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Proud to Praise 'Em!

Listed below in black italics are the names of the 31 House Republicans who voted against the pork-packed energy bill, which passed the House on July 28 by 275-156. The list is a curious combination of green Republicans, fiscal conservatives, and one libertarian, plus two Californians and a slew of Floridians who oppose drilling for oil off the shores of their states.

Listed in green italics are those who voted against the Pombo Species Extinction Act.

The eleven who voted against both bad bills are shown in bold green. Hearty REP cheers for them all!

AL Jo Bonner
AZ Jeff Flake
CA Dana Rohrabacher, Ed Royce
CT Nancy Johnson, Christopher Shays, Rob Simmons
DE Michael Castle
IA Jim Leach
IL Judy Biggert, Mark Kirk, Tim Johnson, Ray LaHood
FL Ginny Brown-Waite, Ander Crenshaw, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mario Diaz-Balart, Tom Feeney, Mark Foley, Katherine Harris, Ric Keller, Connie Mack, Jeff Miller, Adam Putnam, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Clay Shaw, Dave Weldon, C.W. “Bill” Young

MD Roscoe Bartlett, Wayne Gilchrest
MI Vern Ehlers, Joe Schwarz, Fred Upton
NC Walter Jones
MN Jim Ramstad
NH Charles Bass, Jeb Bradley
NJ Michael Ferguson, Rodney Frelinghuysen, Frank LoBiondo, Jim Saxton, Christopher Smith
NY Sherwood Boehlert, Sue W. Kelly, James Walsh
OH Steve LaTourette
PA Michael Fitzpatrick, Jim Gerlach, Todd Platts, Curt Weldon
TX Ron Paul
VA Tom Davis, Frank Wolf
WA Dave Reichert

Here are the six Senate Republicans who voted against the pork-chop energy bill:

RI Lincoln Chafee
NH Judd Gregg, John Sununu
AZ Jon Kyl, John McCain
FL Mel Martinez