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The ROLL CALL on the Tonko-Bass Amendment to Increase 2012 WAP, SEP and Buildings Efficiency Research
As expected,the amendment offered by Congressmen Paul Tonko and Charlie Bass failed to win the majority needed to add back funding and bring FY 2012 W.A.P. up to this year's level in the Energy and Water Appropriations Bill. The final vote during the evening of July 12 was 149 in favor and 273 against .
Also predictably, many Democrats on the Appropriations Committee opposed changes in the package the Committee reported. The program cuts proposed to pay for the increases in our programs came from construction funding for facilities around military reactors; these were also of concern to some Democratic members of the Armed Services Committee.
Our thanks to all of you who worked to educate your Members! This is the first step in a long-term journey that we have planned with our champion, Rep. Tonko, to re-build support for regular Weatherization. He will lead by taking every opportunity Congressional procedure offers to call for a vote in favor of Weatherization expansion. A similar strategy worked in the past as we rebuilt WAP in the late 1990's with the help of champions like now-Senator Bernie Sanders. Fortunately, the program still has committed supporters on both sides of the aisle. Yet we all have work to do to build its reputation.
Watch the short, frustrating debate over the amendment HERE: Video Link. Learn how your Member voted by checking the list below. All Democrats who are not listed voted for the Tonko Amendment. All Republicans who are not listed voted against.
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Republicans Supporting
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Democrats Opposing
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Barletta
Bass (NH) Sponsor
Gibson
Guinta
Hanna
Paul
Reed
Renacci
Dent
Meehan
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Altmire
Andrews
Barrow
Berkley
Berman
Hanabusa
Pastor (AZ)
Rahall
Richardson
Bishop (GA)
Braley (IA)
Castor (FL)
Cicilline
Clyburn
Critz
Cuellar
Dicks
Donnelly (IN)
Eshoo
Farr
Garamendi
Hinojosa
Honda
Johnson (GA)
Kissell
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
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Matsui
McIntyre
McNerney
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Tsongas
Visclosky)
Walz (MN)
Woolsey)
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Ruppersberger
Sanchez, Loretta
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Shuler
Smith (WA)
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
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