Support for release of Lori Berenson

House of Representatives of the 106^th Congress of the United States

Summer 1999

			Support for Lori
Representative	Party	State	Letter	Vote
Neil Abercrombie	D	HI	L	V
Thomas H. Allen	D	ME	L	V
Robert E. Andrews	D	NJ	L	V
Brian Baird	D	WA		V
John E. Baldacci	D	ME	L	V
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI	L	V
Xavier Becerra	D	CA	L	V
Ken Bentsen	D	TX	L
Shelley Berkley	D	NV		V
Howard L. Berman	D	CA	L	V
Marion Berry	D	AR		V
Sanford Bishop	D	GA		V
Rod R. Blagojevich	D	IL	L	V
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR		V
Roy Blunt	R	MO	L
David E. Bonior	D	MI	L	V
Robert A. Borksi	D	PA	L	V
Leonard Boswell	D	IA		V
Rick Boucher	D	VA	L	V
Allen Boyd	D	FL	L	V
Robert A. Brady	D	PA	L	V
Corrine Brown	D	FL		V
George E. Brown	D	CA	L	a
Sherrod Brown	D	OH	L	V
Sonny Callahan	R	AL		V
Tom Campbell	R	CA		V
Lois Capps	D	CA	L	V
Michael Capuano	D	MA	L	V
Benjamin Cardin	D	MD		V
Julia Carson	D	IN	L	V
William Clay	D	MO	L	V
Eva M. Clayton	D	NC	L	V
Bob Clement	D	TN	L	V
James E. Clyburn	D	SC	L	V
John Conyers	D	MI	L	V
Jerry F. Costello	D	IL	L	V
William J. Coyne	D	PA		V
Joseph Crowley	D	NY	L	V
Elijah E. Cummings	D	MD		V
Randy 'Duke' Cummingham	R	CA	L
Pat Danner	D	MO	L	V
Danny K. Davis	D	IL	L	V
Jim Davis	D	FL		V
Peter A. DeFazio	D	OR	L	V
Diana DeGette	D	CO	L	V
William D. Delahunt	D	MA	L	V
Rosa I. DeLauro	D	CT	L
Peter Deutsch	D	FL	L	V
Norman D. Dicks	D	WA	L	V
Julian C. Dixon	D	CA	L	V
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX		V
Calvin M. Dooley	D	CA		V
Michael F. Doyle	D	PA	L	V
Chet Edwards	D	TX		V
Eliot L. Engel	D	NY	L	V
Phil English	R	PA	L	V
Anna G. Eshoo	D	CA	L	V
Bob Etheridge	D	NC		V
Lane Evans	D	IL		V
Sam Farr	D	CA	L	V
Chaka Fattah	D	PA		V
Bob Filner	D	CA	L	V
Harold E. Ford, Jr.	D	TN	L	V
Bob Franks	R	NJ	L
Martin Frost	D	TX	L	V
Sam Gejdenson	D	CT	L	V
Richard A. Gephardt	D	MO		V
Charles A. Gonzalez	D	TX	L	V
Virgil Good, Jr.	D	VA	L
Bart Gordon	D	TN		V
Kay Granger	R	TX	L
Gene Green	D	TX		V
Jim Greenwood	R	PA	L
Luis V. Gutierrez	D	IL	L	V
Ralph M. Hall	D	TX	L
Tony P. Hall	D	OH	L	V
Alcee L. Hastings	D	FL	L	V
Earl F. Hilliard	D	AL		V
Maurice D. Hinchey	D	NY	L	V
Ruben Hinojosa	D	TX		V
David Hobson	R	OH	V
Joseph M. Hoeffel	D	PA	L	V
Peter Hoekstra	R	MI	L
Tim Holden	D	PA	L	V
Rush Holt	D	NJ	L	V
Darlene Hooley	D	OR	L	V
Stephen Horn	R	CA	L	V
Steny H. Hoyer	D	MD		V
Jay Inslee	D	WA	L	V
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.	D	IL	L	V
Sheila Jackson-Lee	D	TX	L	V
William J. Jefferson	D	LA	L	V
Chris John	D	LA	L
Eddie Bernice Johnson	D	TX	L	V
Nancy L. Johnson	R	CT	L	V
Stephanie Tubbs Jones	D	OH	L	V
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH	L	V
Sue W. Kelly	R	NY	L	V
Patrick J. Kennedy	D	RI	L	a
Dale E. Kildee	D	MI	L	V
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick	D	MI	L	V
Ron Kind	D	WI	L
Peter T. King	R	NY	L
Jerry Kleczka	D	WI	L	V
Dennis J. Kucinich	D	OH		V
Steven T. Kuykendall	R	CA	L
John J. LaFalce	D	NY	L	V
Nick Lampson	D	TX	L	V
Tom Lantos	D	CA	L	V
John B. Larson	D	CT	L	V
Rick Lazio	R	NY	L
Jim Leach	R	IA	L
Barbara Lee	D	TX	L	V
Sander M. Levin	D	MI	L	V
John Lewis	D	GA	L	V
William O. Lipinski	D	IL		V
Frank A. LoBiondo	R	NJ	L
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA	L	V
Nita M. Lowey	D	NY	L	V
Ken Lucas	D	KY		V
Ed Luther	D	MN	L	V
Carolyn B. Maloney	D	NY	L	V
James H. Maloney	D	CT	L	V
Edward J. Markey	D	MA	L	V
Matthew G. Martinez	D	CA	L	V
Frank Mascara	D	PA		V
Robert T. Matsui	D	CA	L	V
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY	L	V
Karen McCarthy	D	MO		V
James P. McGovern	D	MA	L	V
Scott McInnis	R	CO	L
Mike McIntyre	D	NC		V
