Terry Phillips for Congress

Farm bill extension offers little help for Kern growers

Terry Phillips — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:19:14 +0000

The Bakersfield Californian reported today that Kern County dairies benefited some but local growers of specialty crops such as grapes and nuts received little direct help from Congress’ vote this week to extend the 2008 Farm Bill until Sept. 30.

According to the newspaper, Rep. Kevin McCarthy…said he tried, unsuccessfully, to pressure the House’s Republican leadership to hold a vote on the bill.

McCarthy previously opposed passage of the bill in the 2011-2012 session of Congress, then predicted it would pass before the end of the year.

The extension came Tuesday night as part of a deal to avert the “fiscal cliff” array of tax increases and spending cuts. While it provided limited support that should prevent a spike in milk prices, the deal essentially gave Congress nine more months to come up with reforms some say are still needed.

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Who Created the Fiscal Cliff

Terry Phillips — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 01:10:12 +0000

Voting Record

Budget Control Act of 2011

U.S. Senate

State	Name	Party	Vote
AK	Sen. Lisa A. Murkowski	Republican	Yea
AK	Sen. Mark Begich	Democratic	Yea
AL	Sen. Richard C. Shelby	Republican	Nay
AL	Sen. Jefferson Beauregard ‘Jeff’ Sessions III	Republican	Nay
AR	Sen. Mark Lunsford Pryor	Democratic	Yea
AR	Sen. John N. Boozman	Republican	Yea
AZ	Sen. John Sidney McCain III	Republican	Yea
AZ	Sen. Jon Kyl	Republican	Yea
CA	Sen. Dianne Feinstein	Democratic	Yea
CA	Sen. Barbara Boxer	Democratic	Yea
CO	Sen. Mark E. Udall	Democratic	Yea
CO	Sen. Michael Farrand Bennet	Democratic	Yea
CT	Sen. Joseph I. ‘Joe’ Lieberman	Independent Democrat	Yea
CT	Sen. Richard Blumenthal	Democratic	Yea
DE	Sen. Thomas Richard ‘Tom’ Carper	Democratic	Yea
DE	Sen. Christopher A. ‘Chris’ Coons	Democratic	Yea
FL	Sen. William Clarence ‘Bill’ Nelson Sr.	Democratic	Yea
FL	Sen. Marco Rubio	Republican	Nay
GA	Sen. Clarence Saxby Chambliss	Republican	Nay
GA	Sen. John H. ‘Johnny’ Isakson	Republican	Yea
HI	Sen. Daniel K. Inouye	Democratic	Yea
HI	Sen. Daniel Kahikina Akaka Sr.	Democratic	Yea
IA	Sen. Charles E. ‘Chuck’ Grassley	Republican	Nay
IA	Sen. Thomas ‘Tom’ Harkin	Democratic	Nay
ID	Sen. Michael D. ‘Mike’ Crapo	Republican	Yea
ID	Sen. James E. ‘Jim’ Risch	Republican	Yea
IL	Sen. Richard J. ‘Dick’ Durbin	Democratic	Yea
IL	Sen. Mark Steven Kirk	Republican	Yea
IN	Sen. Richard G. ‘Dick’ Lugar	Republican	Yea
IN	Sen. Daniel R. Coats	Republican	Nay
KS	Sen. Charles Patrick ‘Pat’ Roberts	Republican	Yea
KS	Sen. Jerry Moran	Republican	Nay
KY	Sen. Mitch McConnell	Republican	Yea
KY	Sen. Rand Paul	Republican	Nay
LA	Sen. Mary L. Landrieu	Democratic	Yea
LA	Sen. David B. Vitter	Republican	Nay
