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Vote number 2008-448 defining "energy emergency" on federal gas prices
on Jun 24, 2008 regarding bill H R 6346 Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act
Results: Bill passed, 276-146

Congressional Summary:
Makes it unlawful, during a period proclaimed by the President as an energy emergency, to sell gasoline at a price that:
is unconscionably excessive; or
indicates the seller is taking unfair advantage of the circumstances to increase prices unreasonably.
Authorizes the President to issue an energy emergency proclamation of up to 30 days, with renewals allowed.Proponents argument for voting YEA: Rep. STUPAK. Vote YES to stand up for consumers who are paying outrageous gas prices at the pump, or vote NO to allow oil companies to go on setting them unchecked. The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is $4.07. The high cost of energy produces more opportunities to have price gouging and price manipulation. Everyone is shocked to learn that there is no Federal law against gas price gouging. Unscrupulous wholesalers, retailers and refiners operate without the Federal oversight to ensure prices are fair and justified. A vote against my bill is a vote against consumers and a vote for Big Oil.
Opponents argument for voting NAY: Rep. BARTON of Texas: [My first issue the bill is that by the bill's own definition], we don't have price gouging in the US today. We do have high prices. But the reason we have that price is not because of price gouging at retail. I am not aware of any pending State action on price gouging, and almost every State has State law to go after price gougers.
The second issue with the bill, it requires the declaration of a Presidential energy emergency. The bill doesn't give any definition as to why the President should declare an energy emergency; it doesn't define "unconscionably excessive"; it doesn't define when a "seller is taking unfair advantage."
I know there is a lot of pressure on the Congress doing something. I would state we would be better served to look at the underlying fundamentals that address the supply situation.

Categorized under Budget & Economy

Democrats voting on 2008-448

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 YES 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)

Sanford Bishop YES Georgia Democrat

Timothy Bishop YES New York 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 YES Pennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)

Julia Carson YES Indiana Democrat (Deceased 2008)

Kathy Castor YES Florida Democrat

Don Cazayoux YES Louisiana Democrat

Ben Chandler YES Kentucky Democrat

Travis Childers YES Mississippi Democrat (until 2010)

Yvette Clarke YES 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 YES Michigan Democrat

Jim Cooper YES Tennessee Democrat

Jim Costa YES California Democrat

Jerry Costello YES Illinois Democrat

Joe Courtney YES Connecticut Democrat

Bud Cramer YES Alabama Democrat (Retiring 2008)

Joseph Crowley YES New York Democrat

Henry Cuellar YES Texas Democrat

Elijah Cummings YES Maryland 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

John Dingell YES Michigan Democrat

Lloyd Doggett YES Texas Democrat

Joe Donnelly YES Indiana Democrat (Senate run 2012)

Mike Doyle YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Chet Edwards YES Texas Democrat (until 2010)

Donna Edwards YES Maryland Democrat

Keith Ellison YES Minnesota Democrat

Brad Ellsworth YES 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 YES California Democrat (Mayoral run 2011)

Bill Foster YES Illinois Democrat (until 2010)

Barney Frank YES Massachusetts Democrat

Gabby Giffords YES Arizona Democrat

Kirsten Gillibrand YES New York 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 YES 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

Rush Holt YES New Jersey 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 YES 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 YES 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 YES California Democrat

Sander Levin YES Michigan Democrat

John Lewis YES 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 YES Washington Democrat

Jim McGovern YES Massachusetts Democrat

Mike McIntyre YES 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

Michael Michaud YES Maine Democrat

Brad Miller YES North Carolina Democrat

Alan Mollohan YES West Virginia Democrat

Gwen Moore YES 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

Solomon Ortiz YES Texas Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Frank Pallone YES New Jersey Democrat

Bill Pascrell YES New Jersey Democrat

Ed Pastor YES Arizona Democrat

Donald Payne YES New Jersey Democrat

Nancy Pelosi YES California Democrat

Ed Perlmutter YES Colorado Democrat

Collin Peterson NO 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 YES Illinois Democrat

Adam Schiff YES California Democrat

Allyson Schwartz YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Bobby Scott YES Virginia Democrat

David Scott YES Georgia Democrat

Jose Serrano YES 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 YES 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 YES Vermont Democrat

Charlie Wilson YES Ohio Democrat (until 2010)

Lynn Woolsey YES California Democrat (Retiring 2012)

David Wu YES Oregon Democrat

John Yarmuth YES Kentucky Democrat

Republicans voting on 2008-448

Robert Aderholt NO Alabama Republican

Todd Akin NO Missouri Republican (Senate run 2012)

