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Vote number 2003-656 speeding up approval of forest thinning projects
on Nov 21, 2003 regarding bill HR 1904 Healthy Forests Restoration Act
Results: Motion passed 286-140: R 216-9; D 70-130

Vote to adopt the conference report on the bill that would reduce and expedite (speed up) environmental and judicial reviews of forest thinning projects. The bill would authorize $760 million a year from fiscal 2004 to fiscal 2008. The Bureau of Land Management and the US Forest Service would have the authorization to remove vegetation that could cause or assist the spread of wildfires, disease or insect infestation. All forest thinning project would come after public meetings had been held. Forest thinning would be restricted to land that is within a 1.5 miles of at-risk communities , high-risk land that serves as a home for threatened and endangered species, high-risk land in the area of municipal water sources and and high-risk land that is specifically susceptible to disease or insect infestation.

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Democrats voting on 2003-656

Neil Abercrombie NO Hawaii Democrat (Resigned 2010)

Gary Ackerman NO New York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.

Tom Allen NO Maine Democrat (Retiring 2008)

Rob Andrews NO New Jersey Democrat

Joe Baca YES California Democrat

Brian Baird YES Washington Democrat (until 2010)

Tammy Baldwin NO Wisconsin Democrat

Frank Ballance YES North Carolina Democrat (Until 2004)

Xavier Becerra NO California Democrat

Chris Bell NO Texas Democrat

Shelley Berkley YES Nevada Democrat (Senate run 2012)

Howard Berman NO California Democrat

Sanford Bishop YES Georgia Democrat

Timothy Bishop NO New York Democrat

Earl Blumenauer NO Oregon Democrat

Leonard Boswell YES Iowa Democrat

Rick Boucher YES Virginia Democrat (until 2010)

Robert Brady YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Corrine Brown NO Florida Democrat

Sherrod Brown NO Ohio Democrat

Lois Capps NO California Democrat

Michael Capuano NO Massachusetts Democrat

Benjamin Cardin NO Maryland Democrat

Dennis Cardoza YES California Democrat

Brad Carson YES Oklahoma Democrat (retired)

Julia Carson NO Indiana Democrat (Deceased 2008)

Ed Case NO Hawaii Democrat

William Lacy Clay NO Missouri Democrat

James Clyburn YES South Carolina Democrat

John Conyers NO Michigan Democrat

Jim Cooper NO Tennessee Democrat

Jerry Costello NO Illinois Democrat

Bud Cramer YES Alabama Democrat (Retiring 2008)

Joseph Crowley NO New York Democrat

Elijah Cummings NO Maryland Democrat

Danny Davis NO Illinois Democrat

Jim Davis NO Florida Democrat

Lincoln Davis YES Tennessee Democrat (until 2010)

Susan Davis YES California Democrat

Peter Defazio YES Oregon Democrat

Diana DeGette YES Colorado Democrat

Bill Delahunt NO Massachusetts Democrat (until 2010)

Rosa DeLauro NO Connecticut Democrat

Peter Deutsch NO Florida Democrat (Until 2004)

Norm Dicks YES Washington Democrat

John Dingell NO Michigan Democrat

Lloyd Doggett NO Texas Democrat

Cal Dooley YES California Democrat (Until 2004)

Mike Doyle YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Chet Edwards YES Texas Democrat (until 2010)

Eliot Engel NO New York Democrat/Liberal

Anna Eshoo NO California Democrat

Bob Etheridge YES North Carolina Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Lane Evans NO Illinois Democrat

Sam Farr NO California Democrat

Chaka Fattah NO Pennsylvania Democrat

Bob Filner NO California Democrat (Mayoral run 2011)

Harold Ford YES Tennessee Democrat

Barney Frank NO Massachusetts Democrat

Martin Frost YES Texas Democrat (Until 2004)

Bart Gordon YES Tennessee Democrat (until 2010)

Raul Grijalva NO Arizona Democrat

Luis Gutierrez NO Illinois Democrat

Ralph Moody Hall YES Texas Democrat

Jane Harman YES California Democrat (Resigned 2011)

Alcee Hastings NO Florida Democrat

Baron Hill NO Indiana Democrat (until 2010)

Maurice Hinchey NO New York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.