MA	Sen. John Forbes Kerry	Democratic	Yea
MA	Sen. Scott P. Brown	Republican	Yea
MD	Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski	Democratic	Yea
MD	Sen. Benjamin L. ‘Ben’ Cardin	Democratic	Yea
ME	Sen. Olympia Jean Snowe	Republican	Yea
ME	Sen. Susan M. Collins	Republican	Yea
MI	Sen. Carl Levin	Democratic	Yea
MI	Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow	Democratic	Yea
MN	Sen. Amy Klobuchar	Democratic/Farmer/Labor	Yea
MN	Sen. Al Franken	Democratic/Farmer/Labor	Yea
MO	Sen. Claire McCaskill	Democratic	Yea
MO	Sen. Roy Blunt	Republican	Yea
MS	Sen. Thad Cochran	Republican	Yea
MS	Sen. Roger F. Wicker	Republican	Yea
MT	Sen. Max S. Baucus	Democratic	Yea
MT	Sen. Jon Tester	Democratic	Yea
NC	Sen. Richard M. Burr	Republican	Yea
NC	Sen. Kay R. Hagan	Democratic	Yea
ND	Sen. Kent Conrad	Democratic-NPL	Yea
ND	Sen. John H. Hoeven	Republican	Yea
NE	Sen. E. Benjamin ‘Ben’ Nelson	Democratic	Nay
NE	Sen. Mike O. Johanns	Republican	Yea
NH	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen	Democratic	Yea
NH	Sen. Kelly A. Ayotte	Republican	Nay
NJ	Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg	Democratic	Nay
NJ	Sen. Robert ‘Bob’ Menendez	Democratic	Nay
NM	Sen. Jeff Bingaman	Democratic	Yea
NM	Sen. Thomas S. ‘Tom’ Udall	Democratic	Yea
NV	Sen. Harry M. Reid	Democratic	Yea
NV	Sen. Dean Heller	Republican	Nay
NY	Sen. Charles E. ‘Chuck’ Schumer	Democratic	Yea
NY	Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand	Democratic	Nay
OH	Sen. Sherrod C. Brown	Democratic	Yea
OH	Sen. Robert J. ‘Rob’ Portman	Republican	Yea
OK	Sen. James M. ‘Jim’ Inhofe	Republican	Nay
OK	Sen. Thomas Allen ‘Tom’ Coburn	Republican	Nay
OR	Sen. Ron Wyden	Democratic	Yea
OR	Sen. Jeffery A. ‘Jeff’ Merkley	Democratic	Nay
PA	Sen. Robert P. ‘Bob’ Casey Jr.	Democratic	Yea
PA	Sen. Patrick J. ‘Pat’ Toomey	Republican	Nay
RI	Sen. John Francis ‘Jack’ Reed	Democratic	Yea
RI	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	Yea
SC	Sen. Lindsey O. Graham	Republican	Nay
SC	Sen. James W. ‘Jim’ DeMint	Republican	Nay
SD	Sen. Timothy Peter ‘Tim’ Johnson	Democratic	Yea
SD	Sen. John R. Thune	Republican	Yea
TN	Sen. Lamar Alexander	Republican	Yea
TN	Sen. Robert ‘Bob’ Corker	Republican	Yea
TX	Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican	Yea
TX	Sen. John Cornyn	Republican	Yea
UT	Sen. Orrin G. Hatch	Republican	Nay
UT	Sen. Michael ‘Mike’ Lee	Republican	Nay
VA	Sen. James H. ‘Jim’ Webb Jr.	Democratic	Yea
VA	Sen. Mark R. Warner	Democratic	Yea
VT	Sen. Patrick J. Leahy	Democratic	Yea
VT	Sen. Bernard ‘Bernie’ Sanders	Independent	Nay
WA	Sen. Patty Murray	Democratic	Yea
WA	Sen. Maria Cantwell	Democratic	Yea
WI	Sen. Herbert H. ‘Herb’ Kohl	Democratic	Yea
WI	Sen. Ron Johnson	Republican	Nay
WV	Sen. John D. ‘Jay’ Rockefeller IV	Democratic	Yea
WV	Sen. Joe Manchin III	Democratic	Yea
WY	Sen. Michael B. ‘Mike’ Enzi	Republican	Yea
WY	Sen. John Barrasso	Republican	Yea

