway NOTexas Republican
Ander Crenshaw YESFlorida Republican
John Culberson NOTexas Republican
Geoff Davis NOKentucky Republican
Nathan Deal NOGeorgia Republican (Resigned 2010)
Charles Dent YESPennsylvania Republican
Mario Diaz-Balart NOFlorida Republican
David Dreier YESCalifornia Republican
Jimmy Duncan YESTennessee Republican
Vernon Ehlers YESMichigan Republican (until 2010)
Jo Ann Emerson YESMissouri Republican
Mary Fallin YESOklahoma Republican (until 2010)
Jeff Flake NOArizona Republican (Senate run 2012)
John Fleming YESLouisiana Republican
Randy Forbes NOVirginia Republican
Jeff Fortenberry YESNebraska Republican
Virginia Foxx NONorth Carolina Republican
Trent Franks NOArizona Republican
Rodney Frelinghuysen YESNew Jersey Republican
Elton Gallegly YESCalifornia Republican
Scott Garrett NONew Jersey Republican
Jim Gerlach YESPennsylvania Republican
Phil Gingrey NOGeorgia Republican
Louie Gohmert NOTexas Republican
Bob Goodlatte NOVirginia Republican
Kay Granger NOTexas Republican
Samuel Graves NOMissouri Republican
Brett Guthrie NOKentucky Republican
Gregg Harper YESMississippi Republican
Doc Hastings YESWashington Republican
Dean Heller NONevada Republican (Resigned 2011)
Jeb Hensarling NOTexas Republican
Wally Herger NOCalifornia Republican
Peter Hoekstra NOMichigan Republican (until 2010)
Duncan Hunter Jr. NOCalifornia Republican
Bob Inglis NOSouth Carolina Republican (until 2010)
Darrell Issa NOCalifornia Republican
Lynn Jenkins NOKansas Republican
Sam Johnson NOTexas Republican
Timothy Johnson YESIllinois Republican
Walter Beaman Jones NONorth Carolina Republican
Jim Jordan NOOhio Republican
Peter King YESNew York Rep./Ind./Cons./Right-To-Life
Steve King NOIowa Republican
Jack Kingston NOGeorgia Republican
Mark Kirk YESIllinois Republican (until 2010)
John Kline NOMinnesota Republican
Doug Lamborn NOColorado Republican
Leonard Lance YESNew Jersey Republican
Tom Latham NOIowa Republican
Steven LaTourette YESOhio Republican
Bob Latta NOOhio Republican
Chris Lee YESNew York Republican (Resigned 2011)
Jerry Lewis NOCalifornia Republican
Frank LoBiondo YESNew Jersey Republican
Frank Dean Lucas NOOklahoma Republican
Blaine Luetkemeyer NOMissouri Republican
Dan Lungren NOCalifornia Republican
Connie Mack IV NOFlorida Republican
Donald Manzullo YESIllinois Republican
Kenny Marchant NOTexas Republican
Kevin McCarthy YESCalifornia Republican
Michael McCaul YESTexas Republican
Tom McClintock NOCalifornia Republican
Thad McCotter NOMichigan Republican
Patrick McHenry NONorth Carolina Republican
John McHugh YESNew York Republican/Conservative
Buck McKeon YESCalifornia Republican
Cathy McMorris-Rodgers YESWashington Republican
John Mica NOFlorida Republican
Candice Miller YESMichigan Republican
Jeff Miller NOFlorida Republican
Jerry Moran NOKansas Republican (until 2010)
Tim Murphy YESPennsylvania Republican
Sue Myrick NONorth Carolina Republican
Randy Neugebauer NOTexas Republican
Devin Nunes NOCalifornia Republican
Pete Olson NOTexas Republican
Ron Paul NOTexas Republican
Erik Paulsen YESMinnesota Republican
Mike Pence NOIndiana Republican (Gov. run 2012)
Tom Petri NOWisconsin Republican
Joseph Pitts NOPennsylvania Republican
Todd Platts YESPennsylvania Republican
Ted Poe NOTexas Republican
Bill Posey NOFlorida Republican
Tom Price NOGeorgia Republican
Dennis Rehberg YESMontana Republican (Senate run 2012)
Dave Reichert YESWashington Republican (Governor run 2012)
Phil Roe NOTennessee Republican
Hal Rogers NOKentucky Republican
Michael Rogers YESAlabama Republican
Mike Rogers NOMichigan Republican
Dana Rohrabacher NOCalifornia Republican
Tom Rooney NOFlorida Republican
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen YESFlorida Republican
Peter Roskam YESIllinois Republican
Ed Royce NOCalifornia Republican
Paul Ryan NOWisconsin Republican
Steve Scalise NOLouisiana Republican
Jean Schmidt NOOhio Republican
Aaron Schock YESIllinois Republican
James Sensenbrenner NOWisconsin Republican
Pete Sessions NOTexas Republican
John Shadegg NOArizona Republican
John Shimkus YESIllinois Republican
Bill Shuster NOPennsylvania Republican
Mike Simpson YESIdaho Republican
Adrian Smith NONebraska Republican
Christopher Smith YESNew Jersey Republican
Lamar Smith YESTexas Republican
Mark Souder NOIndiana Republican (until 2010)
Cliff Stearns NOFlorida Republican
John Sullivan NOOklahoma Republican
Lee Terry YESNebraska Republican
Glenn Thompson NOPennsylvania Republican
Mac Thornberry NOTexas Republican
Todd Tiahrt NOKansas Republican (until 2010)
Pat Tiberi YESOhio Republican
Mike Turner YESOhio Republican
Fred Upton YESMichigan Republican
Greg Walden YESOregon Republican
Zach Wamp YESTennessee Republican (until 2010)
Ed Whitfield NOKentucky Republican
Joe Wilson NOSouth Carolina Republican
Robert Wittman YESVirginia Republican
Frank Wolf YESVirginia Republican
Bill Young YESFlorida Republican
Don Young YESAlaska Republican



Independents voting on 2009-H187

Marion Berry YESArkansas Former Democrat (until 2010)
John Boozman NOArkansas Former GOP (until 2010)
Allen Boyd YESFlorida Former Democrat (until 2010)
Ginny Brown-Waite YESFlorida Former GOP (until 2010)
Michael Castle YESDelaware Former GOP (until 2010)
Artur Davis YESAlabama Former Democrat (until 2010)
Lincoln Diaz-Balart NOFlorida Former GOP (until 2010)
Alan Grayson YESFlorida Former Democrat (until 2010)
Parker Griffith YESAlabama Former GOP (until 2010)
Ann Kirkpatrick NOArizona Former Democrat (until 2010)
Ron Klein YESFlorida Former Democrat (until 2010)
Suzanne Kosmas YESFlorida Former Democrat (until 2010)
John Linder NOGeorgia Former GOP (until 2010)
Betsy Markey YESColorado Former Democrat (until 2010)
Jim Marshall YESGeorgia Former Democrat (until 2010)
Kendrick Meek YESFlorida Former Democrat (until 2010)
Walt Minnick YESIdaho Former Democrat (until 2010)
Harry Mitchell YESArizona Former Democrat (until 2010)
Adam Putnam YESFlorida Former GOP (until 2010)
George Radanovich NOCalifornia Former GOP (until 2010)
Vic Snyder YESArkansas Former Democrat (until 2010)
Ellen Tauscher YESCalifornia Former Democrat (until 2009)
Diane Watson YESCalifornia Former Democrat (until 2010)



Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: YES 214; NO 8
Republicans: YES 66; NO 99
Independents: YES 18; NO 5