Vote On the Motion to Proceed S.510 FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FDA Food Takeover)

Thomas Register ^ | November 18, 2010 | Thomas Register

[Texas Fossil]

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111^th

Congress - 2^nd Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Proceed to S. 510 )
Vote Number:	251	Vote Date:	November 18, 2010, 05:59 PM
Required For Majority:	1/2	Vote Result:	Motion to Proceed Agreed to
Measure Number:	S. 510 (FDA Food Safety Modernization Act )
Measure Title:	A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of the food supply.

Vote Counts:	YEAs	57
	NAYs	27
	Not Voting	16

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

[Texas Fossil]

This is the vote on Closure on S.510 (FDA Food Take-over Bill)

This is one really bad bill and a "lame duck" grab for power through the FDA. If you think the price of oil is a problem for U.S. citizens, just wait. If this bill passes the Senate both Supply and Price of food in the U.S. will sky rocket.

[Texas Fossil]

The links on the bottom of the post do not work, they were for navigation within the document and I did not post the entire document. (had trouble getting it to copy from source).

If you want to see the vote detail, use the link on the post.

[Texas Fossil]

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---57
Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Begich (D-AK) Bennet (D-CO) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Brown (R-MA) Burris (D-IL) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Coons (D-DE) Dodd (D-CT) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL)	Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Franken (D-MN) Gillibrand (D-NY) Hagan (D-NC) Harkin (D-IA) Inouye (D-HI) Johnson (D-SD) Klobuchar (D-MN) Kohl (D-WI) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (ID-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Manchin (D-WV) McCaskill (D-MO) Merkley (D-OR)	Mikulski (D-MD) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Sanders (I-VT) Schumer (D-NY) Shaheen (D-NH) Snowe (R-ME) Stabenow (D-MI) Tester (D-MT) Udall (D-CO) Udall (D-NM) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (D-VA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wyden (D-OR)

NAYs ---27
Barrasso (R-WY) Bennett (R-UT) Bond (R-MO) Brownback (R-KS) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Corker (R-TN)	Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) Enzi (R-WY) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Hatch (R-UT) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Kyl (R-AZ)	LeMieux (R-FL) Lugar (R-IN) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Roberts (R-KS) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Thune (R-SD) Wicker (R-MS)

Not Voting - 16

[steelyourfaith]

Incredible. Big Government power grabs from every direction. This is evil.

[ronnie raygun]

Long for the “day of handcuffs”

[Uncle Ike]

For the ping-list...

Good to know who your friends are....

[MrB]

There is a series of jokes that end with “and then the argument started”.

This is no joke, and will end with “and then the SHOOTING started”.

[arthurus]

So. are the Republicans going to give us thsi gold plated food straitjacket?

[Texas Fossil]

Not Voting - 16
Alexander (R-TN) Bayh (D-IN) Bunning (R-KY) DeMint (R-SC) Ensign (R-NV) Gregg (R-NH)	Hutchison (R-TX) Johanns (R-NE) Kerry (D-MA) Menendez (D-NJ) Murkowski (R-AK) Risch (R-ID)	Rockefeller (D-WV) Specter (D-PA) Vitter (R-LA) Webb (D-VA)

[Texas Fossil]

There were 10 Republicans “Not Voting”. I am not sure if this was done in stealth by allowing the Pubbies to leave for recess and then calling for the vote, or if the 10 Republicans are Traitors too.

KBH (R TX) is on that list.

[Uncle Ike]

” So. are the Republicans going to give us thsi gold plated food straitjacket? “

This bill was introduced by that great humanitarian (/sarc - for those who haven’t had their coffee yet) Dick Durbin, and had twelve co-sponsors...

SEVEN of those twelve were Republicans....

(I’m looking for the list - can’t remember where I saw it...)

[Texas Fossil]

Notice the vote time:

Vote Date: November 18, 2010, 05:59 PM

[Uncle Ike]

Found it...

What are Republican thinking? Seven out of twelve co-sponsors are Republicans.

SB 510 - The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010

Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]

Cosponsors:

Lamar Alexander [R-TN]

Jeff Bingaman [D-NM]

Richard Burr [R-NC]

Roland Burris [D-IL]

Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]

Christopher Dodd [D-CT]

Michael Enzi [R-WY]

Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]

Judd Gregg [R-NH]

Thomas Harkin [D-IA]

Orrin Hatch [R-UT]

John Isakson [R-GA]

[timetostand]

Just relax, sit back, they haven’t come for you yet but thewy are getting ready to!!
Push back will come way to late!!! Time is running out for the late great USA

[Texas Fossil]

Republican Ayes

Snowe (R-ME)
Voinovich (R-OH)

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Republicans Not Voting

Alexander (R-TN)
Bunning (R-KY)
DeMint (R-SC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Johanns (R-NE)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Risch (R-ID)
Vitter (R-LA)

[phockthis]

sfl

[Uncle Ike]

Hmmmm....

So, by a quick scan, two of the bill’s Republican Sponsors (Alexander and Gregg) ran-for-cover and didn’t vote...

They can run, but there’s nowhere to hide..... ;)

[Texas Fossil]

Is this the excuse?

“all politicians lie”?

[wita]

Collins in there as a yea as well.

[Texas Fossil]

Yep, they can run, but will only die tired. /joking

Seriously, some of the Senate think the 6 year term and the wait insulates them from vote consequences. (short voter memory)

We have that in TX with both KBH and Cornyn. KBH is up for election in 2012, Cornyn not until 2014. Both Toast.