House PASSES Ban on frivolous lawsuits on gunmakers!!! (ROLL CALL

Amendment offered by Mr. Scott (VA).

An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 108-64 to eliminate the requirement under the bill for the conviction of a transferor who knowingly transfers a firearm, knowing that such a firearm will be used to commit a crime of violence before a transferor can be sued.

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 120(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)
      H R 1036     RECORDED VOTE      9-APR-2003   3:48 PM
      AUTHOR(S): Scott of Virginia Amendment
      QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Amendment

	AYES	NOES	PRES	NV
REPUBLICAN	2	221		5
DEMOCRATIC	146	56		3
INDEPENDENT		1
TOTALS	148	278		8

**--- AYES 148 ---**

Abercrombie	Harman	Neal (MA)
Ackerman	Hastings (FL)	Obey
Allen	Hinojosa	Olver
Andrews	Hoeffel	Owens
Baird	Holt	Pallone
Baldwin	Honda	Pascrell
Ballance	Hoyer	Pastor
Becerra	Inslee	Payne
Berman	Israel	Pelosi
Bishop (NY)	Jackson (IL)	Price (NC)
Blumenauer	Jackson-Lee (TX)	Rangel
Brady (PA)	Jefferson	Rodriguez
Brown (OH)	Johnson, E. B.	Rothman
Brown, Corrine	Jones (OH)	Roybal-Allard
Capps	Kaptur	Rush
Capuano	Kennedy (RI)	Sabo
Cardin	Kildee	Sanchez, Linda T.
Carson (IN)	Kilpatrick	Sanchez, Loretta
Case	Kirk	Schakowsky
Castle	Kleczka	Schiff
Clay	Kucinich	Scott (VA)
Clyburn	Langevin	Serrano
Conyers	Lantos	Sherman
Crowley	Larson (CT)	Slaughter
Cummings	Lee	Smith (WA)
Davis (AL)	Levin	Snyder
Davis (CA)	Lewis (GA)	Solis
Davis (FL)	Lofgren	Spratt
Davis (IL)	Lowey	Stark
DeGette	Lynch	Tauscher
Delahunt	Majette	Thompson (CA)
DeLauro	Maloney	Thompson (MS)
Deutsch	Markey	Tierney
Dicks	Matsui	Towns
Doggett	McCarthy (NY)	Udall (CO)
Doyle	McCollum	Udall (NM)
Emanuel	McDermott	Van Hollen
Engel	McGovern	Velazquez
Eshoo	McNulty	Visclosky
Etheridge	Meehan	Waters
Evans	Meek (FL)	Watson
Farr	Meeks (NY)	Watt
Fattah	Menendez	Waxman
Filner	Millender-McDonald	Weiner
Ford	Miller (NC)	Wexler
Frank (MA)	Miller, George	Woolsey
Frost	Moore	Wu
Gephardt	Moran (VA)	Wynn
Gonzalez	Nadler
Gutierrez	Napolitano