Cynthia A. McKinney	D	GA	L	V
Michael R. McNulty	D	NY	L	V
Martin T. Meehan	D	MA	L	V
Carrie P. Meek	D	FL	L	V
Gregory Meeks	D	NY	L	V
Robert Menendez	D	NJ	L
Juanita Millender-McDonald	D	CA	L	V
George Miller	D	CA	L	V
David Minge	D	MN	L
Patsy T. Mink	D	HI	L	V
John Joseph Moakley	D	MA	L	V
Dennis Moore	D	KS	L	V
James P. Moran	D	VA		V
Constance A. Morella	R	MD	L	V
John P. Murtha	D	PA	L
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY	L	V
Graces Floress Napolitano	D	CA	L	V
Richard E. Neal	D	MA	L	V
James L. Oberstar	D	MN	L	V
David R. Obey	D	WI	L	V
John W. Olver	D	MA	L	V
Solomon P. Ortiz	D	TX		V
Doug Ose	R	CA	L	V
Major R. Owens	D	NY	L	V
Frank Pallone	D	NJ	L	V
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ	L	V
Ed Pastor	D	AZ	L	V
Donald M. Payne	D	NJ	L	V
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA	L	V
John E. Peterson	D	MN	L
David D. Phelps	D	IL		V
Owen B. Pickett	D	VA		V
Earl Pomeroy	D	ND		V
John Edward Porter	R	IL	L
David E. Price	D	NC	L	V
Deborah Pryce	R	OH	L	V
Nick J. Rahall	D	WV		V
Charles B. Rangel	D	NY	L	V
Lynn Rivers	D	MI		V
Ciro D. Rodriguez	D	TX	L	V
James E. Rogan	R	CA	L
Steven R. Rothman	D	NJ	L	V
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA	L	V
Edward R. Royce	R	CA	L
Bobby L. Rush	D	IL	L	V
Martin Olav Sabo	D	MN	L	V
Matt Salmon	R	AZ		V
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA	L	V
Bernard Sanders	I	VT	L	V
Max Sandlin	D	TX	L	V
Thomas C. Sawyer	D	OH		V
Joe Scarborough	R	FL		V
Janice Schakowsky	D	IL	L	V
Robert C. Scott	D	VA		V
Jose E. Serrano	D	NY	L	V
Christopher Shays	R	CT	L
Brad Sherman	D	CA	L	V
Dou Sherwood	R	PA	L	V
Ronnie Shows	D	MS	L
Ike Skelton	D	MO		V
Louise McIntosh Slaughter	D	NY	L	V
Adam Smith	D	WA	L
Vic Snyder	D	AR	L
John M. Spratt	D	SC	L	V
Debbie Stabenow	D	MI		V
Fortney Pete Stark	D	CA	L	V
Ted Strickland	D	OH	L	V
Bart Stupak	D	MI	L
James M. Talent	R	MO	L
John Tanner	D	TN		V
Ellen O. Tausher	D	CA		V
Bennie G. Thompson	D	MS	L	V
Mike Thompson	D	CA	L	V
Karen L. Thurman	D	FL		V
John F. Tierney	D	MA	L	V
Edolphus Towns	D	NY	L	a
James A. Traficant	D	OH	L
Jim Turner	D	TX	L	V
Mark Udall	D	CO	L	V
Tom Udall	D	NM		V
Fred Upton	R	MI	L
Nydia M. Velazquez	D	NY	L	V
Bruce F. Vento	D	MN	L	V
Maxine Waters	D	CA	L	V
Melvin L. Watt	D	NC	L	V
Henry A. Waxman	D	CA	L	V
Anthony D. Weiner	D	NY	L	V
Robert Wexler	D	FL	L	V
Robert A. Weygand	D	RI	L	V
Ed Whitfield	R	KY	L	V
Lynn C. Woolsey	D	CA	L	V
David Wu	D	OR	L	V
Albert Russell Wynn	D	MD	L	V

Notes

L	Signed the letter to President Clinton urging he do all in his power to secure Lori's release.
V	Voted for the Amendment that the U.S. Government consider holding aid to Peru as a mechanism for securing Lori's release.
a	Absent from vote on the Amendment.

Delegates Christian-Christiansen (D-VI), Faleomavaega (D-AS), Romero-Barcelo (D-PR), and Underwood (D-GU) signed the letter for Lori but are not eligible to vote for Congressional Amendments.

Among the voting members, 176 signed the letter to President Clinton, 189 voted for the Amendment to H.R. 2415. 140 members both signed the letter and voted for the Amendment. 49 members voted for the Amendment but did not sign the letter. 36 members signed the letter but did not vote for the Amendment - 3 of whom were absent. 210 members neither signed the letter nor voted for the Amendment, both of which call for release. According to Rep. Chris Smith, these members, including himself, would support a fair trial.

Support for release of Lori Berenson

House of Representatives of the 106th Congress of the United States

Summer 1999

Notes

House of Representatives of the 106^th Congress of the United States