Many animal protection issues never receive a recorded vote in Congress. Some are enacted by voice vote, and some langui
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HUMANE SCORECARD The 114th Congress in Review Preview Version—October 2016
How Scores Are Calculated Many animal protection issues never receive a recorded vote in Congress. Some are enacted by voice vote, and some languish. To accurately measure legislators’ support, we count not just recorded votes but other meaningful ways they can help issues advance, such as cosponsoring key bills and cosigning letters seeking increased enforcement of animal welfare laws. There are dozens of animal protection bills introduced each year; in order to give a balanced snapshot across a broad range of concerns, we only count cosponsorship of a few priority bills that have a critical mass of support and a reasonable chance of enactment. Scores are given as percentages of the number of items counted. Prime sponsors of legislation and those who led on a letter to an agency also receive extra credit equal to one vote or cosponsorship and a ü in the Leaders column. Those who led on multiple legislative and/or regulatory efforts or led on a top priority issue receive double extra credit equal to two votes or cosponsorships and a ê in the Leaders column. If a legislator already has a score of 100 before counting the extra credit for Leaders, that score appears in bold with a plus sign. HSLF acknowledges the limitations of judging legislators based on a few votes, cosponsorships and joint letters. In some cases, legislators must miss votes for unavoidable personal reasons, such as a death in the family, serious illness or birth of a child. Please also consider such unrecorded matters as performance on committees, positions of leadership in the House or Senate, constituent service, and cosponsorship of other animal protection bills not included in the scorecard.
SENATE SCORED ITEMS
A ü indicates cosponsorship of the Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act (S. 1559) to make it harder for abusers to prey on their battered partners and their pets by 1) allowing pets to be protected across state lines when restraining orders are issued in domestic violence and stalking cases; and 2) authorizing grant money so that domestic violence shelters can accommodate pets (currently, only 3 percent of these shelters allow pets) or help arrange for pet shelter. Many states have adopted similar legislation; with the PAWS Act, Congress can help ensure safety for all members of a family who need protection, wherever they live in the U.S. and whether they walk on two legs or four. This legislation will help an estimated one-third of domestic violence survivors escape from an abusive partner—these are people who delay their decision to leave a violent situation out of fear for their pets’ safety. Violence toward humans is closely related to animal cruelty; up to 84 percent of women entering domestic violence shelters reported that their partners abused or killed the family pet. SPONSORS: Sens. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H.; Gary Peters, D-Mich.
Animal Cruelty A ü indicates cosponsorship of the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act (S. 1831) to strengthen the federal animal crush video law enacted in 2010 (which banned the creation, sale and distribution of obscene videos that show the intentional crushing, burning, drowning, suffocating or impaling of live animals). S. 1831 would prohibit those same extreme acts of animal cruelty when they occur in interstate or foreign commerce, regardless of whether a video is produced. All 50 states have felony penalties for malicious cruelty to animals. This legislation would complement the states’ anti-cruelty laws in the same way that the federal animal fighting statute complements 1 2016 HUMANE SCORECARD | HSLF.ORG
the 50 state animal fighting laws, providing an additional tool to be employed when extreme animal cruelty occurs on federal property or otherwise in interstate commerce (e.g., in the puppy mill trade or wildlife trafficking). SPONSORS: Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa.; Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.
Horse Soring A ü indicates cosponsorship of the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act (S. 1121) to amend existing federal law to better crack down on the cruel practice of “soring,” in which unscrupulous trainers deliberately inflict pain on the hooves and legs of Tennessee walking horses and certain other breeds to force them to perform an unnaturally high-stepping gait and gain unfair competitive advantage at horse shows. Congress first tried to rein in this abuse by enacting the Horse Protection Act more than 40 years ago, but rampant soring continues, as shown in a 2010 audit by the USDA inspector general and by HSUS undercover investigations of top trainers and owners in 2012 and 2015. S. 1121 will end the failed system of industry self-policing, ban the use of devices associated with soring, strengthen penalties and make illegal the actual soring of a horse—all without any additional taxpayer burden. SPONSORS: Sens. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H.; Mark Warner, D-Va.
