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Vote number 2008-H393 more funding for Mexico to fight drugs
on Jun 10, 2008 regarding bill HR.6028 Merida Initiative
Results: Passed 311-106

Congressional Summary:Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act:
Provide assistance for Mexico for:
counternarcotics and countertrafficking;
port & airport security to assist in controlling the Mexico-US and Mexico-Central America borders;
intelligence gathering operational technology; and
public security and law enforcement, including assistance to the National Council Against Addiction (CONADIC).
Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Rep. HOWARD BERMAN (D, CA-28): The drug crisis facing the US remains a top national security threat. This bill represents a new partnership with Mexico and Central American countries to face the immediate security threat of drug gangs, and help these neighbors build the capacity of their law enforcement agencies.
Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. MICHAEL McCAUL (R, TX-10): We need a strategy on this side of the border: a two-pronged Approach; a comprehensive strategy that deals not only with the Mexican side but with the US side. And for too long, our border sheriffs and our Border Patrol agents have been outmanned and outgunned. And if we are going to provide assistance to Mexico, it seems to me we ought to be providing assistance to our men and women on our side fighting this war every day.
Rep. TED POE (R, TX-2): I am concerned about drugs and violence on the border, but I am also concerned about corruption. In order to gain control of access corridors in the US, drug cartels are hiring hit men from an elite force in Mexico's military. This group is known as the "Zetas." Some of the Zetas are military deserters that may have been trained in the US. $1 billion in this bill would go to Mexico. And Mexico in its arrogance objects to any conditions we want to put on this money. The administration can offer us no assurance that our equipment and training won't be used against us and neither can Mexico.

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Voting YES counts for 1 points on VoteMatch question 19:
Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it;
Voting NO counts for -1 points on VoteMatch question 19.

Democrats voting on 2008-H393

Neil Abercrombie YES Hawaii Democrat (Resigned 2010)

Gary Ackerman YES New York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.

Tom Allen YES Maine Democrat (Retiring 2008)

Jason Altmire YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Rob Andrews YES New Jersey Democrat

Michael Arcuri YES New York Democrat (until 2010)

Joe Baca YES California Democrat

Brian Baird YES Washington Democrat (until 2010)

Tammy Baldwin NO Wisconsin Democrat

John Barrow YES Georgia Democrat

Melissa Bean YES Illinois Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Xavier Becerra YES California Democrat

Shelley Berkley YES Nevada Democrat (Senate run 2012)

Howard Berman YES California Democrat

Sanford Bishop YES Georgia Democrat

Timothy Bishop YES New York Democrat

Earl Blumenauer YES Oregon Democrat

Dan Boren YES Oklahoma Democrat (Retiring 2012)

Leonard Boswell YES Iowa Democrat

Rick Boucher YES Virginia Democrat (until 2010)

Nancy Boyda YES Kansas Democrat (Unseated 2008)

Robert Brady YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Bruce Braley YES Iowa Democrat

Corrine Brown YES Florida Democrat

G.K. Butterfield YES North Carolina Democrat

Lois Capps YES California Democrat

Michael Capuano YES Massachusetts Democrat

Dennis Cardoza YES California Democrat

Russ Carnahan YES Missouri Democrat

Chris Carney NO Pennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)

Andre Carson NO Indiana Democrat

Kathy Castor YES Florida Democrat

Don Cazayoux YES Louisiana Democrat

Ben Chandler YES Kentucky Democrat

Travis Childers YES Mississippi Democrat (until 2010)

Yvette Clarke NO New York Democrat

William Lacy Clay YES Missouri Democrat

Emmanuel Cleaver YES Missouri Democrat

James Clyburn YES South Carolina Democrat

Steve Cohen YES Tennessee Democrat

John Conyers NO Michigan Democrat

Jim Cooper YES Tennessee Democrat

Jim Costa YES California Democrat

Joe Courtney YES Connecticut Democrat

Bud Cramer YES Alabama Democrat (Retiring 2008)

Joseph Crowley YES New York Democrat

Henry Cuellar YES Texas Democrat

Danny Davis YES Illinois 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 YES Massachusetts Democrat (until 2010)

Rosa DeLauro YES Connecticut Democrat

Norm Dicks YES Washington Democrat

Lloyd Doggett YES Texas Democrat

Joe Donnelly YES Indiana Democrat (Senate run 2012)