Ruben Hinojosa NO Texas Democrat

Joseph Hoeffel NO Pennsylvania Democrat (Until 2004)

Tim Holden YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Rush Holt NO New Jersey Democrat

Mike Honda NO California Democrat

Darlene Hooley YES Oregon Democrat (Retiring 2008)

Steny Hoyer NO Maryland Democrat

Jay Inslee NO Washington Democrat

Steve Israel NO New York Democrat

Jesse Louis Jackson NO Illinois Democrat

Sheila Jackson Lee NO Texas Democrat

William Jefferson NO Louisiana Democrat

Chris John YES Louisiana Democrat (Until 2004)

Eddie Bernice Johnson NO Texas Democrat

Stephanie Tubbs Jones NO Ohio Democrat (Deceased, 2008)

Paul Kanjorski NO Pennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)

Marcy Kaptur NO Ohio Democrat

Patrick Kennedy NO Rhode Island Democrat (until 2010)

Dale Kildee NO Michigan Democrat

Carolyn Kilpatrick NO Michigan Democrat (until 2010)

Ron Kind NO Wisconsin Democrat

Jerry Kleczka NO Wisconsin Democrat (Until 2004)

Nicholas Lampson YES Texas Democrat (Unseated 2008)

James Langevin NO Rhode Island Democrat

Rick Larsen YES Washington Democrat

John Larson YES Connecticut Democrat

Barbara Lee NO California Democrat

Sander Levin NO Michigan Democrat

John Lewis NO Georgia Democrat

William Lipinski YES Illinois Democrat (Until 2004)

Zoe Lofgren NO California Democrat

Nita Lowey NO New York Democrat

Ken Lucas YES Kentucky Democrat (Until 2004)

Steve Lynch NO Massachusetts Democrat

Denise Majette NO Georgia Democrat (Until 2004)

Carolyn Maloney NO New York Democrat/Liberal

Ed Markey NO Massachusetts Democrat

Jim Matheson YES Utah Democrat

Robert Matsui YES California Democrat (deceased)

Carolyn McCarthy YES New York Dem./Ind./Working-Families

Karen McCarthy NO Missouri Democrat (Until 2004)

Betty McCollum NO Minnesota Democrat

Jim McDermott NO Washington Democrat

Jim McGovern NO Massachusetts Democrat

Mike McIntyre YES North Carolina Democrat

Michael McNulty NO New York Dem./Cons. (Retiring 2008)

Marty Meehan NO Massachusetts Democrat (Retired 2007)

Gregory Meeks NO New York Dem./Working-Families

Robert Menendez NO New Jersey Democrat

Michael Michaud YES Maine Democrat

Juanita Millender-McDonald NO California Democrat

Brad Miller NO North Carolina Democrat

George Miller YES California Democrat

Alan Mollohan YES West Virginia Democrat

Dennis Moore NO Kansas Democrat (until 2010)

James Moran NO Virginia Democrat

John Murtha YES Pennsylvania Democrat (Deceased Feb. 2010)

Jerrold Nadler NO New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families

Grace Napolitano NO California Democrat

Richard Neal NO Massachusetts Democrat

James Oberstar YES Minnesota Dem./Farmer/Labor (until 2010)

David Obey YES Wisconsin Democrat (until 2010)

John Olver NO Massachusetts Democrat

Solomon Ortiz YES Texas Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Major Owens NO New York Democrat (until 2007)

Frank Pallone NO New Jersey Democrat

Bill Pascrell NO New Jersey Democrat

Ed Pastor NO Arizona Democrat

Donald Payne NO New Jersey Democrat

Nancy Pelosi NO California Democrat

Collin Peterson YES Minnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor

Earl Pomeroy YES North Dakota Democrat (until 2010)

David Eugene Price NO North Carolina Democrat

Nick Rahall NO West Virginia Democrat

Silvestre Reyes YES Texas Democrat

Ciro Rodriguez NO Texas Democrat (until 2010)

Mike Ross YES Arkansas Democrat

Steven Rothman NO New Jersey Democrat

Lucille Roybal-Allard NO California Democrat

Bobby Rush NO Illinois Democrat

Tim Ryan NO Ohio Democrat

Martin Sabo NO Minnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor

Linda Sanchez NO California Democrat

Loretta Sanchez NO California Democrat

Max Sandlin YES Texas Democrat (Until 2004)

Jan Schakowsky NO Illinois Democrat

Adam Schiff NO California Democrat

Bobby Scott NO Virginia Democrat

David Scott YES Georgia Democrat

Jose Serrano NO New York Democrat/Liberal

Brad Sherman NO California Democrat

Ike Skelton YES Missouri Democrat (until 2010)

Louise Slaughter NO New York Democrat

David Adam Smith YES Washington Democrat

John Spratt YES South Carolina Democrat (until 2010)

Pete Stark NO California Democrat

Charles Stenholm YES Texas Democrat

Ted Strickland YES Ohio Democrat

Bart Stupak YES Michigan Democrat (until 2010)

