Torture Ban, Motion To Instruct Defense Appropriations Conferees

109th Congress, 1st Session

December 14, 2005

Representative John Murtha (D-PA) offered a motion to instruct conferees on the Defense Appropriations bill to adopt language prohibiting "cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment of anyone in U.S. custody." The language tracked that proposed by Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and adopted by the Senate. The House approved this language by a vote of 308-122, with 121 Republicans voting for the motion and one Democrat against.

The table below permits analysis of votes within eight House caucuses. Twenty-three members of the conservative Republican Study Committee voted for the motion. The one Democrat voting against it was Representative Jim Marshall (D-GA).

Data Set Sorted By rural desc, vote1091630 in Descending Order

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John Boozman
Y
AR
3
R
RSC
RURAL
Tom Udall
Y
NM
3
D
P
ND
RURAL
Charles W. ``Chip'' Pickering
Y
MS
3
R
RURAL
Sherwood Boehlert
Y
NY
24
R
RURAL
Lincoln Davis
Y
TN
4
D
BD
RURAL
Ron Kind
Y
WI
3
D
ND
RURAL
Donald A. Manzullo
Y
IL
16
R
RURAL
Shelley Moore Capito
Y
WV
2
R
RURAL
Ed Whitfield
Y
KY
1
R
RURAL
Kenny C. Hulshof
Y
MO
9
R
RURAL
William L. Jenkins
Y
TN
1
R
RURAL
James A. Leach
Y
IA
2
R
RURAL
Steny H. Hoyer
Y
MD
5
D
RURAL
Collin C. Peterson
Y
MN
7
D
BD
RURAL
Jerry F. Costello
Y
IL
12
D
RURAL
Bob Etheridge
Y
NC
2
D
ND
RURAL
John S. Tanner
Y
TN
8
D
BD
RURAL
Peter A. DeFazio
Y
OR
4
D
P
RURAL
John M. Spratt Jr.
Y
SC
5
D
RURAL
Charles F. Bass
Y
NH
2
R
RURAL
Allen Boyd
Y
FL
2
D
BD
RURAL
Peter J. Visclosky
Y
IN
1
D
RURAL
Mike Ross
Y
AR
4
D
BD
RURAL
Gene Taylor
Y
MS
4
D
BD
RURAL
C. L. ``Butch'' Otter
Y
ID
1
R
RURAL
Thomas H. Allen
Y
ME
1
D
RURAL
Brian Baird
Y
WA
3
D
ND
RURAL
Nancy L. Johnson
Y
CT
5
R
RURAL
Lane Evans
Y
IL
17
D
P
RURAL
Gil Gutknecht
Y
MN
1
R
RSC
RURAL
Nick J. Rahall II
Y
WV
3
D
RURAL
Marion Berry
Y
AR
1
D
BD
RURAL
Heather Wilson
Y
NM
1
R
RURAL
Phil English
Y
PA
3
R
RURAL
Mark Foley
Y
FL
16
R
RURAL
Maurice D. Hinchey
Y
NY
22
D
P
RURAL
Leonard L. Boswell
Y
IA
3
D
BD
RURAL
James L. Oberstar
Y
MN
8
D
RURAL
BERNARD SANDERS
Y
VT
A-L
I
P
RURAL
Ed Pastor
Y
AZ
4
D
H
P
RURAL
Lois Capps
Y
CA
23
D
ND
RURAL
Walter B. Jones
Y
NC
3
R
RSC
RURAL
Mark Green
Y
WI
8
R
RSC
RURAL
Darlene Hooley
Y
OR
5
D
ND
RURAL
James E. Clyburn
Y
SC
6
D
B
RURAL
Ed Case
Y
HI
2
D
BD
ND
RURAL
Chet Edwards
Y
TX
17
D
RURAL
Rick Boucher
Y
VA
9
D
RURAL
Jim Gibbons
Y
NV
2
R
RURAL
Jim Matheson
Y
UT
2
D
BD
RURAL
Ben Chandler
Y
KY
6
D
BD
ND
RURAL
Thomas M. Reynolds
Y
NY
26
R
RSC
RURAL
Greg Walden
Y
OR
2
R
RURAL
Ike Skelton
Y
MO
4
D
RURAL
Juanita Millender-McDonald
Y
CA
37
D
B
ND
RURAL
William D. Delahunt
Y
MA
10
D
RURAL
Tom Osborne
Y
NE
3
R
RURAL
Ron Paul
Y
TX
14
R
RURAL
Jim Kolbe
Y
AZ
8
R
RURAL
Bob Goodlatte
Y
VA
6
R
RSC
RURAL
Sanford D. Bishop Jr.
