Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should adopt national policies…

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should adopt national policies and pursue international agreements to prevent ocean acidification, to study the impacts of ocean acidification, and to address the effects of ocean acidification on marine ecosystems and coastal economies.

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54 cosponsors · 54 D

21 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

House Introduced Dec 16, 2009
House Failed Jun 9, 2010 241–170

Calls for the United States to adopt national policies and pursue international agreements to prevent ocean acidification, to study the impacts of ocean acidification, and to address the effects of ocean acidification on marine ecosystems and coastal economies.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Dec 16, 2009

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

House · Failed Jun 9, 2010 · 241 Yea – 170 Nay Adoption (two-thirds required) Speaker: Nancy Pelosi

About this bill and sources

Official title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should adopt national policies and pursue international agreements to prevent ocean acidification, to study the impacts of ocean acidification, and to address the effects of ocean acidification on marine ecosystems and coastal economies.

Latest action (Jun 9, 2010): On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 241 - 170 (Roll no. 341).

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Nay
Jo Bonner	R	AL-1	Nay
Bobby Bright	D	AL-2	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Nay
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Nay
Parker Griffith	R	AL-5	Nay
Spencer Bachus	R	AL-6	Nay
Artur Davis	D	AL-7	Yea
Marion Berry	D	AR-1	Yea
Vic Snyder	D	AR-2	Yea
John Boozman	R	AR-3	Nay
Mike Ross	D	AR-4	Yea
Ann Kirkpatrick	D	AZ-1	Yea
Trent Franks	R	AZ-2	Nay
John Shadegg	R	AZ-3	Nay
Ed Pastor	D	AZ-4	Yea
Harry Mitchell	D	AZ-5	Yea
Jeff Flake	R	AZ-6	Nay
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-7	Nay
Gabrielle Giffords	D	AZ-8	Yea
Mike Thompson	D	CA-1	Yea
John Garamendi	D	CA-10	Yea
Jerry McNerney	D	CA-11	Yea
Jackie Speier	D	CA-12	Yea
Pete Stark	D	CA-13	Yea
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-14	Yea
Mike Honda	D	CA-15	Yea
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-16	Yea
Sam Farr	D	CA-17	Yea
Dennis Cardoza	D	CA-18	Yea
George Radanovich	R	CA-19	Nay
Wally Herger	R	CA-2	Nay
Jim Costa	D	CA-20	Yea
Devin Nunes	R	CA-21	Nay
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA-22	Nay
Lois Capps	D	CA-23	Yea
Elton Gallegly	R	CA-24	Nay
Buck McKeon	R	CA-25	Nay
David Dreier	R	CA-26	Nay
Brad Sherman	D	CA-27	Yea
Howard Berman	D	CA-28	Yea
Adam Schiff	D	CA-29	Yea
Daniel Lungren	R	CA-3	Nay
Henry Waxman	D	CA-30	Not Voting
Xavier Becerra	D	CA-31	Yea
Judy Chu	D	CA-32	Yea
Diane Watson	D	CA-33	Not Voting
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-34	Yea
Maxine Waters	D	CA-35	Not Voting
Jane Harman	D	CA-36	Not Voting
Laura Richardson	D	CA-37	Yea
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-38	Yea
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-39	Yea
Tom McClintock	R	CA-4	Nay
Ed Royce	R	CA-40	Nay
Jerry Lewis	R	CA-41	Nay
Gary Miller	R	CA-42	Not Voting
Joe Baca	D	CA-43	Nay
Ken Calvert	R	CA-44	Not Voting
Mary Bono Mack	R	CA-45	Yea
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-46	Nay
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA-47	Yea
John Campbell	R	CA-48	Not Voting
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Nay
Doris Matsui	D	CA-5	Yea
Brian Bilbray	R	CA-50	Yea
Bob Filner	D	CA-51	Yea
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-52	Nay
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Yea
Lynn Woolsey	D	CA-6	Yea
George Miller	D	CA-7	Yea
Barbara Lee	D	CA-9	Yea
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Yea
Jared Polis	D	CO-2	Yea
John Salazar	D	CO-3	Nay
Betsy Markey	D	CO-4	Yea
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	Nay
Mike Coffman	R	CO-6	Nay