Voting Record

Budget Control Act of 2011

U.S. House of Representatives

VOTE	PARTY	REPRESENTATIVE	DISTRICT
Alaska
AYE	R	Young, Don	AK
Alabama
AYE	R	Bonner, Jo	AL 1st
NO	R	Roby, Martha	AL 2nd
AYE	R	Rogers, Mike	AL 3rd
AYE	R	Aderholt, Robert	AL 4th
NO	R	Brooks, Mo	AL 5th
AYE	R	Bachus, Spencer	AL 6th
AYE	D	Sewell, Terri	AL 7th
Arkansas
AYE	R	Crawford, Rick	AR 1st
AYE	R	Griffin, Tim	AR 2nd
AYE	R	Womack, Steve	AR 3rd
AYE	D	Ross, Mike	AR 4th
Arizona
AYE	R	Gosar, Paul	AZ 1st
NO	R	Franks, Trent	AZ 2nd
NO	R	Quayle, Ben	AZ 3rd
NO	D	Pastor, Ed	AZ 4th
NO	R	Schweikert, David	AZ 5th
NO	R	Flake, Jeff	AZ 6th
NO	D	Grijalva, Raul	AZ 7th
AYE	D	Giffords, Gabrielle	AZ 8th
California
AYE	D	Thompson, Mike	CA 1st
AYE	R	Herger, Wally	CA 2nd
AYE	R	Lungren, Daniel	CA 3rd
NO	R	McClintock, Tom	CA 4th
NO	D	Matsui, Doris	CA 5th
NO	D	Woolsey, Lynn	CA 6th
NO	D	Miller, George	CA 7th
AYE	D	Pelosi, Nancy	CA 8th
NO	D	Lee, Barbara	CA 9th
AYE	D	Garamendi, John	CA 10th
NO	D	McNerney, Jerry	CA 11th
AYE	D	Speier, Jackie	CA 12th
NO	D	Stark, Pete	CA 13th
AYE	D	Eshoo, Anna	CA 14th
NO	D	Honda, Mike	CA 15th
NO	D	Lofgren, Zoe	CA 16th
NO	D	Farr, Sam	CA 17th
NO	D	Cardoza, Dennis	CA 18th
AYE	R	Denham, Jeff	CA 19th
AYE	D	Costa, Jim	CA 20th
NO	R	Nunes, Devin	CA 21st
AYE	R	McCarthy, Kevin	CA 22nd
AYE	D	Capps, Lois	CA 23rd
AYE	R	Gallegly, Elton	CA 24th
AYE	R	McKeon, Buck	CA 25th
AYE	R	Dreier, David	CA 26th
AYE	D	Sherman, Brad	CA 27th
AYE	D	Berman, Howard	CA 28th
AYE	D	Schiff, Adam	CA 29th
NO	D	Waxman, Henry	CA 30th
NO	D	Becerra, Xavier	CA 31st
NO	D	Chu, Judy	CA 32nd
AYE	D	Bass, Karen	CA 33rd
NO	D	Roybal-Allard, Lucille	CA 34th
NO	D	Waters, Maxine	CA 35th
NO	D	Hahn, Janice	CA 36th
NO	D	Richardson, Laura	CA 37th
NO	D	Napolitano, Grace	CA 38th
NO	D	Sánchez, Linda	CA 39th
AYE	R	Royce, Ed	CA 40th
AYE	R	Lewis, Jerry	CA 41st
AYE	R	Miller, Gary	CA 42nd
NO VOTE	D	Baca, Joe	CA 43rd
AYE	R	Calvert, Ken	CA 44th
AYE	R	Bono Mack, Mary	CA 45th
AYE	R	Rohrabacher, Dana	CA 46th
AYE	D	Sanchez, Loretta	CA 47th
AYE	R	Campbell, John	CA 48th
AYE	R	Issa, Darrell	CA 49th
AYE	R	Bilbray, Brian	CA 50th
NO	D	Filner, Bob	CA 51st
NO	R	Hunter, Duncan	CA 52nd
AYE	D	Davis, Susan	CA 53rd