Y
GA
2
D
B
BD
RURAL
Mike McIntyre
Y
NC
7
D
BD
ND
RURAL
Vic Snyder
Y
AR
2
D
RURAL
Danny K. Davis
Y
IL
7
D
B
P
RURAL
Bennie G. Thompson
Y
MS
2
D
B
P
RURAL
John M. McHugh
Y
NY
23
R
RURAL
Zach Wamp
Y
TN
3
R
RURAL
Tom Latham
Y
IA
4
R
RURAL
Earl Pomeroy
Y
ND
A-L
D
BD
RURAL
Timothy V. Johnson
Y
IL
15
R
RURAL
Paul E. Kanjorski
Y
PA
11
D
RURAL
Jim McCrery
Y
LA
4
R
RURAL
Henry Cuellar
Y
TX
28
D
H
RURAL
Jo Ann Emerson
Y
MO
8
R
RURAL
John E. Sweeney
Y
NY
20
R
RURAL
Albert Russell Wynn
Y
MD
4
D
B
RURAL
Frank A. LoBiondo
Y
NJ
2
R
RURAL
Mark R. Kennedy
Y
MN
6
R
RURAL
Edolphus Towns
Y
NY
10
D
B
RURAL
Marcy Kaptur
Y
OH
9
D
P
RURAL
Thomas E. Petri
Y
WI
6
R
RURAL
Bart Stupak
Y
MI
1
D
RURAL
Richard W. Pombo
Y
CA
11
R
RSC
RURAL
Jerry Moran
Y
KS
1
R
RSC
RURAL
Wayne T. Gilchrest
Y
MD
1
R
RURAL
Jeb Bradley
Y
NH
1
R
RURAL
Mike Thompson
Y
CA
1
D
BD
RURAL
John Shimkus
Y
IL
19
R
RURAL
John W. Olver
Y
MA
1
D
RURAL
Ted Strickland
Y
OH
6
D
RURAL
John E. Peterson
N
PA
5
R
RURAL
Don Young
N
AK
A-L
R
RURAL
Mary Bono
N
CA
45
R
RURAL
Steve King
N
IA
5
R
RSC
RURAL
Nathan Deal
N
GA
10
R
RURAL
Randy Neugebauer
N
TX
19
R
RURAL
Bill Shuster
N
PA
9
R
RURAL
Robert B. Aderholt
N
AL
4
R
RSC
RURAL
Jim Ryun
N
KS
2
R
RSC
RURAL
Sam Graves
N
MO
6
R
RURAL
Wally Herger
N
CA
2
R
RSC
RURAL
David L. Hobson
N
OH
7
R
RURAL
Joe Barton
N
TX
6
R
RSC
RURAL
Harold Rogers
N
KY
5
R
RURAL
Joe Wilson
N
SC
2
R
RSC
RURAL
Mac Thornberry
N
TX
13
R
RSC
RURAL
Virgil H. Goode Jr.
