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Senate Votes on 2007-426

 


Vote number 2007-426 limiting farm subsidies to people earning under $750,000
on Dec 13, 2007 regarding bill S.Amdt. 3810 to H.R. 2419 Klobuchar Amendment to Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act
Results: Rejected 48-47 (3/5 required)

Vote on an amendment to bill H.R. 2419 (Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act): To improve the adjusted gross income limitation and use the savings to reduce the Federal deficit.

Proponents support voting YES because:

Sen. KLOBUCHAR: The focus of this amendment is to make sure the subsidy and the safety net in the farm bill go to the people whom it will most help; that is, family farmers. The top 20 business recipients in the country have each gotten more than $3 million under this farm bill. Under the current system, a part-time farmer can have an income as high as $2.5 million from outside sources and still qualify for Federal farm benefits. I do not believe we should be handing out payments to multimillionaires, when these payments should be targeted to family farmers. This amendment places reasonable limits on the incomes of those who receive farm payments: If you are a full-time farmer, you can get the subsidies as long as your income does not exceed $750,000.





Democrats voting on 2007-426

Daniel Akaka NOHI Democrat Jr Senator
Max Baucus NOMT Democrat Sr Senator
Evan Bayh YESIN Democratic Jr Senator
Jeff Bingaman YESNM Democrat Jr Senator
Barbara Boxer YESCA Democratic incumbent
Sherrod Brown YESOH Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep.
Robert Byrd YESWV Democrat Sr Senator
Maria Cantwell YESWA Democrat Jr Senator
Benjamin Cardin YESMD Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep.
Tom Carper NODE Democrat Jr Senator
Bob Casey YESPA Democratic challenger, state treasurer
Kent Conrad NOND Democrat Sr Senator
Byron Dorgan YESND Democratic incumbent
Richard Durbin YESIL Democrat Sr Senator
Russell Feingold YESWI Democratic incumbent
Dianne Feinstein YESCA Democrat Sr Senator
Tom Harkin YESIA Democrat Jr Senator
Daniel Inouye NOHI Democratic incumbent
Tim Johnson YESSD Democrat Sr Senator
Ted Kennedy YESMA Democrat Sr Senator
John Kerry YESMA Democrat Jr Senator, ran for President 2004
Amy Klobuchar YESMN DFL challenger, Hennepin County Attorney
Herbert Kohl YESWI Democrat Sr Senator
Mary Landrieu NOLA Democrat Sr Senator
Frank Lautenberg YESNJ Democrat Sr Senator
Patrick Leahy NOVT Democratic incumbent
Carl Levin YESMI Democrat Sr Senator
Joseph Lieberman YESCT Democratic Jr Senator; Gore's VP nominee; ran for Pres. 2004
Blanche Lambert Lincoln NOAR Democratic incumbent
Claire McCaskill YESMO Democratic challenger; state Auditor
Robert Menendez YESNJ Democratic appointee; previously U.S. Rep.
Barbara Mikulski YESMD Democratic incumbent
Patty Murray YESWA Democratic incumbent
Ben Nelson YESNE Democrat Jr Senator
Bill Nelson YESFL Democrat Sr Senator
Mark Pryor NOAR Democrat Challenger (Former)
Jack Reed YESRI Democrat Sr Senator
Harry Reid YESNV Democratic incumbent
John Rockefeller NOWV Democratic Jr Senator
Ken Salazar NOCO Democratic Jr Senator
Charles Schumer YESNY Democratic incumbent
Debbie Stabenow YESMI Democrat Jr Senator
Jon Tester NOMT Democratic challenger; state Senator
James Webb YESVA Democratic challenger
Sheldon Whitehouse YESRI Democratic challenger, previously attorney general
Ron Wyden YESOR Democratic incumbent



Republicans voting on 2007-426

Lamar Alexander NOTN Republican Jr Senator
Wayne Allard NOCO Republican Jr Senator
John Barrasso NOWY Republican Appointee
Robert Bennett NOUT Republican incumbent
Kit Bond NOMO Republican incumbent
Sam Brownback YESKS Republican incumbent
Jim Bunning NOKY Republican incumbent
Richard Burr NONC Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
Saxby Chambliss NOGA Republican Sr Senator
Tom Coburn NOOK Republican Jr Senator; previously US Rep
Thad Cochran NOMS Republican Sr Senator
Norm Coleman NOMN Republican Jr Senator
Susan Collins YESME Republican Jr Senator
Bob Corker NOTN Republican challenger
John Cornyn NOTX Republican Jr Senator
Larry Craig NOID Republican Sr Senator
Michael Crapo NOID Republican incumbent
Jim DeMint NOSC Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
Elizabeth Dole NONC Republican Sr Senator
Pete Domenici NONM Republican Sr Senator
John Ensign YESNV Republican Jr Senator
Michael Enzi NOWY Republican Jr Senator
Lindsey Graham NOSC Republican Jr Senator
Chuck Grassley YESIA Republican incumbent
Judd Gregg YESNH Republican incumbent
Chuck Hagel NONE Republican Jr Senator
Orrin Hatch NOUT Republican Sr Senator
Kay Bailey Hutchison NOTX Republican Jr Senator
James Inhofe NOOK Republican Sr Senator
Johnny Isakson NOGA Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
Jon Kyl YESAZ Republican Jr Senator
Trent Lott NOMS Republican Jr Senator
Richard Lugar YESIN Republican Sr Senator
Mel Martinez NOFL Republican Jr Senator; previously US Housing Secretary
Mitch McConnell NOKY Republican Sr Senator
Lisa Murkowski NOAK Republican incumbent
Pat Roberts NOKS Republican Jr Senator
Jeff Sessions NOAL Republican Sr Senator
Richard Shelby NOAL Republican incumbent
Gordon Harold Smith NOOR Republican Jr Senator
Olympia Snowe YESME Republican Sr Senator
Arlen Specter YESPA Republican incumbent
Ted Stevens NOAK Republican Sr Senator
John Sununu YESNH Republican Jr Senator
John Thune YESSD Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
David Vitter NOLA Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
George Voinovich YESOH Republican incumbent
John Warner YESVA Republican Sr Senator

Independents voting on 2007-426

Bernie Sanders YESVT Independent challenger, U.S. Rep



Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: YES 34; NO 12
Republicans: YES 13; NO 35
Independents: YES 1; NO 0