BILL TO END TOBACCO SUBSIDIES VERY NARROWLY DEFEATED

An amendment offered by Congressman Richard Durbin [D-IL] to end federal subsidies to tobacco farmers was defeated by the very narrowest of margins, 210-212, on Wednesday, June 12, 1996.

The following reprint from the Congressional Record [142 Cong. Rec. H6194-01] shows which members voted to end tobacco subsidies [AYES-210], and which ones voted to continue subsidizing the tobacco industry with taxpayer money [NOES-212]

    The CHAIRMAN.
    The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from
Illinois .
    The question was taken; and the Chairman announced that the
noes appeared to have it.

                                  RECORDED VOTE
  
    Mr. DURBIN.
    Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
    A recorded vote was ordered.
    The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were - ayes
210, noes 212,
 not voting 12, as follows:

                                 

                                    AYES-210

Ackerman  Andrews   Archer   Armey  Bachus   Baldacci   Barrett(WI)
Bartlett   Bass   Becerra   Beilenson  Bereuter   Berman Bilbray  Blumenauer   
Blute   Borski   Brownback   Bryant (TX)  Bunn  Burton Campbell   
Canady   Cardin   Castle   Christensen  Coburn Coleman  Collins(IL)   
Conyers   Costello   Cox   Coyne   Cummings   Davis DeFazio
DeLauro   Dellums   Deutsch   Dicks  Doggett   Dornan   Dunn Durbin
Ehlers   Engel   Ensign   Eshoo   Evans   Farr   Fattah   Fawell Fields (LA)   
Foglietta   Ford  Fowler   Fox   Frank (MA)   Franks (NJ)  Furse
 Gallegly   Ganske   Gejdenson   Gibbons   Gilchrest   Gilman  
Goodling   Goss
 Greene (UT)   Greenwood   Gutierrez   Gutknecht   Hall (OH) 
Hansen   Harman
 Hayworth   Hefley   Hinchey   Hobson   Hoekstra  Holden   Horn  
Hutchinson
 Hyde   Jackson (IL)   Jackson-Lee (TX)   Jacobs   Johnson (CT)  
Johnson (SD)
 Johnston   Kanjorski  Kasich   Kelly   Kennedy (MA)   Kildee  
King   Kleczka
 Klug  Kolbe   LaFalce   Largent   Lazio   Leach   Levin   Lewis
(GA)
 Lipinski   LoBiondo   Lofgren   Lowey   Luther   Maloney  
Manzullo   Markey
 Martini   Mascara   McCarthy   McDermott   McHale  McHugh  
McInnis   McKeon
 McKinney   McNulty   Meehan   Menendez   Metcalf   Meyers   Mica 
 Millender-
 McDonald   Miller (CA)  Miller (FL)   Minge   Moakley   Molinari 
 Moran
 Morella   Nadler   Neal   Neumann   Oberstar   Obey   Olver  
Orton   Owens
 Pallone   Payne (NJ)   Pelosi   Petri   Porter   Poshard   Pryce 
 Quinn
 Ramstad   Rangel   Reed   Riggs   Rivers   Roemer   Rohrabacher 
Ros-Lehtinen
 Roth   Roukema   Roybal-Allard   Royce   Rush   Sabo   Salmon  
Sanders
 Sawyer   Scarborough   Schiff   Schroeder  Schumer   Seastrand
 Sensenbrenner   Shadegg   Shaw   Shays  Shuster   Smith (NJ)  
Smith (TX)
 Smith (WA)   Souder   Stark  Stokes   Studds   Stupak   Talent  
Taylor (MS)
 Tiahrt  Torkildsen   Torricelli   Traficant   Upton   Velazquez  
Vento
 Visclosky   Wamp   Waters   Waxman   Weldon (FL)   Weldon (PA) 
White
 Wilson   Wolf   Woolsey   Yates   Young (FL)   Zeliff  Zimmer