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO-7	Yea
John Larson	D	CT-1	Yea
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	Yea
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Yea
Jim Himes	D	CT-4	Yea
Christopher Murphy	D	CT-5	Yea
Michael Castle	R	DE-AL	Yea
Jeff Miller	R	FL-1	Nay
C. Young	R	FL-10	Nay
Kathy Castor	D	FL-11	Yea
Adam Putnam	R	FL-12	Nay
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-13	Nay
Connie Mack	R	FL-14	Nay
Bill Posey	R	FL-15	Nay
Thomas Rooney	R	FL-16	Nay
Kendrick Meek	D	FL-17	Yea
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-18	Yea
Ted Deutch	D	FL-19	Yea
Allen Boyd	D	FL-2	Not Voting
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-20	Yea
Lincoln Diaz-Balart	R	FL-21	Yea
Ron Klein	D	FL-22	Yea
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-23	Yea
Suzanne Kosmas	D	FL-24	Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Yea
Corrine Brown	D	FL-3	Yea
Ander Crenshaw	R	FL-4	Yea
Ginny Brown-Waite	R	FL-5	Nay
Cliff Stearns	R	FL-6	Nay
John Mica	R	FL-7	Nay
Alan Grayson	D	FL-8	Yea
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-9	Nay
Jack Kingston	R	GA-1	Nay
Paul Broun	R	GA-10	Nay
Phil Gingrey	R	GA-11	Nay
John Barrow	D	GA-12	Yea
David Scott	D	GA-13	Yea
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Yea
Lynn Westmoreland	R	GA-3	Nay
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	Yea
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Yea
Tom Price	R	GA-6	Nay
John Linder	R	GA-7	Nay
Jim Marshall	D	GA-8	Yea
Charles Djou	R	HI-1	Yea
Mazie Hirono	D	HI-2	Yea
Bruce Braley	D	IA-1	Yea
David Loebsack	D	IA-2	Yea
Leonard Boswell	D	IA-3	Yea
Tom Latham	R	IA-4	Nay
Steve King	R	IA-5	Nay
Walter Minnick	D	ID-1	Yea
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Nay
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Yea
Mark Kirk	R	IL-10	Yea
Deborah Halvorson	D	IL-11	Yea
Jerry Costello	D	IL-12	Nay
Judy Biggert	R	IL-13	Yea
Bill Foster	D	IL-14	Yea
Timothy Johnson	R	IL-15	Yea
Donald Manzullo	R	IL-16	Nay
Phil Hare	D	IL-17	Yea
Aaron Schock	R	IL-18	Nay
John Shimkus	R	IL-19	Nay
Jesse Jackson	D	IL-2	Yea
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Yea
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	Yea
Mike Quigley	D	IL-5	Yea
Peter Roskam	R	IL-6	Nay
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Yea
Melissa Bean	D	IL-8	Yea
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Yea
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Yea
Joe Donnelly	D	IN-2	Yea
Steve Buyer	R	IN-4	Nay
Dan Burton	R	IN-5	Nay
Mike Pence	R	IN-6	Nay
André Carson	D	IN-7	Yea
Brad Ellsworth	D	IN-8	Not Voting
Baron Hill	D	IN-9	Yea
Jerry Moran	R	KS-1	Nay
Lynn Jenkins	R	KS-2	Nay
Dennis Moore	D	KS-3	Yea
Todd Tiahrt	R	KS-4	Nay
Ed Whitfield	R	KY-1	Nay
Brett Guthrie	R	KY-2	Nay
John Yarmuth	D	KY-3	Not Voting
Geoff Davis	R	KY-4	Nay
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Nay
Ben Chandler	D	KY-6	Yea
Steve Scalise	R	LA-1	Nay
Joseph Cao	R	LA-2	Nay
Charles Melancon	D	LA-3	Yea
John Fleming	R	LA-4	Nay
Rodney Alexander	R	LA-5	Yea
Bill Cassidy	R	LA-6	Yea
Charles Boustany	R	LA-7	Nay
John Olver	D	MA-1	Yea
Bill Delahunt	D	MA-10	Yea
Richard Neal	D	MA-2	Yea
Jim McGovern	D	MA-3	Yea
Barney Frank	D	MA-4	Yea
Niki Tsongas	D	MA-5	Yea
John Tierney	D	MA-6	Yea
Ed Markey	D	MA-7	Yea
Michael Capuano	D	MA-8	Yea
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-9	Yea
Frank Kratovil	D	MD-1	Yea
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Yea
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	Yea
Donna Edwards	D	MD-4	Yea
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Yea
Roscoe Bartlett	R	MD-6	Nay
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Yea
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD-8	Yea
Chellie Pingree	D	ME-1	Yea
Michael Michaud	D	ME-2	Yea
Bart Stupak	D	MI-1	Yea
Candice Miller	R	MI-10	Nay
Thad McCotter	R	MI-11	Nay
Sander Levin	D	MI-12	Yea
Carolyn Kilpatrick	D	MI-13	Not Voting
John Conyers	D	MI-14	Yea
John Dingell	D	MI-15	Not Voting
Pete Hoekstra	R	MI-2	Not Voting
Vernon Ehlers	R	MI-3	Nay
Dave Camp	R	MI-4	Nay
Dale Kildee	D	MI-5	Yea