Horse Slaughter A ü indicates cosponsorship of the Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act (S. 1214) to protect horses and consumers by prohibiting the transport and export of U.S. horses to slaughter for human consumption. American horses are not raised for food and are routinely given hundreds of drugs over their lifetimes that can be toxic to humans if ingested. Horse slaughter is cruel, and the U.S. public overwhelmingly opposes it. Horses are shipped for long distances and are often seriously injured or killed in transit.
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SENATE SCORED ITEMS At the slaughter plant, the methods used to kill horses rarely result in quick, painless deaths. This predatory industry doesn’t “euthanize” old, sick horses: Young and healthy horses are purchased, often by buyers misrepresenting their intentions, and killed to sell the meat to Europe and Japan.
designated by President George W. Bush, so that it is now the largest marine protected area in the world. This amendment would make these protections temporary, essentially allowing states to veto presidential declarations meant to safeguard our irreplaceable national treasures.
SPONSORS: Sens. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.; Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.;
SPONSOR (anti-animal amendment): Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah
Barbara Mikulski, D-Md.; Susan Collins, R-Maine
Impeding Regulatory Process A ü indicates a vote against an amendment to S. 2012 (Energy Bill) to require federal agencies to repeal a rule of equal or greater cost before issuing a new rule or amending an existing rule (unless the amendment is to make the rule less burdensome or decrease requirements imposed by the rule or cost of compliance). This amendment would force agencies such as the USDA and the Department of the Interior to eliminate one public protection before adopting another, thereby impeding their ability to adopt new regulations or strengthen existing weak regulations so that federal laws, including those to protect animals, can be implemented effectively. SPONSOR (anti-animal amendment): Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska
National Monuments
A ü indicates that a member was one of 38 senators who cosigned a group letter or submitted a parallel individual request to the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee in March, seeking funds for USDA enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act (including at USDA Agricultural Research Service facilities conducting research on farm animals), Horse Protection Act, Humane Methods of Slaughter Act and federal animal fighting law, as well as for programs to address the needs of animals in disasters and to encourage veterinarians, through student loan repayment assistance, to locate in underserved rural areas and USDA inspection positions. Subcommittee and committee leaders don’t sign letters to themselves but received credit because they were very responsive to these requests. SPONSORS: Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.; David Vitter, R-La.
Leaders A ü indicates that the senator earned extra credit for leading as a prime sponsor of pro-animal legislation (including items not scored on this chart) or a letter to an agency. A ê indicates that the senator earned double extra credit for leading on multiple legislative and/or regulatory efforts or leading on a top priority issue.
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A ü indicates a vote against an amendment to S. 2012 (Energy Bill) to undermine the authority of the President to declare national monuments, a power originally provided more than a century ago by the Antiquities Act. The Grand Canyon was one of the first national monuments, designated by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908; one of the most recent was President Obama’s expansion of a marine national monument in Hawaii originally
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Note: In some cases, legislators must miss votes for unavoidable personal reasons, such as a death in the family, serious illness, or birth of a child.
HOUSE SCORED ITEMS to force them to perform an unnaturally high-stepping gait and gain unfair competitive advantage at horse shows. Congress first tried to rein in this abuse by enacting the Horse Protection Act more than 40 years ago, but rampant soring continues, as shown in a 2010 audit by the USDA inspector general and by HSUS undercover investigations of top trainers and owners in 2012 and 2015. H.R. 3268 will end the failed system of industry self-policing, ban the use of devices associated with soring, strengthen penalties and make illegal the actual soring of a horse—all without any additional taxpayer burden. Reps. Ted Yoho, R-Fla.; Kurt Schrader, D-Ore.; Mike Fitzpatrick, R-Pa.; Steve Cohen, D-Tenn.; David Jolly, R-Fla.; Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill. SPONSORS:
Animal Testing for Cosmetics
A ü indicates cosponsorship of the Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act (H.R. 1258) to make it harder for abusers to prey on their battered partners and their pets by 1) allowing pets to be protected across state lines when restraining orders are issued in domestic violence and stalking cases; and 2) authorizing grant money so that domestic violence shelters can accommodate pets (currently, only 3 percent of these shelters allow pets) or help arrange for pet shelter. Many states have adopted similar legislation; with the PAWS Act, Congress can help ensure safety for all members of a family who need protection, wherever they live in the U.S. and whether they walk on two legs or four. This legislation will help an estimated one-third of domestic violence survivors escape from an abusive partner—these are people who delay their decision to leave a violent situation out of fear for their pets’ safety. Violence toward humans is closely related to animal cruelty; up to 84 percent of women entering domestic violence shelters reported that their partners abused or killed the family pet. SPONSORS: Reps. Katherine Clark, D-Mass.; Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla.