Colorado
NO	D	DeGette, Diana	CO 1st
AYE	D	Polis, Jared	CO 2nd
NO	R	Tipton, Scott	CO 3rd
AYE	R	Gardner, Cory	CO 4th
NO	R	Lamborn, Doug	CO 5th
AYE	R	Coffman, Mike	CO 6th
AYE	D	Perlmutter, Ed	CO 7th
Connecticut
NO	D	Larson, John	CT 1st
AYE	D	Courtney, Joe	CT 2nd
NO	D	DeLauro, Rosa	CT 3rd
AYE	D	Himes, James	CT 4th
NO	D	Murphy, Christopher	CT 5th
Delaware
AYE	D	Carney, John	DE
Florida
AYE	R	Miller, Jeff	FL 1st
NO	R	Southerland, Steve	FL 2nd
NO	D	Brown, Corrine	FL 3rd
AYE	R	Crenshaw, Ander	FL 4th
AYE	R	Nugent, Richard	FL 5th
NO	R	Stearns, Cliff	FL 6th
AYE	R	Mica, John	FL 7th
AYE	R	Webster, Daniel	FL 8th
AYE	R	Bilirakis, Gus	FL 9th
AYE	R	Young, Bill	FL 10th
AYE	D	Castor, Kathy	FL 11th
NO	R	Ross, Dennis	FL 12th
AYE	R	Buchanan, Vern	FL 13th
NO	R	Mack, Connie	FL 14th
NO	R	Posey, Bill	FL 15th
AYE	R	Rooney, Thomas	FL 16th
AYE	D	Wilson, Frederica	FL 17th
AYE	R	Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana	FL 18th
AYE	D	Deutch, Ted	FL 19th
AYE	D	Wasserman Schultz, Debbie	FL 20th
AYE	R	Diaz-Balart, Mario	FL 21st
AYE	R	West, Allen	FL 22nd
NO	D	Hastings, Alcee	FL 23rd
AYE	R	Adams, Sandy	FL 24th
AYE	R	Rivera, David	FL 25th
Georgia
NO	R	Kingston, Jack	GA 1st
AYE	D	Bishop, Sanford	GA 2nd
NO	R	Westmoreland, Lynn	GA 3rd
AYE	D	Johnson, Hank	GA 4th
NO	D	Lewis, John	GA 5th
AYE	R	Price, Tom	GA 6th
AYE	R	Woodall, Rob	GA 7th
NO	R	Scott, Austin	GA 8th
NO	R	Graves, Tom	GA 9th
NO	R	Broun, Paul	GA 10th
NO	R	Gingrey, John	GA 11th
AYE	D	Barrow, John	GA 12th
AYE	D	Scott, David	GA 13th
Hawaii
AYE	D	Hanabusa, Colleen	HI 1st
AYE	D	Hirono, Mazie	HI 2nd
Iowa
NO	D	Braley, Bruce	IA 1st
NO	D	Loebsack, David	IA 2nd
NO	D	Boswell, Leonard	IA 3rd
NO	R	Latham, Tom	IA 4th
NO	R	King, Steve	IA 5th
Idaho
NO	R	Labrador, Raúl	ID 1st
AYE	R	Simpson, Mike	ID 2nd
Illinois
AYE	D	Rush, Bobby	IL 1st
NO	D	Jackson, Jesse	IL 2nd
AYE	D	Lipinski, Daniel	IL 3rd
AYE	D	Gutiérrez, Luis	IL 4th
AYE	D	Quigley, Mike	IL 5th
AYE	R	Roskam, Peter	IL 6th
AYE	D	Davis, Danny	IL 7th
NO	R	Walsh, Joe	IL 8th
NO	D	Schakowsky, Jan	IL 9th
AYE	R	Dold, Bob	IL 10th
AYE	R	Kinzinger, Adam	IL 11th
AYE	D	Costello, Jerry	IL 12th
AYE	R	Biggert, Judy	IL 13th
NO	R	Hultgren, Randy	IL 14th