N
VA
5
R
RSC
RURAL
Richard H. Baker
N
LA
6
R
RURAL
Ron Lewis
N
KY
2
R
RURAL
Roger F. Wicker
N
MS
1
R
RURAL
Frank D. Lucas
N
OK
3
R
RURAL
Cliff Stearns
N
FL
6
R
RSC
RURAL
Roy Blunt
N
MO
7
R
RURAL
Robert W. Ney
N
OH
18
R
RURAL
Rick Renzi
N
AZ
1
R
RSC
RURAL
Dennis R. Rehberg
N
MT
A-L
R
RSC
RURAL
Terry Everett
N
AL
2
R
RURAL
Michael K. Simpson
N
ID
2
R
RURAL
Doc Hastings
N
WA
4
R
RURAL
Ray LaHood
N
IL
18
R
RURAL
Paul E. Gillmor
N
OH
5
R
RURAL
Ralph M. Hall
N
TX
4
R
RURAL
Barbara Cubin
N
WY
A-L
R
RSC
RURAL
J. D. Hayworth
N
AZ
5
R
RSC
RURAL
Mark E. Souder
N
IN
3
R
RSC
RURAL
Charles H. Taylor
N
NC
11
R
RSC
RURAL
Kevin Brady
N
TX
8
R
RURAL
Bobby Jindal
N
LA
1
R
RURAL
Eric Cantor
N
VA
7
R
RSC
RURAL
Robin Hayes
N
NC
8
R
RSC
RURAL
Melissa L. Bean
Y
IL
8
D
Dennis A. Cardoza
Y
CA
18
D
BD
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Y
FL
18
R
H
Geoff Davis
Y
KY
4
R
Chris Van Hollen
Y
MD
8
D
Frank Pallone Jr.
Y
NJ
6
D
Nancy Pelosi
Y
CA
8
D
P
Ric Keller
Y
FL
8
R
Julia Carson
Y
IN
7
D
B
P
Carolyn B. Maloney
Y
NY
14
D
Rick Larsen
Y
WA
2
D
ND
Maxine Waters
Y
CA
35
D
B
P
Michael E. Capuano
Y
MA
8
D
P
Jeff Fortenberry
Y
NE
1
R
Sherrod Brown
Y
OH
13
D
P
Jeff Flake
Y
AZ
6
R
RSC
Christopher Shays
Y
CT
4
R
John D. Dingell
Y
MI
15
D
Carolyn McCarthy
Y
NY
4
D
ND
John P. Murtha
Y
PA
12
D
J. Randy Forbes
Y
VA
4
R
RSC
Rodney Alexander
Y
LA
5
R
Artur Davis
Y
AL
7
D
B
ND
Diana DeGette
Y
CO
1
D
Rahm Emanuel
Y
IL
5
D
ND
Dale E. Kildee
Y
MI
5
D
Robert Menendez
Y
NJ
13
D
H
Chaka Fattah
Y
PA
2
D
B
P
Gene Green
Y
TX
29
D
Michael M. Honda
Y
CA
15
D
Michael R. McNulty
Y
NY
21
D
Adam Smith
Y
WA
9
D
ND
Jim Saxton
Y
NJ
3
R
Dan Boren
Y
OK
2
D
BD
Doris Matsui
Y
CA
5
D
Ginny Brown-Waite
Y
FL
5
R
Major R. Owens
Y
NY
11
D
B
P
Todd Russell Platts
Y
PA
19
R
Tom Davis
Y
VA
11
R
Hilda L. Solis
Y
CA
32
D
H
P
Martin T. Meehan
Y
MA
5
D
Melvin L. Watt
Y
NC
12
D
B
P
Dennis J. Kucinich
Y
OH
10
D
P
Al Green
Y
TX
9
D
B
John B. Larson
Y
CT
1
D
ND
Sander M. Levin
Y
MI
12
D
Timothy H. Bishop
Y
NY
1
D
Jo Ann Davis
Y
VA
1
R
RSC
William M. Thomas
Y
CA
22
R
E. Clay Shaw Jr.
Y
FL
22
R
William J. Jefferson
Y
LA
2
D
B
Louise McIntosh Slaughter
Y
NY
28
D
David R. Obey
Y
WI
7
D
Bob Filner
Y
CA
51
D
P
Jesse L. Jackson Jr.