Mike Doyle YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Keith Ellison NO Minnesota Democrat

Brad Ellsworth NO Indiana Democrat (until 2010)

Eliot Engel YES New York Democrat/Liberal

Anna Eshoo YES California Democrat

Bob Etheridge YES North Carolina Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Sam Farr YES California Democrat

Chaka Fattah YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Bob Filner NO California Democrat (Mayoral run 2011)

Bill Foster YES Illinois Democrat (until 2010)

Barney Frank YES Massachusetts Democrat

Gabby Giffords YES Arizona Democrat

Charles Gonzalez YES Texas Democrat

Bart Gordon YES Tennessee Democrat (until 2010)

Al Green YES Texas Democrat

Gene Green YES Texas Democrat

Raul Grijalva YES Arizona Democrat

Luis Gutierrez YES Illinois Democrat

John Hall YES New York Democrat (until 2010)

Ralph Moody Hall NO Texas Democrat

Phil Hare YES Illinois Democrat (until 2010)

Jane Harman YES California Democrat (Resigned 2011)

Alcee Hastings YES Florida Democrat

Stephanie Herseth YES South Dakota Democratic (until 2010)

Brian Higgins YES New York Democrat

Baron Hill YES Indiana Democrat (until 2010)

Maurice Hinchey YES New York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.

Ruben Hinojosa YES Texas Democrat

Mazie Hirono YES Hawaii Democrat (Senate run 2012)

Paul Hodes YES New Hampshire Democrat (until 2010)

Tim Holden YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Mike Honda YES California Democrat

Darlene Hooley YES Oregon Democrat (Retiring 2008)

Steny Hoyer YES Maryland Democrat

Jay Inslee YES Washington Democrat

Steve Israel YES New York Democrat

Jesse Louis Jackson YES Illinois Democrat

Sheila Jackson Lee YES Texas Democrat

William Jefferson YES Louisiana Democrat

Eddie Bernice Johnson YES Texas Democrat

Hank Johnson YES Georgia Democrat

Stephanie Tubbs Jones NO Ohio Democrat (Deceased, 2008)

Steve Kagen YES Wisconsin Democrat (until 2010)

Paul Kanjorski YES Pennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)

Marcy Kaptur YES Ohio Democrat

Patrick Kennedy YES Rhode Island Democrat (until 2010)

Dale Kildee YES Michigan Democrat

Carolyn Kilpatrick YES Michigan Democrat (until 2010)

Ron Kind YES Wisconsin Democrat

Dennis Kucinich NO Ohio Democrat

Nicholas Lampson YES Texas Democrat (Unseated 2008)

James Langevin YES Rhode Island Democrat

Rick Larsen YES Washington Democrat

John Larson YES Connecticut Democrat

Barbara Lee NO California Democrat

Sander Levin YES Michigan Democrat

John Lewis NO Georgia Democrat

Dan Lipinski YES Illinois Democrat

David Loebsack YES Iowa Democrat

Zoe Lofgren YES California Democrat

Nita Lowey YES New York Democrat

Steve Lynch YES Massachusetts Democrat

Tim Mahoney YES Florida Democrat (Unseated 2008)

Carolyn Maloney YES New York Democrat/Liberal

Ed Markey YES Massachusetts Democrat

Jim Matheson YES Utah Democrat

Doris Matsui YES California Democrat

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

Betty McCollum YES Minnesota Democrat

Jim McDermott NO Washington Democrat

Jim McGovern NO Massachusetts Democrat

Mike McIntyre NO North Carolina Democrat

Jerry McNerney YES California Democrat

Michael McNulty YES New York Dem./Cons. (Retiring 2008)

Gregory Meeks YES New York Dem./Working-Families

Charles Melancon YES Louisiana Democrat (until 2010)

Michael Michaud YES Maine Democrat

Brad Miller YES North Carolina Democrat

George Miller YES California Democrat

Alan Mollohan YES West Virginia Democrat

Dennis Moore YES Kansas Democrat (until 2010)

Gwen Moore NO Wisconsin Democrat

James Moran YES Virginia Democrat

Chris Murphy YES Connecticut Democrat (Senate run 2012)

Patrick Murphy YES Pennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)

John Murtha YES Pennsylvania Democrat (Deceased Feb. 2010)

Jerrold Nadler YES New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families