VOTE	PARTY	REPRESENTATIVE	DISTRICT
NO	R	Johnson, Timothy	IL 15th
AYE	R	Manzullo, Donald	IL 16th
AYE	R	Schilling, Bobby	IL 17th
AYE	R	Schock, Aaron	IL 18th
AYE	R	Shimkus, John	IL 19th
Indiana
NO	D	Visclosky, Peter	IN 1st
AYE	D	Donnelly, Joe	IN 2nd
NO	R	Stutzman, Marlin	IN 3rd
NO	R	Rokita, Todd	IN 4th
NO	R	Burton, Dan	IN 5th
AYE	R	Pence, Mike	IN 6th
NO	D	Carson, André	IN 7th
AYE	R	Bucshon, Larry	IN 8th
AYE	R	Young, Todd	IN 9th
Kansas
NO	R	Huelskamp, Tim	KS 1st
AYE	R	Jenkins, Lynn	KS 2nd
NO	R	Yoder, Kevin	KS 3rd
AYE	R	Pompeo, Mike	KS 4th
Kentucky
AYE	R	Whitfield, Ed	KY 1st
AYE	R	Guthrie, Brett	KY 2nd
NO	D	Yarmuth, John	KY 3rd
NO	R	Davis, Geoff	KY 4th
AYE	R	Rogers, Hal	KY 5th
AYE	D	Chandler, Ben	KY 6th
Louisiana
NO	R	Scalise, Steve	LA 1st
AYE	D	Richmond, Cedric	LA 2nd
NO	R	Landry, Jeff	LA 3rd
NO	R	Fleming, John	LA 4th
AYE	R	Alexander, Rodney	LA 5th
AYE	R	Cassidy, Bill	LA 6th
AYE	R	Boustany, Charles	LA 7th
Massachusetts
NO	D	Olver, John	MA 1st
NO	D	Neal, Richard	MA 2nd
NO	D	McGovern, Jim	MA 3rd
NO	D	Frank, Barney	MA 4th
AYE	D	Tsongas, Niki	MA 5th
NO	D	Tierney, John	MA 6th
NO	D	Markey, Ed	MA 7th
NO	D	Capuano, Michael	MA 8th
AYE	D	Lynch, Stephen	MA 9th
AYE	D	Keating, William	MA 10th
Maryland
NO	R	Harris, Andy	MD 1st
AYE	D	Ruppersberger, Dutch	MD 2nd
NO	D	Sarbanes, John	MD 3rd
NO	D	Edwards, Donna	MD 4th
AYE	D	Hoyer, Steny	MD 5th
AYE	R	Bartlett, Roscoe	MD 6th
NO	D	Cummings, Elijah	MD 7th
AYE	D	Van Hollen, Chris	MD 8th
Maine
NO	D	Pingree, Chellie	ME 1st
AYE	D	Michaud, Michael	ME 2nd
Michigan
AYE	R	Benishek, Dan	MI 1st
AYE	R	Huizenga, Bill	MI 2nd
NO	R	Amash, Justin	MI 3rd
AYE	R	Camp, Dave	MI 4th
AYE	D	Kildee, Dale	MI 5th
AYE	R	Upton, Fred	MI 6th
AYE	R	Walberg, Timothy	MI 7th
AYE	R	Rogers, Mike	MI 8th
NO	D	Peters, Gary	MI 9th
AYE	R	Miller, Candice	MI 10th
AYE	R	McCotter, Thad	MI 11th
AYE	D	Levin, Sander	MI 12th
NO	D	Clarke, Hansen	MI 13th
NO	D	Conyers, John	MI 14th
AYE	D	Dingell, John	MI 15th
Minnesota
AYE	D	Walz, Timothy	MN 1st
AYE	R	Kline, John	MN 2nd
AYE	R	Paulsen, Erik	MN 3rd
NO	D	McCollum, Betty	MN 4th
NO	D	Ellison, Keith	MN 5th
NO	R	Bachmann, Michele	MN 6th
AYE	D	Peterson, Collin	MN 7th
NO	R	Cravaack, Chip	MN 8th
Missouri
AYE	D	Clay, William	MO 1st
NO	R	Akin, Todd	MO 2nd
AYE	D	Carnahan, Russ	MO 3rd
NO	R	Hartzler, Vicky	MO 4th
NO	D	Cleaver, Emanuel	MO 5th
AYE	R	Graves, Sam	MO 6th
AYE	R	Long, Billy	MO 7th
AYE	R	Emerson, Jo Ann	MO 8th
AYE	R	Luetkemeyer, Blaine	MO 9th
Mississippi
AYE	R	Nunnelee, Alan	MS 1st
NO	D	Thompson, Bennie	MS 2nd
AYE	R	Harper, Gregg	MS 3rd
AYE	R	Palazzo, Steven	MS 4th
Montana
NO	R	Rehberg, Denny	MT
North Carolina
NO	D	Butterfield, G.K.	NC 1st
AYE	R	Ellmers, Renee	NC 2nd
NO	R	Jones, Walter	NC 3rd
NO	D	Price, David	NC 4th
AYE	R	Foxx, Virginia	NC 5th
AYE	R	Coble, Howard	NC 6th
NO	D	McIntyre, Mike	NC 7th
NO	D	Kissell, Larry	NC 8th
AYE	R	Myrick, Sue	NC 9th
AYE	R	McHenry, Patrick	NC 10th
AYE	D	Shuler, Heath	NC 11th
NO	D	Watt, Mel	NC 12th
NO	D	Miller, Brad	NC 13th
North Dakota
AYE	R	Berg, Rick	ND
Nebraska
AYE	R	Fortenberry, Jeffrey	NE 1st
AYE	R	Terry, Lee	NE 2nd
AYE	R	Smith, Adrian	NE 3rd
New Hampshire
AYE	R	Guinta, Frank	NH 1st
AYE	R	Bass, Charles	NH 2nd
New Jersey
AYE	D	Andrews, Rob	NJ 1st
AYE	R	LoBiondo, Frank	NJ 2nd
AYE	R	Runyan, Jon	NJ 3rd
AYE	R	Smith, Chris	NJ 4th
NO	R	Garrett, Scott	NJ 5th
NO	D	Pallone, Frank	NJ 6th
AYE	R	Lance, Leonard	NJ 7th
AYE	D	Pascrell, Bill	NJ 8th
AYE	D	Rothman, Steven	NJ 9th
NO	D	Payne, Donald	NJ 10th
AYE	R	Frelinghuysen, Rodney	NJ 11th
NO	D	Holt, Rush	NJ 12th
AYE	D	Sires, Albio	NJ 13th
New Mexico
AYE	D	Heinrich, Martin	NM 1st
NO	R	Pearce, Steve	NM 2nd
NO	D	Luján, Ben	NM 3rd
Nevada
AYE	D	Berkley, Shelley	NV 1st
AYE	R	Heck, Joe	NV 3rd
New York
AYE	D	Bishop, Timothy	NY 1st
AYE	D	Israel, Steve	NY 2nd
AYE	R	King, Pete	NY 3rd
AYE	D	McCarthy, Carolyn	NY 4th
NO	D	Ackerman, Gary	NY 5th
AYE	D	Meeks, Gregory	NY 6th
NO	D	Crowley, Joseph	NY 7th
NO	D	Nadler, Jerrold	NY 8th
NO	D	Towns, Ed	NY 10th
NO	D	Clarke, Yvette	NY 11th
NO	D	Velázquez, Nydia	NY 12th
AYE	R	Grimm, Michael	NY 13th
NO	D	Maloney, Carolyn	NY 14th
NO	D	Rangel, Charles	NY 15th
NO	D	Serrano, José	NY 16th
NO	D	Engel, Eliot	NY 17th