Y
IL
2
D
B
P
Donald M. Payne
Y
NJ
10
D
B
Tom Lantos
Y
CA
12
D
P
Nita M. Lowey
Y
NY
18
D
Norman D. Dicks
Y
WA
6
D
Linda T. Sánchez
Y
CA
39
D
H
Neil Abercrombie
Y
HI
1
D
P
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger
Y
MD
2
D
Tim Ryan
Y
OH
17
D
Silvestre Reyes
Y
TX
16
D
H
Betty McCollum
Y
MN
4
D
Jerrold Nadler
Y
NY
8
D
P
Joseph R. Pitts
Y
PA
16
R
RSC
James P. Moran
Y
VA
8
D
ND
Adam B. Schiff
Y
CA
29
D
BD
ND
Cynthia McKinney
Y
GA
4
D
B
Richard E. Neal
Y
MA
2
D
Janice D. Schakowsky
Y
IL
9
D
P
Joe Knollenberg
Y
MI
9
R
Shelley Berkley
Y
NV
1
D
ND
Jim Gerlach
Y
PA
6
R
Robert Wexler
Y
FL
19
D
James T. Walsh
Y
NY
25
R
Jim Cooper
Y
TN
5
D
BD
Gwen Moore
Y
WI
4
D
B
Mike Ferguson
Y
NJ
7
R
David Wu
Y
OR
1
D
ND
Barbara Lee
Y
CA
9
D
B
P
Russ Carnahan
Y
MO
3
D
ND
Charles B. Rangel
Y
NY
15
D
B
Jane Harman
Y
CA
36
D
BD
ND
Stephen F. Lynch
Y
MA
9
D
Steven C. LaTourette
Y
OH
14
R
Raúl M. Grijalva
Y
AZ
7
D
H
P
Gary L. Ackerman
Y
NY
5
D
Allyson Y. Schwartz
Y
PA
13
D
ND
Mark Udall
Y
CO
2
D
Fred Upton
Y
MI
6
R
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Y
TX
30
D
B
Zoe Lofgren
Y
CA
16
D
John J. Duncan Jr.
Y
TN
2
R
Paul Ryan
Y
WI
1
R
RSC
Joe Baca
Y
CA
43
D
H
BD
Roscoe G. Bartlett
Y
MD
6
R
RSC
Christopher H. Smith
Y
NJ
4
R
Charles A. Gonzalez
Y
TX
20
D
H
Lynn C. Woolsey
Y
CA
6
D
P
Nydia M. Velázquez
Y
NY
12
D
H
P
Patrick J. Kennedy
Y
RI
1
D
Diane E. Watson
Y
CA
33
D
B
P
John F. Tierney
Y
MA
6
D
P
Brad Miller
Y
NC
13
D
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Y
OH
11
D
B
P
Michael T. McCaul
Y
TX
10
R
Rob Simmons
Y
CT
2
R
Judy Biggert
Y
IL
13
R
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick
Y
MI
13
D
B
Steve Israel
Y
NY
2
D
BD
ND
Don Sherwood
Y
PA
10
R
Alcee L. Hastings
Y
FL
23
D
B
Charlie Melancon
Y
LA
3
D
BD
John R. ``Randy'' Kuhl Jr.
Y
NY
29
R
Harold E. Ford Jr.
Y
TN
9
D
B
BD
ND
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.
Y
AL
5
D
BD
Daniel Lipinski
Y
IL
3
D
Vernon J. Ehlers
Y
MI
3
R
Solomon P. Ortiz
Y
TX
27
D
H
Fortney Pete Stark
Y
CA
13
D
P
Katherine Harris
Y
FL
13
R
Dennis Moore
Y
KS
3
D
BD
ND
Sue W. Kelly
Y
NY
19
R
Jim McDermott
Y
WA
7
D
P
Benjamin L. Cardin
Y
MD
3
D
Robert E. Andrews
Y
NJ
1
D
Corrine Brown
Y
FL
3
D
B
P
Chris Chocola
Y
IN
2
R
RSC
Martin Olav Sabo
Y
MN
5
D
Anthony D. Weiner
Y
NY
9
D
Tim Holden
Y
PA
17
D
BD
Henry A. Waxman
Y
CA
30
D
P
John Lewis
Y
GA
5
D
B
P
James P. McGovern
Y
MA
3
D
P
Thomas G. Tancredo
Y
CO
6
R
RSC
Mark Steven Kirk
Y
IL
10
R
Candice S. Miller
Y
MI
10
R
Curt Weldon
Y
PA
7
R
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Y
FL
20
D
Bart Gordon
Y
TN
6
D
F. James Sensenbrenner Jr.
Y
WI
5
R
Loretta Sanchez
Y
CA
47
D
H
BD
ND
Michael H. Michaud
Y
ME
2
D
BD
Bill Pascrell Jr.