                                    NOES-212

 Abercrombie   Allard   Baesler   Baker (CA)   Baker (LA) 
Ballenger   Barcia
 Barr   Barrett (NE)   Barton   Bateman  Bentsen   Bevill  
Bilirakis   Bishop
 Bliley   Boehlert   Boehner   Bonilla   Bonior   Bono   Boucher  
Brewster
 Browder   Brown (CA)   Brown (FL)   Bryant (TN)   Bunning   Burr 
 Buyer
 Callahan   Camp   Chabot   Chambliss   Chapman   Chenoweth  
Chrysler   Clay
 Clayton   Clement   Clinger   Clyburn   Coble   Collins (GA) 
Collins (MI)
 Combest   Condit   Cooley   Cramer   Crane   Crapo  Cremeans 
Cubin
Cunningham   Danner   de la Garza   Deal   DeLay   Diaz-Balart  
Dickey
 Dingell   Dixon   Dooley   Doolittle  Doyle   Dreier   Duncan  
Edwards
 Ehrlich   Emerson   English  Everett   Ewing   Fazio   Fields
(TX) 
 Filner
 Flake   Flanagan  Foley   Forbes   Franks (CT)   Frisa   Frost  
Funderburk
 Gekas  Gephardt   Geren   Gonzalez   Goodlatte   Gordon   Graham 
 Green (TX)
 Gunderson   Hall (TX)   Hamilton   Hancock   Hastert  Hastings
(FL)   Hastings
 (WA)   Hefner   Heineman   Herger  Hilleary   Hilliard  
Hostettler
 Houghton   Hoyer   Hunter  Inglis   Istook   Jefferson   Johnson,
E.B.
 Johnson, Sam   Jones   Kaptur   Kennedy (RI)   Kennelly   Kim  
Kingston
 Klink  Knollenberg   LaHood   Latham   LaTourette   Laughlin  
Lewis (CA)
 Lewis (KY)   Lightfoot   Linder   Livingston   Longley   Lucas 
Manton
 Martinez   Matsui   McCollum   McCrery   McIntosh   Meek  Mink  
Mollohan
 Montgomery   Moorhead   Murtha   Myers   Myrick  Nethercutt   Ney

 Norwood
 Nussle   Ortiz   Oxley   Packard  Parker   Pastor   Paxon  
Peterson (FL)
 Peterson (MN)   Pickett  Pombo   Pomeroy   Portman   Quillen  
Radanovich
 Rahall   Regula   Richardson   Roberts   Rogers   Rose   Sanford 
 Saxton
 Schaefer   Scott   Serrano   Sisisky   Skaggs   Skeen   Skelton  
Slaughter
 Smith (MI)   Solomon   Spence   Spratt   Stearns   Stenholm 
Stockman   Stump
 Tanner   Tauzin   Taylor (NC)   Tejeda   Thomas   Thompson  
Thornberry
 Thornton   Thurman   Torres   Towns  Volkmer   Vucanovich  
Walker 
 Walsh
 Watt (NC)   Watts (OK)  Weller   Whitfield   Wicker   Williams  
Wise   Wynn
 Young (AK)

                                  NOT VOTING-12

 Brown (OH)   Calvert   Frelinghuysen   Gillmor   Hayes   Hoke 
Lantos
 Lincoln   McDade   Payne (VA)   Tate   Ward

                                    6:19 p.m.

    The Clerk announced the following pairs:
    On this vote:
    Mr. Brown of Ohio for, with Mr. Payne of Virginia against.
    Mr. Tate for, with Mr. Calvert against.
    Mr. NEUMANN and Mr. HUTCHINSON changed their vote from "no" to
"aye."
    Mr. MATSUI changed his vote from "aye" to "no."
    So the amendment was rejected.
    The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

                              PERSONAL EXPLANATION

    Mr. TATE.
    Mr. Chairman, on roll call No. 233, I was inadvertently
detained. Had I been
 present, I would have voted "aye."
 142 Cong. Rec. H6194-01

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