VOTE	PARTY	REPRESENTATIVE	DISTRICT
AYE	D	Lowey, Nita	NY 18th
AYE	R	Hayworth, Nan	NY 19th
AYE	R	Gibson, Chris	NY 20th
NO	D	Tonko, Paul	NY 21st
NO VOTE	D	Hinchey, Maurice	NY 22nd
AYE	D	Owens, William	NY 23rd
AYE	R	Hanna, Richard	NY 24th
NO	R	Buerkle, Ann Marie	NY 25th
AYE	D	Hochul, Kathleen	NY 26th
AYE	D	Higgins, Brian	NY 27th
NO	D	Slaughter, Louise	NY 28th
AYE	R	Reed, Tom	NY 29th
Ohio
AYE	R	Chabot, Steve	OH 1st
AYE	R	Schmidt, Jean	OH 2nd
NO	R	Turner, Michael	OH 3rd
NO	R	Jordan, Jim	OH 4th
AYE	R	Latta, Robert	OH 5th
AYE	R	Johnson, Bill	OH 6th
AYE	R	Austria, Steve	OH 7th
AYE	R	Boehner, John	OH 8th
NO	D	Kaptur, Marcy	OH 9th
NO	D	Kucinich, Dennis	OH 10th
NO	D	Fudge, Marcia	OH 11th
AYE	R	Tiberi, Pat	OH 12th
NO	D	Sutton, Betty	OH 13th
AYE	R	LaTourette, Steven	OH 14th
AYE	R	Stivers, Steve	OH 15th
AYE	R	Renacci, Jim	OH 16th
NO	D	Ryan, Timothy	OH 17th
AYE	R	Gibbs, Bob	OH 18th
Oklahoma
AYE	R	Sullivan, John	OK 1st
AYE	D	Boren, Dan	OK 2nd
AYE	R	Lucas, Frank	OK 3rd
AYE	R	Cole, Tom	OK 4th
AYE	R	Lankford, James	OK 5th
Oregon
AYE	D	Wu, David	OR 1st
AYE	R	Walden, Greg	OR 2nd
NO	D	Blumenauer, Earl	OR 3rd
NO	D	DeFazio, Peter	OR 4th
AYE	D	Schrader, Kurt	OR 5th
Pennsylvania
AYE	D	Brady, Robert	PA 1st
AYE	D	Fattah, Chaka	PA 2nd
AYE	R	Kelly, Mike	PA 3rd
AYE	D	Altmire, Jason	PA 4th
AYE	R	Thompson, Glenn	PA 5th
AYE	R	Gerlach, Jim	PA 6th
AYE	R	Meehan, Patrick	PA 7th
AYE	R	Fitzpatrick, Michael	PA 8th
AYE	R	Shuster, Bill	PA 9th
AYE	R	Marino, Thomas	PA 10th
AYE	R	Barletta, Lou	PA 11th
AYE	D	Critz, Mark	PA 12th
AYE	D	Schwartz, Allyson	PA 13th
NO	D	Doyle, Mike	PA 14th
AYE	R	Dent, Charles	PA 15th
AYE	R	Pitts, Joseph	PA 16th
AYE	D	Holden, Tim	PA 17th
AYE	R	Murphy, Tim	PA 18th
AYE	R	Platts, Todd	PA 19th
Rhode Island
AYE	D	Cicilline, David	RI 1st
AYE	D	Langevin, Jim	RI 2nd
South Carolina
NO	R	Scott, Tim	SC 1st
NO	R	Wilson, Joe	SC 2nd
NO	R	Duncan, Jeff	SC 3rd
NO	R	Gowdy, Trey	SC 4th
NO	R	Mulvaney, Mick	SC 5th
AYE	D	Clyburn, Jim	SC 6th
South Dakota
AYE	R	Noem, Kristi	SD
Tennessee
AYE	R	Roe, Phil	TN 1st
AYE	R	Duncan, John	TN 2nd
NO	R	Fleischmann, Chuck	TN 3rd
NO	R	DesJarlais, Scott	TN 4th