Grace Napolitano YES California Democrat

Richard Neal YES Massachusetts Democrat

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

David Obey YES Wisconsin Democrat (until 2010)

John Olver YES Massachusetts Democrat

Frank Pallone YES New Jersey Democrat

Bill Pascrell YES New Jersey Democrat

Ed Pastor YES Arizona Democrat

Donald Payne NO New Jersey Democrat

Ed Perlmutter YES Colorado Democrat

Collin Peterson YES Minnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor

Earl Pomeroy YES North Dakota Democrat (until 2010)

David Eugene Price YES North Carolina Democrat

Nick Rahall YES West Virginia Democrat

Charles Rangel YES New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families

Silvestre Reyes YES Texas Democrat

Laura Richardson YES California Democrat

Ciro Rodriguez YES Texas Democrat (until 2010)

Mike Ross YES Arkansas Democrat

Steven Rothman YES New Jersey Democrat

Lucille Roybal-Allard YES California Democrat

Dutch Ruppersberger YES Maryland Democrat

Tim Ryan YES Ohio Democrat

John Salazar YES Colorado Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Linda Sanchez YES California Democrat

Loretta Sanchez YES California Democrat

John Sarbanes YES Maryland Democrat

Jan Schakowsky NO Illinois Democrat

Adam Schiff YES California Democrat

Allyson Schwartz YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Bobby Scott YES Virginia Democrat

David Scott YES Georgia Democrat

Jose Serrano NO New York Democrat/Liberal

Joe Sestak YES Pennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)

Carol Shea-Porter YES New Hampshire Democrat (until 2010)

Brad Sherman YES California Democrat

Heath Shuler YES North Carolina Democrat

Albio Sires YES New Jersey Democrat

Ike Skelton YES Missouri Democrat (until 2010)

Louise Slaughter YES New York Democrat

David Adam Smith YES Washington Democrat

Zack Space YES Ohio Democrat (until 2010)

John Spratt YES South Carolina Democrat (until 2010)

Pete Stark NO California Democrat

Bart Stupak YES Michigan Democrat (until 2010)

Betty Sutton YES Ohio Democrat

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 YES Massachusetts Democrat

Ed Towns YES New York Democrat/Liberal

Niki Tsongas YES Massachusetts Democrat

Mark Udall YES Colorado Democrat (Senate 2008)

Tom Udall YES New Mexico Democrat (Senate 2008)

Chris Van Hollen YES Maryland Democrat

Nydia Velazquez YES New York Democrat/Working-Families

Peter Visclosky YES Indiana Democrat

Tim Walz YES Minnesota Democrat

Debbie Wasserman Schultz YES Florida Democrat

Maxine Waters YES California Democrat

Mel Watt YES North Carolina Democrat

Henry Waxman YES California Democrat

Anthony Weiner YES New York Democrat (Resigned 2011)

Peter Welch NO Vermont Democrat

Robert Wexler YES Florida Democrat (resigned Jan. 2010)

Charlie Wilson YES Ohio Democrat (until 2010)

Lynn Woolsey NO California Democrat (Retiring 2012)

David Wu YES Oregon Democrat

John Yarmuth YES Kentucky Democrat

Republicans voting on 2008-H393

Robert Aderholt NO Alabama Republican

Todd Akin NO Missouri Republican (Senate run 2012)

Rodney Alexander YES Louisiana Republican

Michele Bachmann NO Minnesota Republican

Spencer Bachus YES Alabama Republican

Gresham Barrett NO South Carolina Republican (until 2010)

Roscoe Bartlett YES Maryland Republican

Joe Linus Barton YES Texas Republican

Judy Biggert YES Illinois Republican

Brian Bilbray YES California Republican

Gus Bilirakis NO Florida Republican

Rob Bishop NO Utah Republican

Marsha Blackburn NO Tennessee Republican

Roy Blunt YES Missouri Republican (until 2010)

John Boehner YES Ohio Republican

Jo Bonner NO Alabama Republican

Mary Bono YES California Republican

Charles Boustany YES Louisiana Republican

Kevin Brady NO Texas Republican

Paul Broun NO Georgia Republican

Henry Brown YES South Carolina Republican (until 2010)

Vern Buchanan YES Florida Republican

Michael Burgess NO Texas Republican

Dan Burton NO Indiana Republican

Steve Buyer NO Indiana Republican (until 2010)

