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Senate Votes on 2007-215

 


Vote number 2007-215 making oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal
on Jun 19, 2007 regarding bill S.Amdt.1519 to H.R.6 NOPEC Amendment to CLEAN Energy Act
Results: Amendment Agreed to, 70-23

Voting YES would amend the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal. It would be a violation for any foreign state:
  1. to limit the production or distribution of oil & natural gas;
  2. to set or maintain the price of oil & natural gas; or
  3. to otherwise take any action in restraint of trade for oil & natural gas;
  4. when such collective action has a direct, substantial, and reasonably foreseeable effect on the market, supply, price, or distribution of oil & natural gas in the US.

Proponents recommend voting YES because:

Our NOPEC bill will authorize filing suit against nations that participate in a conspiracy to limit the supply, or fix the price, of oil. In addition, it will specify that the doctrines of sovereign immunity do not exempt nations that participate in oil cartels from basic antitrust law.

Opponents recommend voting NO because:

No one likes OPEC. But this amendment, in my opinion, would make bad law.





Democrats voting on 2007-215

Daniel Akaka YESHI Democrat Jr Senator
Max Baucus YESMT Democrat Sr Senator
Evan Bayh YESIN Democratic Jr Senator
Jeff Bingaman NONM 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 YESDE Democrat Jr Senator
Bob Casey YESPA Democratic challenger, state treasurer
Hillary Clinton YESNY Democrat Jr Senator
Kent Conrad YESND 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 YESHI Democratic incumbent
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 YESVT 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 YESAR 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
Barack Obama YESIL Democratic Jr Senator
Mark Pryor YESAR Democrat Challenger (Former)
Jack Reed YESRI Democrat Sr Senator
Harry Reid YESNV Democratic incumbent
John Rockefeller YESWV Democratic Jr Senator
Ken Salazar YESCO Democratic Jr Senator
Charles Schumer YESNY Democratic incumbent
Debbie Stabenow YESMI Democrat Jr Senator
Jon Tester YESMT 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 2007-215

Lamar Alexander YESTN Republican Jr Senator
Wayne Allard NOCO Republican Jr Senator
Robert Bennett NOUT Republican incumbent
Kit Bond NOMO Republican incumbent
Jim Bunning YESKY Republican incumbent
Richard Burr NONC Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
Saxby Chambliss YESGA Republican Sr Senator
Thad Cochran NOMS Republican Sr Senator
Norm Coleman YESMN Republican Jr Senator
Susan Collins YESME Republican Jr Senator
Bob Corker YESTN Republican challenger
John Cornyn NOTX Republican Jr Senator
Larry Craig YESID Republican Sr Senator
Michael Crapo YESID 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 YESSC Republican Jr Senator
Chuck Grassley YESIA Republican incumbent
Judd Gregg NONH Republican incumbent
Chuck Hagel NONE Republican Jr Senator
Orrin Hatch YESUT Republican Sr Senator
Kay Bailey Hutchison YESTX Republican Jr Senator
James Inhofe NOOK Republican Sr Senator
Johnny Isakson YESGA Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
Jon Kyl NOAZ Republican Jr Senator
Trent Lott NOMS Republican Jr Senator
Richard Lugar NOIN Republican Sr Senator
Mel Martinez YESFL Republican Jr Senator; previously US Housing Secretary
Mitch McConnell YESKY Republican Sr Senator
Lisa Murkowski NOAK Republican incumbent
Pat Roberts NOKS Republican Jr Senator
Jeff Sessions YESAL Republican Sr Senator
Richard Shelby YESAL Republican incumbent
Gordon Harold Smith YESOR Republican Jr Senator
Olympia Snowe YESME Republican Sr Senator
Arlen Specter YESPA Republican incumbent
Ted Stevens YESAK Republican Sr Senator
John Sununu NONH 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 NOVA Republican Sr Senator

Independents voting on 2007-215

Bernie Sanders YESVT Independent challenger, U.S. Rep



Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: YES 45; NO 2
Republicans: YES 24; NO 21
Independents: YES 1; NO 0