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Nay
Mark Schauer	D	MI-7	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	MI-8	Nay
Gary Peters	D	MI-9	Yea
Timothy Walz	D	MN-1	Yea
John Kline	R	MN-2	Nay
Erik Paulsen	R	MN-3	Nay
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Yea
Keith Ellison	D	MN-5	Yea
Michele Bachmann	R	MN-6	Nay
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Yea
James Oberstar	D	MN-8	Yea
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Yea
W. Akin	R	MO-2	Nay
Russ Carnahan	D	MO-3	Yea
Ike Skelton	D	MO-4	Nay
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Yea
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Nay
Roy Blunt	R	MO-7	Nay
Jo Ann Emerson	R	MO-8	Nay
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO-9	Nay
Travis Childers	D	MS-1	Yea
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Yea
Gregg Harper	R	MS-3	Nay
Gene Taylor	D	MS-4	Nay
Denny Rehberg	R	MT-AL	Nay
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Yea
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Not Voting
Heath Shuler	D	NC-11	Yea
Mel Watt	D	NC-12	Yea
Brad Miller	D	NC-13	Yea
Bob Etheridge	D	NC-2	Yea
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Yea
David Price	D	NC-4	Yea
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Nay
Howard Coble	R	NC-6	Nay
Mike McIntyre	D	NC-7	Yea
Larry Kissell	D	NC-8	Yea
Sue Myrick	R	NC-9	Nay
Earl Pomeroy	D	ND-AL	Yea
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Yea
Lee Terry	R	NE-2	Nay
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Nay
Carol Shea-Porter	D	NH-1	Yea
Paul Hodes	D	NH-2	Yea
Rob Andrews	D	NJ-1	Yea
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Yea
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Nay
Rush Holt	D	NJ-12	Yea
Albio Sires	D	NJ-13	Yea
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	Nay
John Adler	D	NJ-3	Yea
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Nay
Scott Garrett	R	NJ-5	Nay
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Yea
Leonard Lance	R	NJ-7	Nay
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-8	Yea
Steven Rothman	D	NJ-9	Yea
Martin Heinrich	D	NM-1	Yea
Harry Teague	D	NM-2	Yea
Ben Luján	D	NM-3	Yea
Shelley Berkley	D	NV-1	Not Voting
Dean Heller	R	NV-2	Nay
Dina Titus	D	NV-3	Yea
Timothy Bishop	D	NY-1	Yea
Ed Towns	D	NY-10	Yea
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-11	Yea
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-12	Yea
Michael McMahon	D	NY-13	Yea
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-14	Yea
Charlie Rangel	D	NY-15	Yea
José Serrano	D	NY-16	Yea
Eliot Engel	D	NY-17	Yea
Nita Lowey	D	NY-18	Yea
John Hall	D	NY-19	Yea
Steve Israel	D	NY-2	Yea
Scott Murphy	D	NY-20	Yea
Paul Tonko	D	NY-21	Yea
Maurice Hinchey	D	NY-22	Yea
William Owens	D	NY-23	Yea
Michael Arcuri	D	NY-24	Yea
Daniel Maffei	D	NY-25	Yea
Christopher Lee	R	NY-26	Yea
Brian Higgins	D	NY-27	Yea
Louise Slaughter	D	NY-28	Yea
Pete King	R	NY-3	Yea
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY-4	Yea
Gary Ackerman	D	NY-5	Yea
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-6	Yea
Joe Crowley	D	NY-7	Yea
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-8	Yea
Anthony Weiner	D	NY-9	Yea
Steve Driehaus	D	OH-1	Yea
Dennis Kucinich	D	OH-10	Yea
Marcia Fudge	D	OH-11	Yea
Pat Tiberi	R	OH-12	Nay
Betty Sutton	D	OH-13	Yea
Steven LaTourette	R	OH-14	Nay
Mary Jo Kilroy	D	OH-15	Yea
John Boccieri	D	OH-16	Yea
Tim Ryan	D	OH-17	Yea
Zack Space	D	OH-18	Nay
Jean Schmidt	R	OH-2	Nay
Michael Turner	R	OH-3	Nay
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Nay
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Nay
Charles Wilson	D	OH-6	Nay
Steve Austria	R	OH-7	Nay
John Boehner	R	OH-8	Nay
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Not Voting
John Sullivan	R	OK-1	Nay
Dan Boren	D	OK-2	Yea
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Nay
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Nay
Mary Fallin	R	OK-5	Nay
David Wu	D	OR-1	Yea
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Nay
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Yea