Animal Cruelty A ü indicates cosponsorship of the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act (H.R. 2293) to strengthen the federal animal crush video law enacted in 2010 (which banned the creation, sale and distribution of obscene videos that show the intentional crushing, burning, drowning, suffocating or impaling of live animals). H.R. 2293 would prohibit those same extreme acts of animal cruelty when they occur in interstate or foreign commerce, regardless of whether a video is produced. All 50 states have felony penalties for malicious cruelty to animals. This legislation would complement the states’ anti-cruelty laws in the same way that the federal animal fighting statute complements the 50 state animal fighting laws, providing an additional tool to be employed when extreme animal cruelty occurs on federal property or otherwise in interstate commerce (e.g., in the puppy mill trade or wildlife trafficking). Reps. Lamar Smith, R-Texas; Ted Deutch, D-Fla.; Tom Marino, R-Pa.; Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore. SPONSORS:
Horse Soring A ü indicates cosponsorship of the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act (H.R. 3268) to amend existing federal law to better crack down on the cruel practice of “soring,” in which unscrupulous trainers deliberately inflict pain on the hooves and legs of Tennessee walking horses and certain other breeds 7 2016 HUMANE SCORECARD | HSLF.ORG
SPONSORS: Reps. Martha McSally, R-Ariz.; Don Beyer, D-Va.; Joe Heck,
R-Nev.; Tony Cárdenas, D-Calif.
Horse Slaughter A ü indicates cosponsorship of the Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act (H.R. 1942) to protect horses and consumers by prohibiting the transport and export of U.S. horses to slaughter for human consumption. (Cosponsors of the SAFE Act who voted against a related amendment, offered by Reps. Farr and Dent during House Appropriations Committee markup of the Agriculture Appropriations bill, H.R. 5054, will not receive credit for cosponsorship.) American horses are not raised for food and are routinely given hundreds of drugs over their lifetimes that can be toxic to humans if ingested. Horse slaughter is cruel, and the U.S. public overwhelmingly opposes it. Horses are shipped for long distances and are often seriously injured or killed in transit. At the slaughter plant, the methods used to kill horses rarely result in quick, painless deaths. This predatory industry doesn’t “euthanize” old, sick horses: Young and healthy horses are purchased, often by buyers misrepresenting their intentions, and killed to sell the meat to Europe and Japan. Reps. Frank Guinta, R-N.H.; Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill.; Vern Buchanan, R-Fla.; Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M. SPONSORS:
Alaska Wildlife A ü indicates a vote against an amendment to H.R. 2406 (SHARE Act) to block the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) from finalizing a rule, and withdraw a final rule issued by the National Park Service (NPS), to protect Alaskan native carnivores from egregiously cruel hunting methods on national wildlife refuges and national preserves in Alaska (more than 96 million acres of federal lands maintained with taxpayer funds and visited by millions of Americans each year). FWS records show that wildlife watchers outnumber hunters by nearly five to one in Alaska, and spend five times more than hunters for wildlife recreational opportunities. These rules do not apply to subsistence hunting or restrict the taking of wildlife for public safety or defense
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A ü indicates cosponsorship of the Humane Cosmetics Act (H.R. 2858) to phase out the testing of cosmetics on live animals and the sale of animal-tested cosmetics in the U.S. While most manufacturers no longer test finished products on animals, some animal tests are still conducted on rabbits, guinea pigs, rats and mice for assessing ingredients. These tests are not predictive of the human experience so their results are unreliable for consumer safety. They are intensely cruel to animals and are simply unnecessary. There are many alternative methods to ensure that products are safe for human use and stimulate innovation in the marketplace. H.R. 2858 will help the U.S. remain competitive in the global market and create a key incentive for cosmetics to be tested with cutting-edge technologies that are more humane, faster to perform and less costly to industry than expensive animal testing.