John Tanner YES Tennessee Democrat (until 2010)

Gene Taylor YES Mississippi Democrat (until 2010)

Bennie Thompson YES Mississippi Democrat

Mike Thompson YES California Democrat

John Tierney NO Massachusetts Democrat

Ed Towns NO New York Democrat/Liberal

Jim Turner YES Texas Democrat (Until 2004)

Mark Udall YES Colorado Democrat (Senate 2008)

Tom Udall NO New Mexico Democrat (Senate 2008)

Chris Van Hollen NO Maryland Democrat

Nydia Velazquez NO New York Democrat/Working-Families

Peter Visclosky NO Indiana Democrat

Maxine Waters NO California Democrat

Mel Watt NO North Carolina Democrat

Henry Waxman NO California Democrat

Anthony Weiner NO New York Democrat (Resigned 2011)

Robert Wexler NO Florida Democrat (resigned Jan. 2010)

Lynn Woolsey NO California Democrat (Retiring 2012)

David Wu YES Oregon Democrat

Republicans voting on 2003-656

Robert Aderholt YES Alabama Republican

Todd Akin YES Missouri Republican (Senate run 2012)

Rodney Alexander YES Louisiana Republican

Spencer Bachus YES Alabama Republican

Richard Hugh Baker YES Louisiana Republican (Resigned 2008)

Cass Ballenger YES North Carolina Republican

Gresham Barrett YES South Carolina Republican (until 2010)

Roscoe Bartlett YES Maryland Republican

Joe Linus Barton YES Texas Republican

Charlie Bass YES New Hampshire Republican

Bob Beauprez YES Colorado Republican

Doug Bereuter YES Nebraska Republican (Until 2004)

Judy Biggert YES Illinois Republican

Michael Bilirakis YES Florida Republican

Rob Bishop YES Utah Republican

Marsha Blackburn YES Tennessee Republican

Roy Blunt YES Missouri Republican (until 2010)

Sherry Boehlert YES New York Republican/Independence

John Boehner YES Ohio Republican

Henry Bonilla YES Texas Republican

Jo Bonner YES Alabama Republican

Mary Bono YES California Republican

Jeb Bradley YES New Hampshire Republican

Kevin Brady YES Texas Republican

Henry Brown YES South Carolina Republican (until 2010)

Michael Burgess YES Texas Republican

Max Burns YES Georgia Republican (Until 2004)

Richard Burr YES North Carolina Republican (Until 2004)

Dan Burton YES Indiana Republican

Steve Buyer YES Indiana Republican (until 2010)

Ken Calvert YES California Republican

Dave Camp YES Michigan Republican

Chris Cannon YES Utah Republican

Eric Cantor YES Virginia Republican

Shelley Moore Capito YES West Virginia Republican

John Carter YES Texas Republican

Steve Chabot YES Ohio Republican

Chris Chocola YES Indiana Republican

John Howard Coble YES North Carolina Republican

Tom Cole YES Oklahoma Republican

Mac Collins YES Georgia Republican

Christopher Cox YES California Republican

Philip Crane YES Illinois Republican (Until 2004)

Ander Crenshaw YES Florida Republican

John Culberson YES Texas Republican

Duke Cunningham YES California Republican

Jo Ann Davis YES Virginia Republican

Tom Davis YES Virginia Republican (Retiring 2008)

Nathan Deal YES Georgia Republican (Resigned 2010)

Tom DeLay YES Texas Republican

Jim DeMint YES South Carolina Republican (Until 2004)

Mario Diaz-Balart YES Florida Republican

John Doolittle YES California Republican (Retiring 2008)

David Dreier YES California Republican

Jimmy Duncan YES Tennessee Republican

Jennifer Dunn YES Washington Republican (Until 2004)

Vernon Ehlers YES Michigan Republican (until 2010)

Jo Ann Emerson YES Missouri Republican

Phil English YES Pennsylvania Republican (Unseated 2008)

Terry Everett YES Alabama Republican (Retiring 2008)

Mike Ferguson NO New Jersey Republican (Retiring 2008)

Jeff Flake YES Arizona Republican (Senate run 2012)

Mark Foley YES Florida Republican

Randy Forbes YES Virginia Republican

Vito Fossella YES New York Rep./Cons. (Unseated 2008)

Trent Franks YES Arizona Republican

Rodney Frelinghuysen YES New Jersey Republican

Elton Gallegly YES California Republican

Scott Garrett YES New Jersey Republican

Jim Gerlach YES Pennsylvania Republican

Jim Gibbons YES Nevada Republican

Wayne Gilchrest YES Maryland Republican (Unseated 2008)