Ken Calvert YES California Republican

Dave Camp YES Michigan Republican

John Campbell NO California Republican

Chris Cannon YES Utah Republican

Eric Cantor NO Virginia Republican

Shelley Moore Capito YES West Virginia Republican

John Carter NO Texas Republican

Steve Chabot NO Ohio Republican

John Howard Coble NO North Carolina Republican

Tom Cole NO Oklahoma Republican

Mike Conaway YES Texas Republican

Ander Crenshaw YES Florida Republican

John Culberson NO Texas Republican

David Davis NO Tennessee Republican (Unseated 2008)

Geoff Davis YES Kentucky Republican

Tom Davis YES Virginia Republican (Retiring 2008)

Nathan Deal NO Georgia Republican (Resigned 2010)

Charles Dent YES Pennsylvania Republican

Mario Diaz-Balart YES Florida Republican

John Doolittle YES California Republican (Retiring 2008)

Thelma Drake YES Virginia Republican (Unseated 2008)

David Dreier YES California Republican

Jimmy Duncan NO Tennessee Republican

Vernon Ehlers YES Michigan Republican (until 2010)

Jo Ann Emerson YES Missouri Republican

Phil English YES Pennsylvania Republican (Unseated 2008)

Terry Everett NO Alabama Republican (Retiring 2008)

Mary Fallin YES Oklahoma Republican (until 2010)

Jeff Flake NO Arizona Republican (Senate run 2012)

Randy Forbes NO Virginia Republican

Jeff Fortenberry YES Nebraska Republican

Virginia Foxx NO North Carolina Republican

Trent Franks NO Arizona Republican

Rodney Frelinghuysen YES New Jersey Republican

Elton Gallegly YES California Republican

Scott Garrett YES New Jersey Republican

Jim Gerlach YES Pennsylvania Republican

Wayne Gilchrest YES Maryland Republican (Unseated 2008)

Phil Gingrey NO Georgia Republican

Louie Gohmert NO Texas Republican

Virgil Goode NO Virginia Republican (Unseated 2008)

Bob Goodlatte NO Virginia Republican

Kay Granger NO Texas Republican

Samuel Graves NO Missouri Republican

Doc Hastings YES Washington Republican

Robin Hayes YES North Carolina Republican (Unseated 2008)

Dean Heller NO Nevada Republican (Resigned 2011)

Jeb Hensarling NO Texas Republican

Wally Herger YES California Republican

Dave Hobson YES Ohio Republican (Retiring 2008)

Peter Hoekstra NO Michigan Republican (until 2010)

Duncan Hunter NO California Republican (Retiring 2008)

Bob Inglis YES South Carolina Republican (until 2010)

Darrell Issa YES California Republican

Sam Johnson NO Texas Republican

Timothy Johnson YES Illinois Republican

Walter Beaman Jones NO North Carolina Republican

Jim Jordan NO Ohio Republican

Ric Keller YES Florida Republican (Unseated 2008)

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

Steve King NO Iowa Republican

Jack Kingston NO Georgia Republican

Mark Kirk YES Illinois Republican (until 2010)

John Kline NO Minnesota Republican

Joe Knollenberg YES Michigan Republican (Unseated 2008)

Randy Kuhl YES New York Republican (Unseated 2008)

Ray LaHood YES Illinois Republican (Retiring 2008)

Doug Lamborn NO Colorado Republican

Tom Latham YES Iowa Republican

Steven LaTourette YES Ohio Republican

Bob Latta NO Ohio Republican

Jerry Lewis YES California Republican

Ron Lewis YES Kentucky Republican (Retiring 2008)

Frank LoBiondo YES New Jersey Republican

Frank Dean Lucas YES Oklahoma Republican

Dan Lungren YES California Republican

Connie Mack IV YES Florida Republican

Donald Manzullo NO Illinois Republican

Kenny Marchant NO Texas Republican

Kevin McCarthy YES California Republican

Michael McCaul NO Texas Republican

Thad McCotter NO Michigan Republican

Patrick McHenry NO North Carolina Republican

John McHugh YES New York Republican/Conservative

Buck McKeon YES California Republican

Cathy McMorris-Rodgers YES Washington Republican

John Mica NO Florida Republican

Candice Miller YES Michigan Republican

Gary Miller NO California Republican

Jeff Miller NO Florida Republican

Jerry Moran YES Kansas Republican (until 2010)

