REP wrote lots of thank-you letters this past quarter, including some to Republican House members we don’t often have reason to praise. There were two votes in particular that caught our eye.

Representatives shown in black italics voted to stop the Interior Dept. from allowing new logging roads in the Tongass National Forest. Ohio Congressman Steve Chabot co-sponsored that amendment—which passed.

Those in light green italics voted to remove snowmobiles from Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Connecticut Congressman Chris Shays co-sponsored that amendment—which failed, unfortunately.

Those whose names are in bold green voted for both amendments. Major kudos to them all!

CA Mary Bono, Dana Rohrabacher, Ed Royce
CT Nancy Johnson, Christopher Shays, Rob Simmons
DE Michael Castle
FL Michael Bilirakis, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mark Foley, Porter Goss, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
IA Jim Leach
IL Judy Biggert, Timothy Johnson, Mark Kirk
IN Steve Buyer, Mark Souder
KS Jerry Moran
KY Edward Whitfield
MD Wayne Gilchrest
MI Vern Ehlers, Fred Upton
MN Jim Ramstad
NH Charles Bass, Jeb Bradley
NJ Michael Ferguson, Scott Garrett, Frank LoBiondo, Jim Saxton, Christopher Smith
NC Walter Jones
NY Sherwood Boehlert, Amo Houghton, Sue Kelly, Jim Walsh
OH Steve Chabot, Paul Gillmor, Rob Portman, Deborah Pryce, Patrick Tiberi
PA Phil English, Jim Gerlach, Jim Greenwood, Melissa Hart, Timothy Murphy, Joseph Pitts,
Todd Platts, Curt Weldon
TX Ron Paul
WI Mark Green, Thomas Petri, Paul Ryan, Jim Sensenbrenner
WV Shelley Moore Capito