**--- NOES 278 ---**

Aderholt	Gibbons	Ortiz
Akin	Gilchrest	Osborne
Alexander	Gillmor	Ose
Baca	Gingrey	Otter
Bachus	Goode	Oxley
Baker	Goodlatte	Paul
Ballenger	Gordon	Pearce
Barrett (SC)	Goss	Pence
Bartlett (MD)	Granger	Peterson (MN)
Barton (TX)	Graves	Petri
Bass	Green (TX)	Pickering
Beauprez	Green (WI)	Pitts
Bell	Greenwood	Platts
Bereuter	Grijalva	Pombo
Berkley	Gutknecht	Pomeroy
Biggert	Hall	Porter
Bilirakis	Harris	Portman
Bishop (GA)	Hart	Pryce (OH)
Bishop (UT)	Hastings (WA)	Putnam
Blackburn	Hayes	Quinn
Blunt	Hayworth	Radanovich
Boehlert	Hefley	Rahall
Boehner	Hensarling	Ramstad
Bonilla	Herger	Regula
Bonner	Hill	Rehberg
Bono	Hinchey	Renzi
Boozman	Hobson	Reyes
Boswell	Hoekstra	Reynolds
Boucher	Holden	Rogers (AL)
Bradley (NH)	Hooley (OR)	Rogers (KY)
Brady (TX)	Hostettler	Rogers (MI)
Brown (SC)	Hulshof	Rohrabacher
Brown-Waite, Ginny	Hunter	Ros-Lehtinen
Burgess	Isakson	Ross
Burns	Issa	Royce
Burr	Istook	Ruppersberger
Burton (IN)	Janklow	Ryan (OH)
Buyer	Jenkins	Ryan (WI)
Calvert	John	Sanders
Camp	Johnson (CT)	Sandlin
Cannon	Johnson (IL)	Saxton
Cantor	Johnson, Sam	Schrock
Capito	Jones (NC)	Scott (GA)
Cardoza	Kanjorski	Sensenbrenner
Carson (OK)	Keller	Sessions
Carter	Kelly	Shadegg
Chabot	Kennedy (MN)	Shaw
Chocola	Kind	Shays
Coble	King (IA)	Sherwood
Cole	King (NY)	Shimkus
Collins	Kingston	Shuster
Combest	Kline	Simmons
Cooper	Knollenberg	Simpson
Costello	Kolbe	Skelton
Cox	LaHood	Smith (MI)
Cramer	Lampson	Smith (NJ)
Crane	Larsen (WA)	Smith (TX)
Crenshaw	Latham	Souder
Cubin	LaTourette	Stearns
Culberson	Leach	Stenholm
Cunningham	Lewis (CA)	Strickland
Davis (TN)	Lewis (KY)	Stupak
Davis, Jo Ann	Linder	Sullivan
Davis, Tom	Lipinski	Sweeney
Deal (GA)	LoBiondo	Tancredo
DeFazio	Lucas (KY)	Tanner
DeLay	Manzullo	Tauzin
DeMint	Marshall	Taylor (MS)
Diaz-Balart, L.	Matheson	Taylor (NC)
Diaz-Balart, M.	McCotter	Terry
Dingell	McCrery	Thomas
Dooley (CA)	McHugh	Thornberry
Doolittle	McInnis	Tiahrt
Dreier	McIntyre	Tiberi
Duncan	McKeon	Toomey
Dunn	Mica	Turner (OH)
Edwards	Michaud	Turner (TX)
Ehlers	Miller (FL)	Upton
Emerson	Miller (MI)	Vitter
English	Miller, Gary	Walden (OR)
Everett	Mollohan	Walsh
Feeney	Moran (KS)	Wamp
Ferguson	Murphy	Weldon (FL)
Flake	Murtha	Weldon (PA)
Fletcher	Musgrave	Weller
Foley	Myrick	Whitfield
Forbes	Nethercutt	Wicker
Fossella	Ney	Wilson (NM)
Franks (AZ)	Northup	Wilson (SC)
Frelinghuysen	Norwood	Wolf
Gallegly	Nunes	Young (AK)
Garrett (NJ)	Nussle	Young (FL)
Gerlach	Oberstar

**--- NOT VOTING 8 ---**

Berry	Hyde	Peterson (PA)
Boyd	Lucas (OK)	Ryun (KS)
Houghton	McCarthy (MO)

Amendment offered by Ms. Sanchez, Linda T.

An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 108-64 to remove from liability immunity any gun sellers or manufacturers who sell or otherwise give guns or ammunition to someone who uses or is addicted to illegal drugs, or "who has been adjudicated as a mental defective".