Rodney Alexander NO Louisiana Republican

Michele Bachmann NO Minnesota Republican

Spencer Bachus NO Alabama Republican

Gresham Barrett NO South Carolina Republican (until 2010)

Roscoe Bartlett NO Maryland Republican

Joe Linus Barton NO Texas Republican

Judy Biggert YES Illinois Republican

Brian Bilbray YES California Republican

Gus Bilirakis YES Florida Republican

Rob Bishop NO Utah Republican

Marsha Blackburn NO Tennessee Republican

Roy Blunt NO Missouri Republican (until 2010)

John Boehner NO Ohio Republican

Jo Bonner NO Alabama Republican

Mary Bono YES California Republican

Charles Boustany NO Louisiana Republican

Kevin Brady NO Texas Republican

Paul Broun NO Georgia Republican

Henry Brown NO 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 NO California Republican

Dave Camp NO Michigan Republican

John Campbell NO California Republican

Eric Cantor NO Virginia Republican

Shelley Moore Capito YES West Virginia Republican

John Carter NO Texas Republican

Steve Chabot YES Ohio Republican

John Howard Coble NO North Carolina Republican

Tom Cole NO Oklahoma Republican

Mike Conaway NO Texas Republican

Ander Crenshaw NO Florida Republican

Barbara Cubin NO Wyoming Republican (Retiring 2008)

John Culberson NO Texas Republican

David Davis NO Tennessee Republican (Unseated 2008)

Geoff Davis NO Kentucky Republican

Tom Davis NO Virginia Republican (Retiring 2008)

Nathan Deal NO Georgia Republican (Resigned 2010)

Charles Dent YES Pennsylvania Republican

Mario Diaz-Balart NO Florida Republican

John Doolittle NO California Republican (Retiring 2008)

Thelma Drake NO Virginia Republican (Unseated 2008)

David Dreier NO California Republican

Jimmy Duncan NO Tennessee Republican

Vernon Ehlers NO 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 NO Oklahoma Republican (until 2010)

Mike Ferguson NO New Jersey Republican (Retiring 2008)

Jeff Flake NO Arizona Republican (Senate run 2012)

Randy Forbes YES Virginia Republican

Jeff Fortenberry YES Nebraska Republican

Vito Fossella NO New York Rep./Cons. (Unseated 2008)

Virginia Foxx NO North Carolina Republican

Trent Franks NO Arizona Republican

Rodney Frelinghuysen NO New Jersey Republican

Elton Gallegly NO California Republican

Scott Garrett NO 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 YES Virginia Republican (Unseated 2008)

Bob Goodlatte YES Virginia Republican

Kay Granger NO Texas Republican

Samuel Graves YES Missouri Republican

Doc Hastings NO Washington Republican

Robin Hayes YES North Carolina Republican (Unseated 2008)

Dean Heller YES Nevada Republican (Resigned 2011)

Jeb Hensarling NO Texas Republican

Wally Herger NO California Republican

Dave Hobson NO Ohio Republican (Retiring 2008)

Peter Hoekstra NO Michigan Republican (until 2010)

Kenny Hulshof YES Missouri Republican (Governor 2008)

Duncan Hunter NO California Republican (Retiring 2008)

Bob Inglis NO South Carolina Republican (until 2010)

Darrell Issa NO California Republican

Sam Johnson NO Texas Republican

Timothy Johnson YES Illinois Republican

Walter Beaman Jones YES North Carolina Republican

Jim Jordan NO Ohio Republican

Ric Keller YES Florida Republican (Unseated 2008)

Peter King NO 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 NO Michigan Republican (Unseated 2008)

Randy Kuhl YES New York Republican (Unseated 2008)

Ray LaHood NO Illinois Republican (Retiring 2008)

Doug Lamborn NO Colorado Republican

Tom Latham NO Iowa Republican

Steven LaTourette YES Ohio Republican

Bob Latta NO Ohio Republican

Jerry Lewis NO California Republican

Ron Lewis NO Kentucky Republican (Retiring 2008)

Frank LoBiondo YES New Jersey Republican

Frank Dean Lucas NO Oklahoma Republican

Dan Lungren NO California Republican

Connie Mack IV NO Florida Republican

Donald Manzullo NO Illinois Republican

Kenny Marchant NO Texas Republican

Kevin McCarthy NO California Republican

Michael McCaul NO Texas Republican

Thad McCotter YES Michigan Republican

Jim McCrery NO Louisiana Republican (Retiring 2008)