Paul Gillmor YES Ohio Republican (Deceased 2007)

Phil Gingrey YES Georgia Republican

Virgil Goode YES Virginia Republican (Unseated 2008)

Bob Goodlatte YES Virginia Republican

Porter Goss YES Florida Republican (Until 2004)

Kay Granger YES Texas Republican

Samuel Graves YES Missouri Republican

Mark Green YES Wisconsin Republican

Jim Greenwood YES Pennsylvania Republican (Until 2004)

Gil Gutknecht YES Minnesota Republican

Katherine Harris YES Florida Republican (until 2007)

Melissa Hart YES Pennsylvania Republican

Doc Hastings YES Washington Republican

Robin Hayes YES North Carolina Republican (Unseated 2008)

J.D. Hayworth YES Arizona Republican (until 2007)

Joel Hefley YES Colorado Republican

Jeb Hensarling YES Texas Republican

Wally Herger YES California Republican

Dave Hobson YES Ohio Republican (Retiring 2008)

Peter Hoekstra YES Michigan Republican (until 2010)

John Hostettler YES Indiana Republican

Amo Houghton YES New York Republican/Conservative

Kenny Hulshof YES Missouri Republican (Governor 2008)

Duncan Hunter YES California Republican (Retiring 2008)

Henry Hyde YES Illinois Republican

Johnny Isakson YES Georgia Republican (Until 2004)

Darrell Issa YES California Republican

Ernest Istook YES Oklahoma Republican

Bill Jenkins YES Tennessee Republican (Retired 2006)

Nancy Lee Johnson YES Connecticut Republican

Sam Johnson YES Texas Republican

Timothy Johnson NO Illinois Republican

Walter Beaman Jones YES North Carolina Republican

Ric Keller YES Florida Republican (Unseated 2008)

Sue Kelly YES New York Republican (until 2007)

Mark Kennedy YES Minnesota Republican

Peter King YES New York Rep./Ind./Cons./Right-To-Life

Steve King YES Iowa Republican

Jack Kingston YES Georgia Republican

Mark Kirk NO Illinois Republican (until 2010)

John Kline YES Minnesota Republican

Joe Knollenberg YES Michigan Republican (Unseated 2008)

Jim Kolbe YES Arizona Republican

Ray LaHood YES Illinois Republican (Retiring 2008)

Tom Latham YES Iowa Republican

Steven LaTourette YES Ohio Republican

Jim Leach NO Iowa Republican

Jerry Lewis YES California Republican

Ron Lewis YES Kentucky Republican (Retiring 2008)

Frank LoBiondo NO New Jersey Republican

Frank Dean Lucas YES Oklahoma Republican

Donald Manzullo YES Illinois Republican

Thad McCotter YES Michigan Republican

Jim McCrery YES Louisiana Republican (Retiring 2008)

John McHugh YES New York Republican/Conservative

Scott McInnis YES Colorado Republican (Until 2004)

Buck McKeon YES California Republican

John Mica YES Florida Republican

Candice Miller YES Michigan Republican

Gary Miller YES California Republican

Jeff Miller YES Florida Republican

Jerry Moran YES Kansas Republican (until 2010)

Tim Murphy YES Pennsylvania Republican

Marilyn Musgrave YES Colorado Republican (Unseated 2008)

Sue Myrick YES North Carolina Republican

George Nethercutt YES Washington Republican (Until 2004)

Randy Neugebauer YES Texas Republican

Bob Ney YES Ohio Republican

Anne Meagher Northup YES Kentucky Republican

Charlie Norwood YES Georgia Republican

Devin Nunes YES California Republican

Jim Nussle YES Iowa Republican

Tom Osborne YES Nebraska Republican

Doug Ose YES California Republican

Butch Otter YES Idaho Republican

Michael Oxley YES Ohio Republican

Ron Paul NO Texas Republican

Steve Pearce YES New Mexico Republican

Mike Pence YES Indiana Republican (Gov. run 2012)

John Peterson YES Pennsylvania Republican (Retired 2008)

Tom Petri YES Wisconsin Republican

Joseph Pitts YES Pennsylvania Republican

Todd Platts YES Pennsylvania Republican

Richard Pombo YES California Republican

Jon Porter YES Nevada Republican (Unseated 2008)

Rob Portman YES Ohio Republican

Deborah Pryce YES Ohio Republican

Jim Ramstad YES Minnesota Republican (Retiring 2008)

Ralph Regula YES Ohio Republican (Retiring 2008)

Dennis Rehberg YES Montana Republican (Senate run 2012)