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 121(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)
      H R 1036     RECORDED VOTE      9-APR-2003   3:56 PM
      AUTHOR(S): Linda Sanchez of California Amendment
      QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Amendment

	AYES	NOES	PRES	NV
REPUBLICAN	2	220		6
DEMOCRATIC	132	68		5
INDEPENDENT		1
TOTALS	134	289		11

**--- AYES 134 ---**

Abercrombie	Gutierrez	Owens
Ackerman	Hastings (FL)	Pallone
Allen	Hoeffel	Pascrell
Andrews	Holt	Pastor
Baldwin	Honda	Payne
Ballance	Hoyer	Pelosi
Becerra	Inslee	Price (NC)
Bell	Israel	Ramstad
Berkley	Jackson (IL)	Rangel
Berman	Jackson-Lee (TX)	Rothman
Bishop (NY)	Jones (OH)	Roybal-Allard
Blumenauer	Kaptur	Ruppersberger
Brady (PA)	Kennedy (RI)	Rush
Brown (OH)	Kildee	Sabo
Brown, Corrine	Kilpatrick	Sanchez, Linda T.
Capps	Kleczka	Sanchez, Loretta
Capuano	Kucinich	Schakowsky
Cardin	Langevin	Schiff
Carson (IN)	Lantos	Scott (VA)
Case	Larson (CT)	Serrano
Clay	Lee	Shays
Clyburn	Levin	Sherman
Conyers	Lofgren	Slaughter
Crowley	Lowey	Solis
Cummings	Lynch	Spratt
Davis (CA)	Majette	Stark
Davis (FL)	Maloney	Tauscher
Davis (IL)	Markey	Thompson (MS)
DeGette	Matsui	Tierney
Delahunt	McCarthy (NY)	Towns
Deutsch	McCollum	Udall (CO)
Dicks	McDermott	Udall (NM)
Doggett	McGovern	Van Hollen
Doyle	McNulty	Velazquez
Emanuel	Meehan	Visclosky
Engel	Meek (FL)	Waters
Eshoo	Menendez	Watson
Etheridge	Millender-McDonald	Watt
Evans	Miller (NC)	Waxman
Farr	Miller, George	Weiner
Fattah	Moran (VA)	Wexler
Filner	Nadler	Woolsey
Frank (MA)	Napolitano	Wu
Gephardt	Neal (MA)	Wynn
Grijalva	Olver