HOUSE SCORED ITEMS of property, but they do rightly prohibit inhumane, unsustainable and scientifically unjustified methods—such as killing hibernating black bear mothers and cubs; shooting wolf or coyote mothers and pups at den sites; using airplanes to scout grizzly bears, then land and shoot them; and trapping bears with steel-jawed leghold traps or snares—that are contrary to FWS and NPS predator control policies and are allowed virtually nowhere else. SPONSOR (anti-animal amendment): Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska
Polar Bear Trophy Hunting A ü indicates a vote for an amendment to H.R. 2406 (SHARE Act) to strike a harmful provision that would allow the importation of sport-hunted trophies of polar bears killed in Canada between 2006, when FWS proposed listing them as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and their final listing in 2008, despite repeated warnings from hunting organizations and government agencies that trophy imports would likely not be allowed as of the listing date. This provision encourages trophy hunters to kill imperiled species, store their trophies in warehouses and press Congress to provide a waiver for their imports. SPONSOR: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas
SHARE Act A ü indicates a vote against final passage of the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act (H.R. 2406), a collection of harmful provisions that cater to big-game hunters and other special interests, roll back important conservation laws and have little to do with rank-and-file sportsmen. The package includes provisions to block FWS from issuing a final rule to save elephants from illegal poaching by reducing trafficking in ivory products; to deny the U.S. Department of the Interior and USDA authority to protect wildlife, habitat and people from toxic lead ammunition despite the availability of non-toxic alternatives; to allow the use of cruel and indiscriminate steel-jawed leghold traps on millions of acres of public lands, imperiling wildlife, pets, hikers and families; to remove ESA protections for wolves in the Western Great Lakes region and in Wyoming; as well as the amendments noted above on Alaska hunting rules and polar bear trophies. SPONSORS (anti-animal bill):
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Alternatives to Animal Testing A ü indicates a vote for final passage of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 2576), reauthorizing the 40-yearold Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). H.R. 2576, signed into law in June, contains unprecedented language reducing, and ultimately replacing, the use of animals for chemical testing and thus promoting the use of best available science for regulating chemicals, which will provide momentum to continually update the science. The relevant language was championed by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. The language received broad support from organizations including the Environmental Working Group, Environmental Defense Fund, Consumer Specialty Products Association, American Chemistry Council and Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. SPONSORS: Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill.; Sens. David Vitter, R-La.; Tom
Udall, D-N.M.
Energy Bill A ü indicates a vote against final passage of the House-amended version of S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act, which was amended to 8 2016 HUMANE SCORECARD | HSLF.ORG
include the SHARE Act and all its anti-wildlife provisions that have nothing to do with energy policy.
Wolf Delisting A ü indicates a vote against an amendment to H.R. 5538 (Fiscal Year 2017 Interior Appropriations bill) to strip ESA protections from gray wolves in the Lower 48 states. When ESA protections have been stripped away in the past, states have adopted reckless and cruel state management practices that have included shooting over bait, the use of steel-jawed leghold and wire snare traps, and chasing by packs of hounds. When courts looked at the facts and the law, they stepped in to restore federal protections of wolves in the Western Great Lakes region and in Wyoming, a ruling aligned with the scientific evidence and the values of the American public as reflected in a 2015 poll that found 90 percent of voters support ESA protections for wolves. This anti-wolf amendment subverts democratic processes and sets a troubling precedent by allowing an end run around our nation’s judicial system. More than 70 wildlife biologists and scientists have written to Congress urging a rejection of wolf delisting. SPONSOR (anti-animal amendment): Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash.