Rick Renzi YES Arizona Republican (Retiring 2008)

Thomas Reynolds YES New York Republican (Retiring 2008)

Hal Rogers YES Kentucky Republican

Michael Rogers YES Alabama Republican

Mike Rogers YES Michigan Republican

Dana Rohrabacher YES California Republican

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen YES Florida Republican

Ed Royce YES California Republican

Paul Ryan YES Wisconsin Republican

Jim Ryun YES Kansas Republican

Jim Saxton NO New Jersey Republican (Retiring 2008)

Edward Schrock YES Virginia Republican (Until 2004)

James Sensenbrenner YES Wisconsin Republican

Pete Sessions YES Texas Republican

John Shadegg YES Arizona Republican

Clay Shaw YES Florida Republican

Christopher Shays NO Connecticut Republican (Unseated 2008)

Don Sherwood YES Pennsylvania Republican

John Shimkus YES Illinois Republican

Bill Shuster YES Pennsylvania Republican

Rob Simmons YES Connecticut Republican

Mike Simpson YES Idaho Republican

Christopher Smith NO New Jersey Republican

Lamar Smith YES Texas Republican

Nick Smith YES Michigan Republican (Until 2004)

Mark Souder YES Indiana Republican (until 2010)

Cliff Stearns YES Florida Republican

John Sullivan YES Oklahoma Republican

John Sweeney YES New York Republican/Conservative

Tom Tancredo YES Colorado Republican

Billy Tauzin YES Louisiana Republican (Until 2004)

Charles Taylor YES North Carolina Republican

Lee Terry YES Nebraska Republican

Bill Thomas YES California Republican

Mac Thornberry YES Texas Republican

Todd Tiahrt YES Kansas Republican (until 2010)

Pat Tiberi YES Ohio Republican

Pat Toomey YES Pennsylvania Republican (Until 2004)

Mike Turner YES Ohio Republican

Fred Upton YES Michigan Republican

David Vitter YES Louisiana Republican (Until 2004)

Greg Walden YES Oregon Republican

Jim Walsh YES New York Rep./Ind. (Retiring 2008)

Zach Wamp YES Tennessee Republican (until 2010)

Curt Weldon YES Pennsylvania Republican

Dave Weldon YES Florida Republican (Retiring 2008)

Jerry Weller YES Illinois Republican (Retiring 2008)

Ed Whitfield YES Kentucky Republican

Roger Wicker YES Mississippi Republican (Senate 2008)

Heather Wilson YES New Mexico Republican (Senate 2008)

Joe Wilson YES South Carolina Republican

Frank Wolf YES Virginia Republican

Bill Young YES Florida Republican

Don Young YES Alaska Republican

Independents voting on 2003-656

Marion Berry YES Arkansas Former Democrat (until 2010)

John Boozman YES Arkansas Former GOP (until 2010)

Allen Boyd YES Florida Former Democrat (until 2010)

Ginny Brown-Waite YES Florida Former GOP (until 2010)

Michael Castle YES Delaware Former GOP (until 2010)

Artur Davis YES Alabama Former Democrat (until 2010)

Lincoln Diaz-Balart YES Florida Former GOP (until 2010)

Rahm Emanuel NO Illinois Former Democrat (until 2009)

Tom Feeney YES Florida Former GOP

Tom Lantos NO California Former Democrat (until 2008)

John Linder YES Georgia Former GOP (until 2010)

Jim Marshall YES Georgia Former Democrat (until 2010)

Kendrick Meek NO Florida Former Democrat (until 2010)

Adam Putnam YES Florida Former GOP (until 2010)

George Radanovich YES California Former GOP (until 2010)

Bernie Sanders NO Vermont Independent

Vic Snyder YES Arkansas Former Democrat (until 2010)

Hilda Solis NO California Former Democrat (until 2009)

Ellen Tauscher NO California Former Democrat (until 2009)

Diane Watson NO California Former Democrat (until 2010)

Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: YES 64; NO 122
Republicans: YES 207; NO 9
Independents: YES 13; NO 7

Vote number 2003-656 speeding up approval of forest thinning projects on Nov 21, 2003 regarding bill HR 1904 Healthy Forests Restoration Act Results: Motion passed 286-140: R 216-9; D 70-130

Categorized under Environment

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Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Vote number 2003-656 speeding up approval of forest thinning projects
on Nov 21, 2003 regarding bill HR 1904 Healthy Forests Restoration Act
Results: Motion passed 286-140: R 216-9; D 70-130

Voting YES counts as answer on AmericansElect question 0;
Voting NO counts as answer on AmericansElect question 0