AYE	D	Cooper, Jim	TN 5th
AYE	R	Black, Diane	TN 6th
AYE	R	Blackburn, Marsha	TN 7th
AYE	R	Fincher, Stephen	TN 8th
NO	D	Cohen, Steve	TN 9th
Texas
NO	R	Gohmert, Louis	TX 1st
NO	R	Poe, Ted	TX 2nd
AYE	R	Johnson, Sam	TX 3rd
NO	R	Hall, Ralph	TX 4th
AYE	R	Hensarling, Jeb	TX 5th
AYE	R	Barton, Joe	TX 6th
AYE	R	Culberson, John	TX 7th
AYE	R	Brady, Kevin	TX 8th
NO	D	Green, Al	TX 9th
AYE	R	McCaul, Michael	TX 10th
AYE	R	Conaway, Michael	TX 11th
AYE	R	Granger, Kay	TX 12th
AYE	R	Thornberry, Mac	TX 13th
NO	R	Paul, Ron	TX 14th
AYE	D	Hinojosa, Rubén	TX 15th
NO	D	Reyes, Silvestre	TX 16th
AYE	R	Flores, Bill	TX 17th
AYE	D	Jackson-Lee, Sheila	TX 18th
NO	R	Neugebauer, Randy	TX 19th
NO	D	Gonzalez, Charles	TX 20th
AYE	R	Smith, Lamar	TX 21st
AYE	R	Olson, Pete	TX 22nd
AYE	R	Canseco, Quico	TX 23rd
AYE	R	Marchant, Kenny	TX 24th
AYE	D	Doggett, Lloyd	TX 25th
AYE	R	Burgess, Michael	TX 26th
AYE	R	Farenthold, Blake	TX 27th
AYE	D	Cuellar, Henry	TX 28th
AYE	D	Green, Gene	TX 29th
AYE	D	Johnson, Eddie	TX 30th
AYE	R	Carter, John	TX 31st
AYE	R	Sessions, Pete	TX 32nd
Utah
NO	R	Bishop, Rob	UT 1st
AYE	D	Matheson, Jim	UT 2nd
NO	R	Chaffetz, Jason	UT 3rd
Virginia
AYE	R	Wittman, Rob	VA 1st
AYE	R	Rigell, Scott	VA 2nd
NO	D	Scott, Bobby	VA 3rd
NO	R	Forbes, Randy	VA 4th
AYE	R	Hurt, Robert	VA 5th
AYE	R	Goodlatte, Bob	VA 6th
AYE	R	Cantor, Eric	VA 7th
NO	D	Moran, Jim	VA 8th
NO	R	Griffith, Morgan	VA 9th
AYE	R	Wolf, Frank	VA 10th
AYE	D	Connolly, Gerald	VA 11th
Vermont
NO	D	Welch, Peter	VT
Washington
AYE	D	Inslee, Jay	WA 1st
AYE	D	Larsen, Rick	WA 2nd
AYE	R	Herrera Beutler, Jaime	WA 3rd
AYE	R	Hastings, Doc	WA 4th
AYE	R	McMorris Rodgers, Cathy	WA 5th
AYE	D	Dicks, Norm	WA 6th
NO	D	McDermott, Jim	WA 7th
AYE	R	Reichert, Dave	WA 8th
NO	D	Smith, Adam	WA 9th
Wisconsin
AYE	R	Ryan, Paul	WI 1st
NO	D	Baldwin, Tammy	WI 2nd
AYE	D	Kind, Ron	WI 3rd
NO VOTE	D	Moore, Gwen	WI 4th
AYE	R	Sensenbrenner, James	WI 5th
AYE	R	Petri, Tom	WI 6th
AYE	R	Duffy, Sean	WI 7th
AYE	R	Ribble, Reid	WI 8th
West Virginia
AYE	R	McKinley, David	WV 1st
AYE	R	Capito, Shelley	WV 2nd
AYE	D	Rahall, Nick	WV 3rd
Wyoming
AYE	R	Lummis, Cynthia	WY