**--- NOES 289 ---**

Aderholt	Gibbons	Oberstar
Akin	Gilchrest	Obey
Alexander	Gillmor	Ortiz
Baca	Gingrey	Osborne
Bachus	Gonzalez	Ose
Baird	Goode	Otter
Baker	Goodlatte	Oxley
Ballenger	Gordon	Paul
Barrett (SC)	Goss	Pearce
Bartlett (MD)	Granger	Pence
Barton (TX)	Graves	Peterson (MN)
Bass	Green (TX)	Petri
Beauprez	Green (WI)	Pickering
Bereuter	Greenwood	Pitts
Berry	Gutknecht	Platts
Biggert	Hall	Pombo
Bilirakis	Harman	Pomeroy
Bishop (GA)	Harris	Porter
Bishop (UT)	Hart	Portman
Blackburn	Hastings (WA)	Pryce (OH)
Blunt	Hayes	Putnam
Boehlert	Hayworth	Quinn
Boehner	Hefley	Radanovich
Bonilla	Hensarling	Rahall
Bonner	Herger	Regula
Bono	Hill	Rehberg
Boozman	Hinchey	Renzi
Boswell	Hinojosa	Reyes
Boucher	Hobson	Reynolds
Bradley (NH)	Hoekstra	Rodriguez
Brady (TX)	Holden	Rogers (AL)
Brown (SC)	Hooley (OR)	Rogers (KY)
Brown-Waite, Ginny	Hostettler	Rogers (MI)
Burgess	Hulshof	Rohrabacher
Burns	Hunter	Ros-Lehtinen
Burr	Isakson	Ross
Burton (IN)	Issa	Royce
Buyer	Istook	Ryan (OH)
Calvert	Janklow	Ryan (WI)
Camp	Jefferson	Sanders
Cannon	Jenkins	Sandlin
Cantor	John	Saxton
Capito	Johnson (CT)	Schrock
Cardoza	Johnson (IL)	Scott (GA)
Carson (OK)	Johnson, E. B.	Sensenbrenner
Carter	Johnson, Sam	Sessions
Castle	Jones (NC)	Shadegg
Chabot	Kanjorski	Shaw
Chocola	Keller	Sherwood
Coble	Kelly	Shimkus
Cole	Kennedy (MN)	Shuster
Collins	Kind	Simmons
Combest	King (IA)	Simpson
Costello	King (NY)	Skelton
Cox	Kingston	Smith (MI)
Cramer	Kirk	Smith (NJ)
Crane	Kline	Smith (TX)
Crenshaw	Knollenberg	Smith (WA)
Cubin	Kolbe	Snyder
Culberson	LaHood	Souder
Cunningham	Lampson	Stearns
Davis (AL)	Larsen (WA)	Stenholm
Davis (TN)	Latham	Strickland
Davis, Jo Ann	LaTourette	Stupak
Davis, Tom	Leach	Sullivan
Deal (GA)	Lewis (KY)	Sweeney
DeFazio	Linder	Tancredo
DeLauro	Lipinski	Tanner
DeLay	LoBiondo	Tauzin
DeMint	Lucas (KY)	Taylor (MS)
Diaz-Balart, L.	Manzullo	Taylor (NC)
Diaz-Balart, M.	Marshall	Terry
Dingell	Matheson	Thomas
Dooley (CA)	McCotter	Thompson (CA)
Doolittle	McCrery	Thornberry
Dreier	McHugh	Tiahrt
Duncan	McInnis	Tiberi
Dunn	McIntyre	Toomey
Edwards	McKeon	Turner (OH)
Ehlers	Mica	Turner (TX)
Emerson	Michaud	Upton
English	Miller (FL)	Vitter
Everett	Miller (MI)	Walden (OR)
Feeney	Miller, Gary	Walsh
Ferguson	Mollohan	Wamp
Flake	Moore	Weldon (FL)
Fletcher	Moran (KS)	Weldon (PA)
Foley	Murphy	Weller
Forbes	Murtha	Whitfield
Ford	Musgrave	Wicker
Fossella	Myrick	Wilson (NM)
Franks (AZ)	Nethercutt	Wilson (SC)
Frelinghuysen	Ney	Wolf
Frost	Northup	Young (AK)
Gallegly	Norwood	Young (FL)
Garrett (NJ)	Nunes
Gerlach	Nussle

**--- NOT VOTING 11 ---**

Boyd	Lewis (CA)	Meeks (NY)
Cooper	Lewis (GA)	Peterson (PA)
Houghton	Lucas (OK)	Ryun (KS)
Hyde	McCarthy (MO)

Amendment offered by Mr. Meehan.

An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 108-64 to allow plaintiffs to recover against negligent manufacturers, sellers, or trade associations.

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 122(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)
      H R 1036     RECORDED VOTE      9-APR-2003   4:04 PM
      AUTHOR(S): Meehan of Massachusetts Amendment
      QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Amendment