Tim Murphy YES Pennsylvania Republican

Marilyn Musgrave NO Colorado Republican (Unseated 2008)

Sue Myrick YES North Carolina Republican

Randy Neugebauer NO Texas Republican

Devin Nunes YES California 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 NO Wisconsin Republican

Charles Pickering YES Mississippi Republican (Retiring 2008)

Joseph Pitts YES Pennsylvania Republican

Todd Platts NO Pennsylvania Republican

Ted Poe NO Texas Republican

Jon Porter YES Nevada Republican (Unseated 2008)

Tom Price NO Georgia 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)

Dave Reichert YES Washington Republican (Governor run 2012)

Rick Renzi YES Arizona Republican (Retiring 2008)

Thomas Reynolds YES New York Republican (Retiring 2008)

Hal Rogers YES Kentucky Republican

Michael Rogers NO Alabama Republican

Mike Rogers YES Michigan Republican

Dana Rohrabacher NO California Republican

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen YES Florida Republican

Peter Roskam YES Illinois Republican

Ed Royce NO California Republican

Paul Ryan NO Wisconsin Republican

Bill Sali NO Idaho Republican (Unseated 2008)

Jim Saxton YES New Jersey Republican (Retiring 2008)

Steve Scalise YES Louisiana Republican

Jean Schmidt YES Ohio Republican

James Sensenbrenner NO Wisconsin Republican

Pete Sessions YES Texas Republican

John Shadegg YES Arizona Republican

Christopher Shays YES Connecticut Republican (Unseated 2008)

John Shimkus YES Illinois Republican

Bill Shuster NO Pennsylvania Republican

Mike Simpson YES Idaho Republican

Adrian Smith YES Nebraska Republican

Christopher Smith YES New Jersey Republican

Lamar Smith NO Texas Republican

Mark Souder YES Indiana Republican (until 2010)

Cliff Stearns NO Florida Republican

John Sullivan NO Oklahoma Republican

Lee Terry YES Nebraska Republican

Mac Thornberry NO Texas Republican

Todd Tiahrt YES Kansas Republican (until 2010)

Pat Tiberi YES Ohio Republican

Mike Turner YES Ohio Republican

Fred Upton YES Michigan Republican

Tim Walberg NO Michigan Republican

Greg Walden YES Oregon Republican

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

Zach Wamp NO Tennessee Republican (until 2010)

Dave Weldon NO Florida Republican (Retiring 2008)

Jerry Weller YES Illinois Republican (Retiring 2008)

Lynn Westmoreland NO Georgia Republican

Ed Whitfield NO Kentucky Republican

Heather Wilson YES New Mexico Republican (Senate 2008)

Robert Wittman NO Virginia Republican

Frank Wolf YES Virginia Republican

Bill Young YES Florida Republican

Don Young NO Alaska Republican

Independents voting on 2008-H393

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 NO 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 YES Illinois Former Democrat (until 2009)

Tom Feeney NO Florida Former GOP

Ron Klein YES Florida Former Democrat (until 2010)

John Linder NO Georgia Former GOP (until 2010)

Jim Marshall YES Georgia Former Democrat (until 2010)

Harry Mitchell YES Arizona Former Democrat (until 2010)

Adam Putnam NO Florida Former GOP (until 2010)

George Radanovich YES California Former GOP (until 2010)

Vic Snyder YES Arkansas Former Democrat (until 2010)

Hilda Solis YES California Former Democrat (until 2009)

Ellen Tauscher YES California Former Democrat (until 2009)

Diane Watson YES California Former Democrat (until 2010)

Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: YES 191; NO 23
Republicans: YES 104; NO 79
Independents: YES 15; NO 4

Vote number 2008-H393 more funding for Mexico to fight drugs on Jun 10, 2008 regarding bill HR.6028 Merida Initiative Results: Passed 311-106

Categorized under Drugs

Voting YES counts for 1 points on VoteMatch question 19:Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it; Voting NO counts for -1 points on VoteMatch question 19.

Democrats voting on 2008-H393

Republicans voting on 2008-H393

Independents voting on 2008-H393

Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Vote number 2008-H393 more funding for Mexico to fight drugs
on Jun 10, 2008 regarding bill HR.6028 Merida Initiative
Results: Passed 311-106

Voting YES counts for 1 points on VoteMatch question 19:
Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it;
Voting NO counts for -1 points on VoteMatch question 19.