Interior Appropriations A ü indicates a vote against final passage of the House Interior Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2017 (H.R. 5538). While this bill contains some helpful provisions on the subjects of wild horse and burro management, wildlife trafficking and development of alternatives to animal testing, it also contains many anti-animal provisions, such as provisions to interfere with the ESA’s science-based decision-making for various species including gray wolves, sage grouse and lesser prairie chickens; negate the FWS and NPS rules prohibiting egregiously cruel hunting methods on national wildlife refuges and national preserves in Alaska; derail the administration’s efforts to combat climate change; block mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from manure management systems, including industrial-scale factory farms; and prevent any regulation of lead content in ammunition and fishing tackle under the TSCA or other law.
Funding Letter A ü indicates that a member was one of 169 representatives who cosigned a group letter or submitted a parallel individual request to the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee in March, seeking funds for USDA enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act (including at USDA Agricultural Research Service facilities conducting research on farm animals), Horse Protection Act, Humane Methods of Slaughter Act and federal animal fighting law, as well as for programs to address the needs of animals in disasters and to encourage veterinarians, through student loan repayment assistance, to locate in underserved rural areas and USDA inspection positions. Subcommittee and committee leaders don’t sign letters to themselves but received credit because they were very responsive to these requests. SPONSORS: Reps. Chris Smith, R-N.J.; Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore.
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SP Prime Sponsor (pro-animal legislation) Took pro-animal position through cosponsoring a bill, voting, signing a letter, or leading on proanimal issue(s)
Led on multiple legislative and/or regulatory efforts or led on a top priority issue X Took anti-animal position on a vote
NV Did not vote due to absence or abstention
+ Pro-animal position on 13 scored items plus extra credit for leading on animal protection issue(s) ^ Cosponsored bill but voted against similar amendment in House Appropriations Committee # Filled seat during term ## Resigned during term
### Died during term • As a rule, delegates from U.S. Territories and the District of Columbia cannot vote on bills or amendments on the House floor
Note: In some cases, legislators must miss votes for unavoidable personal reasons, such as a death in the family, serious illness, or birth of a child.
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D Pelosi, Nancy (D-12th) Peters, Scott (D-52nd) Rohrabacher, Dana (R-48th) Roybal-Allard, Lucille (D-40th) Royce, Ed (R-39th) Ruiz, Raul (D-36th) Sánchez, Linda (D-38th) Sanchez, Loretta (D-46th) Schiff, Adam (D-28th) Sherman, Brad (D-30th) Speier, Jackie (D-14th) Swalwell, Eric (D-15th) Takano, Mark (D-41st) Thompson, Mike (D-5th) Torres, Norma (D-35th) Valadao, David (R-21st) Vargas, Juan (D-51st) Walters, Mimi (R-45th) Waters, Maxine (D-43rd) Colorado Buck, Ken (R-4th) Coffman, Mike (R-6th) DeGette, Diana (D-1st) Lamborn, Doug (R-5th) Perlmutter, Ed (D-7th) Polis, Jared (D-2nd) Tipton, Scott (R-3rd) Connecticut Courtney, Joe (D-2nd) DeLauro, Rosa (D-3rd) Esty, Elizabeth (D-5th) Himes, Jim (D-4th) Larson, John (D-1st) Delaware Carney, John (D-At Large) District of Columbia Norton, Eleanor Holmes (D-At Large ) Florida Bilirakis, Gus (R-12th) Brown, Corrine (D-5th) Buchanan, Vern (R-16th) Castor, Kathy (D-14th) Clawson, Curt (R-19th) Crenshaw, Ander (R-4th) Curbelo, Carlos (R-26th) DeSantis, Ron (R-6th) Deutch, Ted (D-21st) Diaz-Balart, Mario (R-25th) Frankel, Lois (D-22nd) Graham, Gwen (D-2nd) Grayson, Alan (D-9th) Hastings, Alcee (D-20th) Jolly, David (R-13th) Mica, John (R-7th) Miller, Jeff (R-1st) Murphy, Patrick (D-18th) Nugent, Richard (R-11th) Posey, Bill (R-8th) Rooney, Tom (R-17th) Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R-27th) Ross, Dennis (R-15th) Wasserman Schultz, Debbie (D-23rd) Webster, Daniel (R-10th) Wilson, Frederica (D-24th) Yoho, Ted (R-3rd)
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Key to House Chart SP Prime Sponsor (pro-animal legislation)
Took pro-animal position through cosponsoring a bill, voting, signing a letter, or leading on proanimal issue(s) Led on multiple legislative and/or regulatory efforts or led on a top priority issue X Took anti-animal position on a vote NV Did not vote due to absence or abstention
+ Pro-animal position on 13 scored items plus extra credit for leading on animal protection issue(s) ^^ Did not cosponsor bill but voted in favor of similar amendment in House Appropriations Committee # Filled seat during term ## Resigned during term
### Died during term • As a rule, delegates from U.S. Territories and the District of Columbia cannot vote on bills or amendments on the House floor
•• Top leaders of each party typically do not cosponsor bills and the Speaker of the House does not vote, so they have no numerical score
Note: In some cases, legislators must miss votes for unavoidable personal reasons, such as a death in the family, serious illness, or birth of a child.
