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    This page contains bills sponsored by incumbent Senators who are running for re-election in 2008, plus House incumbents running for Senate in 2008. Bill sponsorships indicate the topics that legislators are most interested in, and spend the most time on. These bills are selected as the "signature issue" that each legislator focused on.

08-S3238 on Jul 10, 2008

To prohibit the importation of ruminants and swine, and fresh and frozen meat and products of ruminants and swine, from Argentina until the Secretary of Agriculture certifies to Congress that every region of Argentina is free of foot and mouth disease without vaccination. This Act may be cited as the 'Foot and Mouth Disease Prevention Act of 2008'.


  • Topic: Free Trade
  • Headline: Ban Argentine meat imports to avoid foot & mouth disease
  • Headline 2: Ban Argentine meat imports to avoid foot & mouth disease
  • Key for participation codes:
  • Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
  • Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
  • Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
  • Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred



Democrats participating in 08-S3238

Kent Conrad s2oND Democrat Sr Senator
Byron Dorgan s2oND Democratic incumbent
Richard Durbin s2oIL Democrat Sr Senator
Tim Johnson s1iSD Democrat Sr Senator
Claire McCaskill s2oMO Democratic Jr Senator; previously state Auditor
Ben Nelson s2oNE Democrat Jr Senator
Ken Salazar s2oCO Democratic Jr Senator
Jon Tester s2oMT Democratic Jr Senator



Republicans participating in 08-S3238

Wayne Allard s2oCO Republican Jr Senator
John Barrasso s2oWY Republican Appointee
Pete Domenici s2oNM Republican Sr Senator
Michael Enzi s2oWY Republican Jr Senator
John Thune s2oSD Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative



Independents participating in 08-S3238



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 8
Republicans: 5
Independents: 0

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