Patrick McHenry NO North Carolina Republican

John McHugh YES New York Republican/Conservative

Buck McKeon NO California Republican

Cathy McMorris-Rodgers NO Washington Republican

John Mica NO Florida Republican

Candice Miller YES Michigan Republican

Gary Miller NO California Republican

Jeff Miller NO Florida Republican

Jerry Moran NO Kansas Republican (until 2010)

Tim Murphy NO Pennsylvania Republican

Marilyn Musgrave NO Colorado Republican (Unseated 2008)

Sue Myrick NO North Carolina Republican

Randy Neugebauer NO Texas Republican

Devin Nunes NO California Republican

Ron Paul NO Texas Republican

Steve Pearce NO New Mexico Republican

John Peterson NO Pennsylvania Republican (Retired 2008)

Tom Petri YES Wisconsin Republican

Charles Pickering NO Mississippi Republican (Retiring 2008)

Joseph Pitts NO Pennsylvania Republican

Todd Platts YES Pennsylvania Republican

Ted Poe NO Texas Republican

Jon Porter NO Nevada Republican (Unseated 2008)

Tom Price NO Georgia Republican

Jim Ramstad YES Minnesota Republican (Retiring 2008)

Ralph Regula NO Ohio Republican (Retiring 2008)

Dennis Rehberg NO Montana Republican (Senate run 2012)

Dave Reichert YES Washington Republican (Governor run 2012)

Rick Renzi YES Arizona Republican (Retiring 2008)

Thomas Reynolds NO New York Republican (Retiring 2008)

Hal Rogers NO Kentucky Republican

Michael Rogers NO Alabama Republican

Mike Rogers NO Michigan Republican

Dana Rohrabacher NO California Republican

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen YES Florida Republican

Peter Roskam NO Illinois Republican

Ed Royce NO California Republican

Paul Ryan NO Wisconsin Republican

Bill Sali NO Idaho Republican (Unseated 2008)

Jim Saxton NO New Jersey Republican (Retiring 2008)

Steve Scalise NO Louisiana Republican

Jean Schmidt YES Ohio Republican

James Sensenbrenner YES Wisconsin Republican

Pete Sessions NO Texas Republican

John Shadegg NO Arizona Republican

Christopher Shays YES Connecticut Republican (Unseated 2008)

John Shimkus NO Illinois Republican

Bill Shuster NO Pennsylvania Republican

Mike Simpson NO Idaho Republican

Adrian Smith NO Nebraska Republican

Christopher Smith YES New Jersey Republican

Lamar Smith NO Texas Republican

Mark Souder NO Indiana Republican (until 2010)

Cliff Stearns NO Florida Republican

John Sullivan NO Oklahoma Republican

Tom Tancredo NO Colorado Republican

Lee Terry NO Nebraska Republican

Mac Thornberry NO Texas Republican

Todd Tiahrt NO Kansas Republican (until 2010)

Pat Tiberi YES Ohio Republican

Mike Turner YES Ohio Republican

Fred Upton NO Michigan Republican

Tim Walberg NO Michigan Republican

Greg Walden YES Oregon Republican

Jim Walsh NO New York Rep./Ind. (Retiring 2008)

Zach Wamp NO Tennessee Republican (until 2010)

Dave Weldon NO Florida Republican (Retiring 2008)

Jerry Weller NO Illinois Republican (Retiring 2008)

Lynn Westmoreland NO Georgia Republican

Ed Whitfield YES Kentucky Republican

Heather Wilson YES New Mexico Republican (Senate 2008)

Joe Wilson NO South Carolina Republican

Robert Wittman YES Virginia Republican

Frank Wolf YES Virginia Republican

Bill Young YES Florida Republican

Don Young NO Alaska Republican

Independents voting on 2008-448

Marion Berry YES Arkansas Former Democrat (until 2010)

John Boozman NO 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 NO 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)

Kendrick Meek YES Florida Former Democrat (until 2010)

Harry Mitchell YES Arizona Former Democrat (until 2010)

Adam Putnam NO Florida Former GOP (until 2010)

George Radanovich NO California Former GOP (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 215; NO 1
Republicans: YES 48; NO 139
Independents: YES 13; NO 6

Vote number 2008-448 defining "energy emergency" on federal gas prices on Jun 24, 2008 regarding bill H R 6346 Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act Results: Bill passed, 276-146

Categorized under Budget & Economy

Democrats voting on 2008-448

Republicans voting on 2008-448

Independents voting on 2008-448

Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Vote number 2008-448 defining "energy emergency" on federal gas prices
on Jun 24, 2008 regarding bill H R 6346 Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act
Results: Bill passed, 276-146