om es tic A ni Vi m ol al en C ce H ru or C el se os ty S po C C os ns os orin po or m g ns et C H o i o cs sp or r se C o Sl osp nso A au r on la gh sk so a te W rC r Po ild os la r B life po V ns e SH o ar or Vo te A RE te Vo A ni te m al Te En st er in gy g/ TS B W i l C ol lV A fD ot Vo e el te is In tin te rio g Vo rA Fu te pp nd ro in pr g ia Le Le tio ad tte ns er r Vo s Sc te or e
D Georgia Allen, Rick (R-12th) Bishop, Sanford (D-2nd) Carter, Buddy (R-1st) Collins, Doug (R-9th) Graves, Tom (R-14th) Hice, Jody (R-10th) Johnson, Hank (D-4th) Lewis, John (D-5th) Loudermilk, Barry (R-11th) Price, Tom (R-6th) Scott, Austin (R-8th) Scott, David (D-13th) Westmoreland, Lynn (R-3rd) Woodall, Rob (R-7th) Guam Bordallo, Madeleine (D-At Large) Hawaii Gabbard, Tulsi (D-2nd) Takai, Mark (D-1st) Idaho Labrador, Raúl (R-1st) Simpson, Mike (R-2nd) Illinois Bost, Mike (R-12th) Bustos, Cheri (D-17th) Davis, Danny (D-7th) Davis, Rodney (R-13th) Dold, Robert (R-10th) Duckworth, Tammy (D-8th) Foster, Bill (D-11th) Gutierrez, Luis (D-4th) Hultgren, Randy (R-14th) Kelly, Robin (D-2nd) Kinzinger, Adam (R-16th) LaHood, Darin (R-18th) Lipinski, Daniel (D-3rd) Quigley, Mike (D-5th) Roskam, Peter (R-6th) Rush, Bobby (D-1st) Schakowsky, Janice (D-9th) Shimkus, John (R-15th) Indiana Brooks, Susan (R-5th) Bucshon, Larry (R-8th) Carson, André (D-7th) Messer, Luke (R-6th) Rokita, Todd (R-4th) Stutzman, Marlin (R-3rd) Visclosky, Peter (D-1st) Walorski, Jackie (R-2nd) Young, Todd (R-9th) Iowa Blum, Rod (R-1st) King, Steve (R-4th) Loebsack, Dave (D-2nd) Young, David (R-3rd) Kansas Huelskamp, Tim (R-1st) Jenkins, Lynn (R-2nd) Pompeo, Michael (R-4th) Yoder, Kevin (R-3rd)
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Key to House Chart
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X Took anti-animal position on a vote NV Did not vote due to absence or abstention
+ Pro-animal position on 13 scored items plus extra credit for leading on animal protection issue(s) ^^ Did not cosponsor bill but voted in favor of similar amendment in House Appropriations Committee
# Filled seat during term ## Resigned during term
### Died during term • As a rule, delegates from U.S. Territories and the District of Columbia cannot vote on bills or amendments on the House floor
Note: In some cases, legislators must miss votes for unavoidable personal reasons, such as a death in the family, serious illness, or birth of a child.