Y
NJ
8
D
Ellen O. Tauscher
Y
CA
10
D
BD
ND
Michael E. Sodrel
Y
IN
9
R
José E. Serrano
Y
NY
16
D
H
P
John Barrow
Y
GA
12
D
BD
Deborah Pryce
Y
OH
15
R
Michael N. Castle
Y
DE
A-L
R
John Kline
Y
MN
2
R
RSC
Gregory W. Meeks
Y
NY
6
D
B
ND
Michael F. Doyle
Y
PA
14
D
Brad Sherman
Y
CA
27
D
Charles W. Boustany Jr.
Y
LA
7
R
John T. Salazar
Y
CO
3
D
H
BD
John J. H. ``Joe'' Schwarz
Y
MI
7
R
Sam Farr
Y
CA
17
D
P
Kendrick B. Meek
Y
FL
17
D
B
Anne M. Northup
Y
KY
3
R
RSC
Tammy Baldwin
Y
WI
2
D
P
Elijah E. Cummings
Y
MD
7
D
B
George Miller
Y
CA
7
D
P
Wm. Lacy Clay
Y
MO
1
D
B
P
James R. Langevin
Y
RI
2
D
Jay Inslee
Y
WA
1
D
ND
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Y
CA
34
D
H
Edward J. Markey
Y
MA
7
D
Patrick J. Tiberi
Y
OH
12
R
RSC
Rosa L. DeLauro
Y
CT
3
D
P
John Conyers Jr.
Y
MI
14
D
B
P
Robert C. Scott
Y
VA
3
D
B
Alan B. Mollohan
Y
WV
1
D
Spencer Bachus
Y
AL
6
R
RSC
Susan A. Davis
Y
CA
53
D
Luis V. Gutierrez
Y
IL
4
D
H
P
Dave Camp
Y
MI
4
R
RSC
Rush D. Holt
Y
NJ
12
D
ND
Robert A. Brady
Y
PA
1
D
Anna G. Eshoo
Y
CA
14
D
Connie Mack
Y
FL
14
R
Stephanie Herseth
Y
SD
A-L
D
BD
ND
David G. Reichert
Y
WA
8
R
Jim Nussle
Y
IA
1
R
Sheila Jackson-Lee
Y
TX
18
D
B
P
Tim Murphy
Y
PA
18
R
RSC
Frank R. Wolf
Y
VA
10
R
Xavier Becerra
Y
CA
31
D
P
David E. Price
Y
NC
4
D
ND
Barney Frank
Y
MA
4
D
P
Bob Beauprez
Y
CO
7
R
RSC
Jerry Weller
Y
IL
11
R
Thaddeus G. McCotter
Y
MI
11
R
Jon C. Porter
Y
NV
3
R
Michael G. Fitzpatrick
Y
PA
8
R
Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Y
FL
21
R
H
G. K. Butterfield
Y
NC
1
D
B
Brian Higgins
Y
NY
27
D
ND
Darrell E. Issa
Y
CA
49
R
Bobby L. Rush
Y
IL
1
D
B
P
Steven R. Rothman
Y
NJ
9
D
Earl Blumenauer
Y
OR
3
D
Lloyd Doggett
Y
TX
25
D
Jim Davis
Y
FL
11
D
ND
Emanuel Cleaver
Y
MO
5
D
B
P
Eliot L. Engel
Y
NY
17
D
ND
Bob Inglis
Y
SC
4
R
Cathy McMorris
Y
WA
5
R
Grace F. Napolitano
Y
CA
38
D
H
David Scott
Y
GA
13
D
B
BD
ND
Ralph Regula
Y
OH
16
R
Rubén Hinojosa
Y
TX
15
D
H
Jim Ramstad
Y
MN
3
R
Joseph Crowley
Y
NY
7
D
ND
Charles W. Dent
Y
PA
15
R
Howard L. Berman
Y
CA
28
D
Mario Diaz-Balart
NV
FL
25
R
H
RSC
Henry J. Hyde
NV
IL
6
R
Jim Costa
NV
CA
20
D
BD
Marilyn N. Musgrave
N
CO
4
R
RSC
Mike Rogers
N
MI
8
R
Pete Sessions
N
TX
32
R
RSC
Ernest J. Istook Jr.
