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    This page contains bill sponsorships in the Senate and House. Bill sponsorships indicate the topics that legislators are most interested in, and spend the most time on.

2008-S2555 on Jan 24, 2008

Bill Sponsorship: allowing states to define stricter emission standards Source: Reducing Global Warming from Vehicles Act (S.2555&H.R.5560) A bill to permit California and other States to effectively control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles, and for other purposes. Amends the Clean Air Act to approve the application of the state of California for a waiver of federal preemption of its motor vehicle emission standards.

    Participating counts on VoteMatch question 18. Question 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
  • Topic: Energy & Oil
  • Headline: Let states define stricter-than-federal emission standards (Score: 2)

  • 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
  • Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.



Democrats participating in 2008-S2555

Rob Andrews s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Shelley Berkley s1oNevada Democrat (Senate run 2012)
Howard Berman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Earl Blumenauer s1oOregon Democrat
Barbara Boxer s1pCA Democratic Jr Senator
Maria Cantwell s1oWA Democratic Jr Senator
Lois Capps s1oCalifornia Democrat
Benjamin Cardin s1oMaryland Democrat
Dennis Cardoza s1oCalifornia Democrat
Russ Carnahan s1oMissouri Democrat
Yvette Clarke s1oNew York Democrat
Joe Courtney s1oConnecticut Democrat
Joseph Crowley s1oNew York Democrat
Susan Davis s1oCalifornia Democrat
Peter Defazio s1oOregon Democrat
Diana DeGette s1oColorado Democrat
Rosa DeLauro s1oConnecticut Democrat
Chris Dodd s1oCT Democratic Sr Senator (retiring 2010)
Lloyd Doggett s1oTexas Democrat
Richard Durbin s1oIL Democratic Sr Senator
Keith Ellison s1oMinnesota Democrat
Eliot Engel s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Anna Eshoo s1oCalifornia Democrat
Sam Farr s1oCalifornia Democrat
Dianne Feinstein s1oCA Democratic Sr Senator
Bob Filner s1oCalifornia Democrat (Mayoral run 2011)
Barney Frank s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Raul Grijalva s1oArizona Democrat
John Hall s1oNew York Democrat (until 2010)
Jane Harman s1oCalifornia Democrat (Resigned 2011)
Maurice Hinchey s1oNew York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.
Paul Hodes s1oNew Hampshire Democrat (until 2010)
Rush Holt s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Mike Honda s1oCalifornia Democrat
Daniel Inouye s1oHI Democratic Sr Senator
Jay Inslee s1oWashington Democrat
Jesse Louis Jackson s1oIllinois Democrat
Patrick Kennedy s1oRhode Island Democrat (until 2010)
Ted Kennedy s1oMA Former Democrat Senator (until 2009)
John Kerry s1oMA Democratic Sr Senator
Amy Klobuchar s1oMN Democrat/DFL Sr Senator
Dennis Kucinich s1oOhio Democrat
James Langevin s1oRhode Island Democrat
John Larson s1oConnecticut Democrat
Frank Lautenberg s1oNJ Democratic Sr Senator
Patrick Leahy s1oVT Democratic Sr Senator
Barbara Lee s1oCalifornia Democrat
Zoe Lofgren s1oCalifornia Democrat
Nita Lowey s1oNew York Democrat
Ed Markey s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Doris Matsui s1oCalifornia Democrat
Betty McCollum s1oMinnesota Democrat
Jim McDermott s1oWashington Democrat
Jim McGovern s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Jerry McNerney s1oCalifornia Democrat
Robert Menendez s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Michael Michaud s1oMaine Democrat
Barbara Mikulski s1oMD Democratic Sr Senator
Brad Miller s1oNorth Carolina Democrat
George Miller s1oCalifornia Democrat
James Moran s1oVirginia Democrat
Chris Murphy s1oConnecticut Democrat (Senate run 2012)
Patty Murray s1oWA Democratic Sr Senator
Jerrold Nadler s1oNew York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
Grace Napolitano s1oCalifornia Democrat
Bill Nelson s1oFL Democratic Sr Senator
Barack Obama s1oIL Former Democratic Senator (until 2008)
John Olver s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Frank Pallone s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Donald Payne s1oNew Jersey Democrat
David Eugene Price s1oNorth Carolina Democrat
Jack Reed s1oRI Democratic Sr Senator
Lucille Roybal-Allard s1oCalifornia Democrat
Linda Sanchez s1oCalifornia Democrat
Loretta Sanchez s1oCalifornia Democrat
John Sarbanes s1oMaryland Democrat
Adam Schiff s1oCalifornia Democrat
Charles Schumer s1oNY Democratic Sr Senator
Jose Serrano s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Carol Shea-Porter s1oNew Hampshire Democrat (until 2010)
Brad Sherman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Albio Sires s1oNew Jersey Democrat
David Adam Smith s1oWashington Democrat
Hilda Solis s1oCalifornia Former Democrat (until 2009)
Pete Stark s1oCalifornia Democrat
Ellen Tauscher s1oCalifornia Former Democrat (until 2009)
Mike Thompson s1oCalifornia Democrat
Chris Van Hollen s1oMaryland Democrat
Henry Waxman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Peter Welch s1pVermont Democrat
Robert Wexler s1oFlorida Democrat (resigned Jan. 2010)
Sheldon Whitehouse s1oRI Democratic Jr Senator, previously attorney general
Lynn Woolsey s1oCalifornia Democrat (Retiring 2012)
David Wu s1oOregon Democrat
Ron Wyden s1oOR Democratic Sr Senator



Republicans participating in 2008-S2555

Mary Bono s1oCalifornia Republican
Susan Collins s1oME Republican Jr Senator
David Dreier s1oCalifornia Republican
Christopher Shays s1oConnecticut Republican (Unseated 2008)
Olympia Snowe s1oME Republican Sr Senator
John Warner s1oVA Former Republican Senator (retired 2008)



Independents participating in 2008-S2555

Hillary Clinton s1oNY Former NY Democrat Senator; now Secretary of State
Joseph Lieberman s1oCT Independent Sr Senator; Gore's VP nominee (Retiring)
Bernie Sanders s1oVermont Independent



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 95
Republicans: 6
Independents: 3
















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