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NEWS
COEJL Legislative Update
Pesticide Bill
Hadar Susskind
COEJL Washington Representative
Washington, D.C. (June 29, 2005) - Earlier today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) offered an amendment to the Interior Appropriations bill that w ould prohibit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from accepting, considering, or relying on the results of human pesticide tests. The amendment would also prohibit the EPA from funding such tests during the next fiscal year. Without this provision, the Federal government could have relied on data from pesticide experiments conducted on pregnant women, infants, and even fetuses in utero.
Thankfully, the Senate amendment (S. 1023) passed today by a vote of 60-37. The support of the religious community was crucial to its passage, and COEJL played a lead role in organizing this effort. Please contact your Senator’s office and thank them for their support (yea) of the Boxer amendment, or, if necessary, let them know that your are disappointed with their vote (nay).
YEAs ---60 |
Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE)
Chafee (R-RI)
Clinton (D-NY)
Coburn (R-OK)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Corzine (D-NJ)
Dayton (D-MN)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL) |
Ensign (R-NV)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Graham (R-SC)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inouye (D-HI)
Isakson (R-GA)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lincoln (D-AR)
McCain (R-AZ)
Mikulski (D-MD) |
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Obama (D-IL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Talent (R-MO)
Thune (R-SD)
Warner (R-VA)
Wyden (D-OR) |
NAYs ---37 |
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID) |
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Enzi (R-WY)
Frist (R-TN)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lott (R-MS) |
Martinez (R-FL)
McConnell (R-KY)
Roberts (R-KS)
Santorum (R-PA)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Thomas (R-WY)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH) |
Not Voting - 3 |
Bennett (R-UT) |
Lieberman (D-CT) |
Lugar (R-IN) |
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