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Yea
Kurt Schrader	D	OR-5	Yea
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	Yea
Christopher Carney	D	PA-10	Yea
Paul Kanjorski	D	PA-11	Nay
Mark Critz	D	PA-12	Nay
Allyson Schwartz	D	PA-13	Yea
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	Yea
Charles Dent	R	PA-15	Nay
Joseph Pitts	R	PA-16	Nay
Tim Holden	D	PA-17	Nay
Tim Murphy	R	PA-18	Nay
Todd Platts	R	PA-19	Nay
Chaka Fattah	D	PA-2	Yea
Kathleen Dahlkemper	D	PA-3	Yea
Jason Altmire	D	PA-4	Nay
Glenn Thompson	R	PA-5	Nay
Jim Gerlach	R	PA-6	Nay
Joe Sestak	D	PA-7	Yea
Patrick Murphy	D	PA-8	Nay
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Nay
Patrick Kennedy	D	RI-1	Not Voting
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Yea
Henry Brown	R	SC-1	Nay
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Nay
J. Gresham Barrett	R	SC-3	Not Voting
Bob Inglis	R	SC-4	Not Voting
John Spratt	D	SC-5	Yea
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Yea
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	D	SD-AL	Nay
Phil Roe	R	TN-1	Nay
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	Nay
Zach Wamp	R	TN-3	Nay
Lincoln Davis	D	TN-4	Yea
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Yea
Bart Gordon	D	TN-6	Yea
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Nay
John Tanner	D	TN-8	Nay
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	Yea
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Nay
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Nay
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	Nay
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Nay
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Nay
Ron Paul	R	TX-14	Nay
Rubén Hinojosa	D	TX-15	Yea
Silvestre Reyes	D	TX-16	Nay
Chet Edwards	D	TX-17	Yea
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Yea
Randy Neugebauer	R	TX-19	Nay
Ted Poe	R	TX-2	Nay
Charlie Gonzalez	D	TX-20	Yea
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21	Nay
Pete Olson	R	TX-22	Nay
Ciro Rodriguez	D	TX-23	Yea
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Nay
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-25	Yea
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Nay
Solomon Ortiz	D	TX-27	Nay
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Yea
Gene Green	D	TX-29	Nay
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Nay
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Yea
John Carter	R	TX-31	Nay
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Nay
Ralph Hall	R	TX-4	Nay
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX-5	Nay
Joe Barton	R	TX-6	Not Voting
John Culberson	R	TX-7	Nay
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Nay
Al Green	D	TX-9	Yea
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Nay
Jim Matheson	D	UT-2	Yea
Jason Chaffetz	R	UT-3	Nay
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	Yea
Frank Wolf	R	VA-10	Nay
Gerald Connolly	D	VA-11	Yea
Glenn Nye	D	VA-2	Yea
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Yea
J. Forbes	R	VA-4	Nay
Thomas Perriello	D	VA-5	Yea
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Nay
Eric Cantor	R	VA-7	Nay
Jim Moran	D	VA-8	Yea
Rick Boucher	D	VA-9	Yea
Peter Welch	D	VT-AL	Yea
Jay Inslee	D	WA-1	Yea
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Yea
Brian Baird	D	WA-3	Yea
Doc Hastings	R	WA-4	Nay
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Nay
Norm Dicks	D	WA-6	Yea
Jim McDermott	D	WA-7	Yea
David Reichert	R	WA-8	Yea
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Yea
Paul Ryan	R	WI-1	Nay
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI-2	Yea
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Yea
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Yea
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Nay
Tom Petri	R	WI-6	Nay
Dave Obey	D	WI-7	Yea
Steve Kagen	D	WI-8	Yea
Alan Mollohan	D	WV-1	Nay
Shelley Capito	R	WV-2	Nay
Nick Rahall	D	WV-3	Nay
Cynthia Lummis	R	WY-AL	Nay

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should adopt national policies…

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · Jun 9, 2010