N
OK
5
R
RSC
Tom DeLay
N
TX
22
R
W. Todd Akin
N
MO
2
R
RSC
Henry E. Brown Jr.
N
SC
1
R
RSC
Kay Granger
N
TX
12
R
Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon
N
CA
25
R
Virginia Foxx
N
NC
5
R
Michael R. Turner
N
OH
3
R
Ted Poe
N
TX
2
R
Dave Weldon
N
FL
15
R
RSC
Gary G. Miller
N
CA
42
R
RSC
Steve Buyer
N
IN
4
R
John Linder
N
GA
7
R
John B. Shadegg
N
AZ
3
R
RSC
Peter Hoekstra
N
MI
2
R
Michael C. Burgess
N
TX
26
R
RSC
Adam H. Putnam
N
FL
12
R
Sue Wilkins Myrick
N
NC
9
R
RSC
Joel Hefley
N
CO
5
R
Rob Bishop
N
UT
1
R
George Radanovich
N
CA
19
R
RSC
Jo Bonner
N
AL
1
R
Dana Rohrabacher
N
CA
46
R
Henry Bonilla
N
TX
23
R
H
Michael Bilirakis
N
FL
9
R
John N. Hostettler
N
IN
8
R
RSC
Phil Gingrey
N
GA
11
R
RSC
Lee Terry
N
NE
2
R
RSC
David Dreier
N
CA
26
R
Jack Kingston
N
GA
1
R
Howard Coble
N
NC
6
R
Michael G. Oxley
N
OH
4
R
Sam Johnson
N
TX
3
R
RSC
Dan Burton
N
IN
5
R
RSC
Lynn A. Westmoreland
N
GA
8
R
Thelma D. Drake
N
VA
2
R
RSC
Duncan Hunter
N
CA
52
R
RSC
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen
N
NJ
11
R
Edward R. Royce
N
CA
40
R
Daniel E. Lungren
N
CA
3
R
Patrick T. McHenry
N
NC
10
R
John A. Boehner
N
OH
8
R
John Abney Culberson
N
TX
7
R
RSC
Kenny Marchant
N
TX
24
R
C. W. Bill Young
N
FL
10
R
J. Gresham Barrett
N
SC
3
R
RSC
Stevan Pearce
N
NM
2
R
Melissa A. Hart
N
PA
4
R
John R. Carter
N
TX
31
R
RSC
Ken Calvert
N
CA
44
R
Scott Garrett
N
NJ
5
R
RSC
Tom Cole
N
OK
4
R
RSC
Lamar S. Smith
N
TX
21
R
John L. Mica
N
FL
7
R
Mike Pence
N
IN
6
R
RSC
Vito Fossella
N
NY
13
R
Charlie Norwood
N
GA
9
R
RSC
K. Michael Conaway
N
TX
11
R
Peter T. King
N
NY
3
R
Elton Gallegly
N
CA
24
R
Tom Feeney
N
FL
24
R
RSC
Tom Price
N
GA
6
R
Steve Chabot
N
OH
1
R
RSC
Louie Gohmert
N
TX
1
R
Todd Tiahrt
N
KS
4
R
RSC
Jerry Lewis
N
CA
41
R
RSC
John Sullivan
N
OK
1
R
RSC
John T. Doolittle
N
CA
4
R
RSC
Ander Crenshaw
N
FL
4
R
Trent Franks
N
AZ
2
R
RSC
Chris Cannon
N
UT
3
R
Devin Nunes
N
CA
21
R
Marsha Blackburn
N
TN
7
R
RSC
Mike Rogers
N
AL
3
R
Jeff Miller
N
FL
1
R
RSC
Jim Marshall
N
GA
3
D
Jeb Hensarling
N
TX
5
R
RSC

Source: Clerk of the House, Web pages of the caucuses, file sent by staff for Blue Dogs, Bureau of the Census 2000 Census.

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