om es tic A ni Vi m ol al en C ce H ru or C el se os ty S po C C os ns os orin po or m g ns et C H o i o cs sp or r se C o Sl osp nso A au r on la gh sk so a te W rC r Po ild os la r B life po V ns e SH o ar or Vo te A RE te Vo A ni te m al Te En st er in gy g/ TS B W i l C ol lV A fD ot Vo e el te is In tin te rio g Vo rA Fu te pp nd ro in pr g ia Le Le tio ad tte ns er r Vo s Sc te or e
D Kentucky Barr, Andy (R-6th) Guthrie, Brett (R-2nd) Massie, Thomas (R-4th) Rogers, Harold (R-5th) Whitfield, Edward (R-1st) Yarmuth, John (D-3rd) Louisiana Abraham, Ralph (R-5th) Boustany, Charles (R-3rd) Fleming, John (R-4th) Graves, Garret (R-6th) Richmond, Cedric (D-2nd) Scalise, Steve (R-1st) Maine Pingree, Chellie (D-1st) Poliquin, Bruce (R-2nd) Maryland Cummings, Elijah (D-7th) Delaney, John (D-6th) Edwards, Donna (D-4th) Harris, Andy (R-1st) Hoyer, Steny (D-5th) Ruppersberger, C.A. "Dutch" (D-2nd) Sarbanes, John (D-3rd) Van Hollen, Chris (D-8th) Massachusetts Capuano, Michael (D-7th) Clark, Katherine (D-5th) Keating, William (D-9th) Kennedy, Joseph (D-4th) Lynch, Stephen (D-8th) McGovern, James (D-2nd) Moulton, Seth (D-6th) Neal, Richard (D-1st) Tsongas, Niki (D-3rd) Michigan Amash, Justin (R-3rd) Benishek, Daniel (R-1st) Bishop, Mike (R-8th) Conyers, John (D-13th) Dingell, Debbie (D-12th) Huizenga, Bill (R-2nd) Kildee, Dan (D-5th) Lawrence, Brenda (D-14th) Levin, Sander (D-9th) Miller, Candice (R-10th) Moolenaar, John (R-4th) Trott, Dave (R-11th) Upton, Fred (R-6th) Walberg, Tim (R-7th) Minnesota Ellison, Keith (D-5th) Emmer, Tom (R-6th) Kline, John (R-2nd) McCollum, Betty (D-4th) Nolan, Rick (D-8th) Paulsen, Erik (R-3rd) Peterson, Collin (D-7th) Walz, Tim (D-1st) Mississippi Harper, Gregg (R-3rd) Kelly, Trent (R-1st) Palazzo, Steven (R-4th) Thompson, Bennie (D-2nd) Missouri Clay, William Lacy (D-1st) Cleaver, Emanuel (D-5th)
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+ Pro-animal position on 13 scored items plus extra credit for leading on animal protection issue(s)
# Filled seat during term ## Resigned during term
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* Put statement in Congressional Record (and notified HSLF) indicating unavoidable missed vote but would have voted pro-animal
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Note: In some cases, legislators must miss votes for unavoidable personal reasons, such as a death in the family, serious illness, or birth of a child.
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Key to House Chart SP Prime Sponsor (pro-animal legislation)
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Led on multiple legislative and/or regulatory efforts or led on a top priority issue X Took anti-animal position on a vote NV Did not vote due to absence or abstention
+ Pro-animal position on 13 scored items plus extra credit for leading on animal protection issue(s) ^ Cosponsored bill but voted against similar amendment in House Appropriations Committee
# Filled seat during term ## Resigned during term
### Died during term • As a rule, delegates from U.S. Territories and the District of Columbia cannot vote on bills or amendments on the House floor
Note: In some cases, legislators must miss votes for unavoidable personal reasons, such as a death in the family, serious illness, or birth of a child.
