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20 Democrats Back Commission in House Vote
August 1, 2001
Twenty Democrats joined House Republicans in defeating an amendment to
the Treasury Department appropriations bill that would have prohibited the use of
any funds to carry out the recommendations of the President's Commission to
Strengthen Social Security. The largely symbolic amendment, offered by Representative Robert Filner (D-CA), was defeated on a vote of 238-188. All 207
Republicans voted against the amendment, along with one Independent, Virgil
Goode (I-VA). One hundred eighty seven Democrats supported the amendment,
along with one Independent, Bernie Sanders (I-VT). But 20 Democrats broke with
their party to support the commission. (Five Republicans and three Democrats did
not vote.)
The fact that so many Democrats broke with their party and give at least
preliminary support to the commission's efforts, provides hope for eventual
bipartisan support of individual accounts. Democrats voting against the Filner
amendment were:
| Allen (ME) |
John (LA) |
Skelton (MO) |
| Berry (AR) |
Kind (WI) |
Smith (WA) |
| Boyd (FL) |
Moore (KS) |
Stenholm (TX) |
| Cramer (AL) |
Moran (VA) |
Tanner (TN) |
| Dooley (CA) |
Peterson (MN) |
Taylor (MS) |
| Hall (TX) |
Roemer (IN) |
Traficant (OH) |
| Hill (IN) |
Schiff (CA) |
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