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SENATE ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE MARKUP
JULY 25, 2000

Seven amendments were offered by advocates of free enterprise, landowners, and private property rights; one was offered to stop land buying at the expense of maintenance of federal property. 

Votes in BLUE are FOR property rights    In RED are AGAINST property rights

Vote 1:  Amendment by Nickles and Domenici to make all spending subject to annual appropriations.  Tally: 8 Yes, 11 No, 1 Not Voting          

Vote 2: Gorton amendment to make funding discretionary.  Tally: 7 Yes, 12 No, 1 Not Voting

Vote 3: Thomas's "No Net Loss" amendment relating to private and public land.  Tally: 9 Yes, 11 No    

Vote 4: Murkowski motion to table Gorton's amendment that would require CARA money go to park maintenance.  Tally: 11 Yes, 9 No  

Vote 5: Domenici amendment limiting the CARA authorization to two years.  Tally: 7 Yes, 13 No       

Vote 6: Domenici amendment requiring all federal land purchases to undergo a National Environmental Policy Act review.  Tally: 7 Yes, 13 No       

Vote 7: Nickles amendment requiring that the CARA be reauthorized every five years.  Tally: 9 Yes, 11 No       

Vote 8: Nickles amendment on "willing sellers."  Tally: 8 Yes, 12 No       

Vote 9: Vote on final passage.  Tally: 13 Yes, 7 No       

Vote #:

NAME

1 subj/to approp 2 funding discret.
No Net Loss
4 table money to maint  5 limit to 2 yrs 6 NEPA reqd 7  
five yr limit
8 willing sellers
CARA Final Passage
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PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS VOTE

Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N
Murkowski (R-AK) N N N Y N N N N Y
Domenici (R-NM) Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N
Nickles (R-OK) Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N
Craig (R-ID) Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N
Campbell (R-CO) Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N
Thomas (R-WY) Y Y Y N Y N Y Y N
Smith (R-OR) Y N Y N N Y Y Y Y
Bunning (R-KY) NV N N N N N Y Y Y
Fitzgerald (R-IL) N N N Y N N N N Y
Gorton (R-WA) Y Y Y N Y Y Y N N
Burns (R-MO) Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N
Sub-Total Republicans

8Y
3N
1NV

7Y
4N
8Y
2N
2Y
9N
7Y
4N
7Y
4N
9Y
2N
8Y
3N
4Y
7N
DEMOCRATS (always block- voted together) N Bingaman (D-N.M.) N Akaka (D-Hawaii) N Dorgan (D-N.D.) N Graham (D-Fla.) N Wyden (D-Ore.) N Johnson (D-S.D.) N Landrieu (D-La.) N Bayh (D-Ind.) N Lincoln (D-Ark.) EXCEPT:  Wyden NV on vote 2
Sub-Total Democrats  9N 8N
1NV
9N 9Y 9N 9N 9N 9N 9Y
TOTAL

8Y
11N
1NV

7Y
12N
1NV

9Y
11N
11Y
9N
7Y
13N
7Y
13N
9Y
11N
8Y
12N
13Y
7N

HEROES: Please contact and THANK those TRUE BLUE members, who voted against the land grab and supported the Fifth Amendment to the constitution. Please THANK them especially if you live in their home state.

HR 701 has a long way to go, and all of us need to keep on fighting!

For More Information Contact:
American Land Rights Association
Tel: 360-687-3087 - FAX: 360-687-2973

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