	AYES	NOES	PRES	NV
REPUBLICAN	4	218		6
DEMOCRATIC	140	61		4
INDEPENDENT		1
TOTALS	144	280		10

**--- AYES 144 ---**

Abercrombie	Gutierrez	Moran (VA)
Ackerman	Gutknecht	Nadler
Allen	Harman	Napolitano
Andrews	Hastings (FL)	Neal (MA)
Baldwin	Hinchey	Obey
Ballance	Hoeffel	Olver
Becerra	Holt	Owens
Bell	Honda	Pallone
Berkley	Hooley (OR)	Pascrell
Berman	Inslee	Pastor
Bishop (NY)	Israel	Payne
Blumenauer	Jackson (IL)	Pelosi
Brady (PA)	Jackson-Lee (TX)	Price (NC)
Brown (OH)	Jefferson	Rangel
Brown, Corrine	Johnson, E. B.	Rothman
Capps	Jones (OH)	Roybal-Allard
Capuano	Kennedy (RI)	Rush
Cardin	Kildee	Sabo
Carson (IN)	Kilpatrick	Sanchez, Linda T.
Case	King (NY)	Sanchez, Loretta
Castle	Kleczka	Schakowsky
Clay	Kucinich	Schiff
Clyburn	Langevin	Scott (VA)
Conyers	Lantos	Serrano
Crowley	Larson (CT)	Shays
Cummings	Lee	Sherman
Davis (CA)	Levin	Slaughter
Davis (FL)	Lewis (GA)	Smith (WA)
Davis (IL)	Lofgren	Snyder
DeGette	Lowey	Stark
Delahunt	Lynch	Tauscher
DeLauro	Majette	Thompson (MS)
Deutsch	Maloney	Tierney
Dicks	Markey	Towns
Doggett	Matsui	Udall (CO)
Doyle	McCarthy (NY)	Udall (NM)
Emanuel	McCollum	Van Hollen
Engel	McDermott	Velazquez
Eshoo	McGovern	Visclosky
Evans	McNulty	Waters
Farr	Meehan	Watson
Fattah	Meek (FL)	Watt
Filner	Meeks (NY)	Waxman
Frank (MA)	Menendez	Weiner
Frost	Millender-McDonald	Wexler
Gephardt	Miller (NC)	Woolsey
Gonzalez	Miller, George	Wu
Grijalva	Moore	Wynn