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D Meng, Grace (D-6th) Nadler, Jerrold (D-10th) Rangel, Charles (D-13th) Reed, Tom (R-23rd) Rice, Kathleen (D-4th) Serrano, José (D-15th) Slaughter, Louise (D-25th) Stefanik, Elise (R-21st) Tonko, Paul (D-20th) Velázquez, Nydia (D-7th) Zeldin, Lee (R-1st) North Carolina Adams, Alma (D-12th) Butterfield, G. K. (D-1st) Ellmers, Renee (R-2nd) Foxx, Virginia (R-5th) Holding, George (R-13th) Hudson, Richard (R-8th) Jones, Walter (R-3rd) McHenry, Patrick (R-10th) Meadows, Mark (R-11th) Pittenger, Robert (R-9th) Price, David (D-4th) Rouzer, David (R-7th) Walker, Mark (R-6th) North Dakota Cramer, Kevin (R-At Large) Northern Marianas Sablan, Gregorio (D-At Large) Ohio Beatty, Joyce (D-3rd) Chabot, Steve (R-1st) Davidson, Warren (R-8th) Fudge, Marcia (D-11th) Gibbs, Bob (R-7th) Johnson, Bill (R-6th) Jordan, Jim (R-4th) Joyce, David (R-14th) Kaptur, Marcy (D-9th) Latta, Robert (R-5th) Renacci, James (R-16th) Ryan, Tim (D-13th) Stivers, Steve (R-15th) Tiberi, Patrick (R-12th) Turner, Michael (R-10th) Wenstrup, Brad (R-2nd) Oklahoma Bridenstine, Jim (R-1st) Cole, Tom (R-4th) Lucas, Frank (R-3rd) Mullin, Markwayne (R-2nd) Russell, Steve (R-5th) Oregon Blumenauer, Earl (D-3rd) Bonamici, Suzanne (D-1st) DeFazio, Peter (D-4th) Schrader, Kurt (D-5th) Walden, Greg (R-2nd) Pennsylvania Barletta, Louis (R-11th) Boyle, Brendan (D-13th) Brady, Robert (D-1st) Cartwright, Matt (D-17th) Costello, Ryan (R-6th) Dent, Charles (R-15th) Doyle, Mike (D-14th) Fattah, Chaka (D-2nd)
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Note: In some cases, legislators must miss votes for unavoidable personal reasons, such as a death in the family, serious illness, or birth of a child.
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Key to House Chart SP Prime Sponsor (pro-animal legislation)
Took pro-animal position through cosponsoring a bill, voting, signing a letter, or leading on proanimal issue(s)
Led on multiple legislative and/or regulatory efforts or led on a top priority issue X Took anti-animal position on a vote
NV Did not vote due to absence or abstention
+ Pro-animal position on 13 scored items plus extra credit for leading on animal protection issue(s)
# Filled seat during term ## Resigned during term
### Died during term • As a rule, delegates from U.S. Territories and the District of Columbia cannot vote on bills or amendments on the House floor
Note: In some cases, legislators must miss votes for unavoidable personal reasons, such as a death in the family, serious illness, or birth of a child.
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Key to House Chart SP Prime Sponsor (pro-animal legislation)
Took pro-animal position through cosponsoring a bill, voting, signing a letter, or leading on proanimal issue(s)
Led on multiple legislative and/or regulatory efforts or led on a top priority issue X Took anti-animal position on a vote NV Did not vote due to absence or abstention
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• As a rule, delegates from U.S. Territories and the District of Columbia cannot vote on bills or amendments on the House floor
on 13 scored items plus extra credit for leading on animal protection issue(s) # Filled seat during term ## Resigned during term
### Died during term
•• Top leaders of each party typically do not cosponsor bills and the Speaker of the House does not vote, so they have no numerical score * Put statement in Congressional Record (and notified HSLF) indicating unavoidable missed vote but would have voted pro-animal Note: In some cases, legislators must miss votes for unavoidable personal reasons, such as a death in the family, serious illness, or birth of a child.