Historic milestone: 50,955 votes! Congratulations to us all.

Terry Phillips — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:10:12 +0000

With the final ballots being tallied in the General Election, we achieved another historic milestone: 50,955 votes! You should be proud of that amazing accomplishment. Congratulations to us all.

While winding down our campaign, we still have about $3,000 in financial obligations. If you are able to make one last contribution, please do so as soon as possible. We need to pay our vendors before the end of this month. As usual, you can donate online by clicking here:

Donate

Or via check payable to “Terry Phillips for Congress” and mailed to:

P.O. Box 12492

Bakersfield, CA 93389

Beyond that, we are putting campaign materials into storage and preparing for the next phase in our efforts to bring democracy back to the Central Valley. We’ll keep you informed of what comes next. Let’s keep the momentum going!

Meanwhile, be aware that today is the deadline for removing political yard signs. Feel free to contact us if you need someone to retrieve yours.

Thanks again for all you have done. Onward and upward!

-Terry

Underdog candidate finds silver lining in social media

Terry Phillips — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 04:01:03 +0000

KBAK Eyewitness News in Bakersfield has an article up about Terry Phillips. It includes a video interview.

Terry Phillips ran against incumbent Congressman Kevin McCarthy in District 23, in what may have seemed like a long shot.

“I think the conventional wisdom is that unless you have a party behind you, you really can’t get very many votes,” Phillip told Eyewitness News. “I got more votes than people with parties.”

Read the full article and watch the video here.

The Mission Continues

Terry Phillips — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:41:51 +0000

A big thank you to all of our supporters and voters. 43,386 residents of District 23 voted for Terry Phillips. Because of you, we have brought real change to our community and our country. Stay in touch. The mission continues.

Election results for District 23 are available at the California Secretary of State website:

http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/us-rep/district/23/

Turn-out-the vote efforts in high gear this weekend

Terry Phillips — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 06:42:08 +0000

From an article in the Bakersfield Californian:

Terry Phillips, who is running as a No Party Preference candidate to try to unseat Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, in the 23rd Congressional District, said voters are increasingly avoiding party labels when they refer to themselves.

“I’ve spoken to literally thousands of people in the last 12 months that have told me they consider themselves to be independent voters,” he said.

Phillips knows conventional wisdom doesn’t give him a chance of beating McCarthy, the third most-powerful Republican in the House of Representatives.

“I don’t think that’s anywhere near true. I’m planning on celebrating a victory on election night,” he said.

To make that plan a reality, Phillips said, he and his team are going to attack the last few days of the campaign aggressively.

“I am running to the bitter end. We’re continuing to wear out shoe leather and burn up the phone lines,” he said. “There are hundreds of people who are working every day to help me get elected.”

Read the full article here.

Fastest growing party is … no party According To The Bakersfield Californian

Terry Phillips — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 03:53:07 +0000

“Between October 2010 and October 2012, 10,388 additional voters in Kern County registered as No Party Preference, a jump larger than the 8,853 added to Democratic totals by an aggressive registration drive or the 217 new Republican voters.

Terry Phillips, a No Party Preference voter challenging McCarthy in the new 23rd District, sees those numbers as both good for him and a barometer for the future.

“In my lifetime, we are going to see people like me in the majority,” he said. “I think we are going to be the new majority.”

And when no party candidates do begin winning elections, they will, Phillips said, take control of the gulf between the two major parties and command great political power.”

Read the full article here.

Democracy 2012 with Terry Phillips on ABC 23

Terry Phillips — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 07:56:42 +0000

ABC 23 in Bakersfield interviewed Terry Phillips for their Democracy 2012 series about the General Election. Terry talks about jobs, the gridlock in Congress, and education.

U.S. Congress Candidate Terry Phillips meets voters at Cuddy Hall

Terry Phillips — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 01:28:34 +0000

Article in the Mountain Enterprise today about the “Meet The Candidates” forum which Terry Phillips attended on Sunday, Oct. 28th.

“About 50 people arrived at Cuddy Hall on Sunday, Oct. 28 at 2 p.m. for a candidates forum, but third term U.S. Congressman Kevin McCarthy (R, Bakersfield) was not among them. McCarthy is the District 22 incumbent, but remapping has created an entirely new District 23, for which the House Majority Whip is running against unaffiliated independent candidate Terry Phillips, also of Bakersfield. “

Read the full article here.

Terry Phillips At Successful Meet The Candidates Event In Frazier Park

Terry Phillips — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 03:55:26 +0000

Terry Phillips attended a Meet the Candidates Event today in Frazier Park, CA and met with around forty community members. His opponent was invited but did not attend the event. The event lasted for over 90 minutes and Terry answered many questions from the community. A reporter from the Mountain Enterprise newspaper also attended the event.