**--- NOES 280 ---**

Akin	Gibbons	Ose
Alexander	Gilchrest	Otter
Baca	Gillmor	Oxley
Bachus	Gingrey	Paul
Baird	Goode	Pearce
Baker	Goodlatte	Pence
Ballenger	Gordon	Peterson (MN)
Barrett (SC)	Goss	Petri
Bartlett (MD)	Granger	Pickering
Barton (TX)	Graves	Pitts
Bass	Green (TX)	Platts
Beauprez	Green (WI)	Pombo
Bereuter	Greenwood	Pomeroy
Berry	Hall	Porter
Biggert	Harris	Portman
Bilirakis	Hart	Pryce (OH)
Bishop (GA)	Hastings (WA)	Putnam
Bishop (UT)	Hayes	Quinn
Blackburn	Hayworth	Radanovich
Blunt	Hefley	Rahall
Boehlert	Hensarling	Ramstad
Boehner	Herger	Regula
Bonilla	Hill	Rehberg
Bonner	Hinojosa	Renzi
Bono	Hobson	Reyes
Boozman	Hoekstra	Reynolds
Boucher	Holden	Rodriguez
Bradley (NH)	Hostettler	Rogers (AL)
Brady (TX)	Hoyer	Rogers (KY)
Brown (SC)	Hulshof	Rogers (MI)
Brown-Waite, Ginny	Hunter	Rohrabacher
Burgess	Isakson	Ros-Lehtinen
Burns	Issa	Ross
Burr	Istook	Royce
Burton (IN)	Janklow	Ruppersberger
Buyer	Jenkins	Ryan (OH)
Calvert	John	Ryan (WI)
Camp	Johnson (CT)	Sanders
Cannon	Johnson (IL)	Sandlin
Cantor	Johnson, Sam	Saxton
Capito	Jones (NC)	Schrock
Cardoza	Kanjorski	Scott (GA)
Carson (OK)	Kaptur	Sensenbrenner
Carter	Keller	Sessions
Chabot	Kelly	Shadegg
Chocola	Kennedy (MN)	Shaw
Coble	Kind	Sherwood
Cole	King (IA)	Shimkus
Collins	Kingston	Shuster
Combest	Kirk	Simmons
Cooper	Kline	Simpson
Costello	Knollenberg	Skelton
Cox	Kolbe	Smith (MI)
Cramer	LaHood	Smith (NJ)
Crane	Lampson	Smith (TX)
Crenshaw	Larsen (WA)	Souder
Cubin	Latham	Spratt
Culberson	LaTourette	Stearns
Cunningham	Leach	Stenholm
Davis (AL)	Lewis (CA)	Strickland
Davis (TN)	Lewis (KY)	Stupak
Davis, Jo Ann	Linder	Sullivan
Davis, Tom	Lipinski	Sweeney
Deal (GA)	LoBiondo	Tancredo
DeFazio	Lucas (KY)	Tanner
DeLay	Manzullo	Tauzin
DeMint	Marshall	Taylor (MS)
Diaz-Balart, L.	Matheson	Taylor (NC)
Diaz-Balart, M.	McCotter	Terry
Dingell	McCrery	Thomas
Dooley (CA)	McHugh	Thompson (CA)
Doolittle	McInnis	Thornberry
Dreier	McIntyre	Tiahrt
Duncan	McKeon	Tiberi
Dunn	Mica	Toomey
Edwards	Michaud	Turner (OH)
Ehlers	Miller (FL)	Turner (TX)
Emerson	Miller (MI)	Upton
English	Miller, Gary	Vitter
Etheridge	Mollohan	Walden (OR)
Everett	Moran (KS)	Walsh
Feeney	Murphy	Wamp
Ferguson	Murtha	Weldon (FL)
Flake	Musgrave	Weldon (PA)
Fletcher	Myrick	Weller
Foley	Nethercutt	Whitfield
Forbes	Ney	Wicker
Ford	Northup	Wilson (NM)
Fossella	Norwood	Wilson (SC)
Franks (AZ)	Nunes	Wolf
Frelinghuysen	Nussle	Young (AK)
Gallegly	Oberstar	Young (FL)
Garrett (NJ)	Ortiz
Gerlach	Osborne

**--- NOT VOTING 10 ---**

Aderholt	Hyde	Ryun (KS)
Boswell	Lucas (OK)	Solis
Boyd	McCarthy (MO)
Houghton	Peterson (PA)

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Why in hell does Ron Paul list himself as a Republican?

This the kind of vote that will do him in.

The fool votes against a ban on lawsuits against gunmakers!! A Texan, for heaven's sake!

Paul is worthless!

Har, har, har! Mr. Golden Boy Wannabe President in 2004 Gephardt took a walk to the little boy's room for this vote! Of course - he doesn't want to have to campaign in *pro-gun* rural Missouri and elsewhere in the Midwest with a "no" vote on his record. A "yes" vote would set every other Dem Party leader at his throat, though. What a conundrum...

The three Republicans voting against final passage were Ron Paul, Chris Shays, and Mike Castle.

Note that Charlie Rangel abstained on voting for the bill, but voted for the amendment...

What a slime ball!

Look at Dick's procedural votes there(anti-right of course). He can run, but he can't hide.

.

Well, NH did its part (again)

I noticed that. Castle I expected it from. He's like Schumer on this issue. Shays is almost as bad. I'm surprised at Ron Paul here. For all his quirks(some I agree with ie the UN, other I don't like Iraq), this was the one issue that he could always be counted on.

Until now.

BANG BUMP~!

Lawyers are gonna squeal like pigs.

8-{))

So9

Forgot to say - Kudo's to my rep, Mike Rogers. Came through again.

Ping

What was Ron Pauls motive?

My guess is that Mr. Paul voted against the bill because he believes that the Congress doesn't have the Constitutional power to be passing legislation concerning or regulating private arms ownership or commerce in any way.

Perhaps he found the findings in the bill objectionable?