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Vote number 2002-45 allowing telephone monopolies to offer Internet access
on Feb 27, 2002 regarding bill HR 1542 Bill sponsored by Tauzin, R-LA
Results: Bill passed 273-157

Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001: Vote to pass a bill that would allow the four regional Bell telephone companies to enter the high-speed Internet access market via their long-distance connections whether or not they have allowed competitors into their local markets as required under the 1996 Telecommunications Act. The bill would allow the Bells to increase the fees they charge competitors for lines upgraded for broadband services from "wholesale rates" to "just and reasonable rates." It also would also allow the Bells to charge for giving competitors access to certain rights-of-way for broadband access. Certain FCC regulatory oversight would be maintained although the phone companies' high speed services would be exempted from regulation by the states.

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Democrats voting on 2002-45

Neil Abercrombie NOHawaii Democrat
Gary Ackerman YESNew York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.
Tom Allen YESMaine Democrat
Rob Andrews NONew Jersey Democrat
Joe Baca YESCalifornia Democrat
Brian Baird NOWashington Democrat
Tammy Baldwin YESWisconsin Democrat
James Barcia YESMichigan Democrat
Xavier Becerra YESCalifornia Democrat
Shelley Berkley NONevada Democrat
Howard Berman NOCalifornia Democrat
Marion Berry YESArkansas Democrat
Sanford Bishop YESGeorgia Democrat
Rod Blagojevich YESIllinois Democrat
Earl Blumenauer NOOregon Democrat
Leonard Boswell NOIowa Democrat
Rick Boucher YESVirginia Democrat
Allen Boyd YESFlorida Democrat
Robert Brady YESPennsylvania Democrat
Corrine Brown YESFlorida Democrat
Sherrod Brown NOOhio Democrat
Lois Capps NOCalifornia Democrat
Michael Capuano YESMassachusetts Democrat
Benjamin Cardin YESMaryland Democrat
Brad Carson NOOklahoma Democrat (retired)
Julia Carson YESIndiana Democrat
William Lacy Clay YESMissouri Democrat
James Clyburn YESSouth Carolina Democrat
John Conyers NOMichigan Democrat
Jerry Costello NOIllinois Democrat
Bud Cramer YESAlabama Democrat
Joseph Crowley YESNew York Democrat
Elijah Cummings YESMaryland Democrat
Danny Davis YESIllinois Democrat
Jim Davis NOFlorida Democrat
Susan Davis NOCalifornia Democrat
Peter Defazio NOOregon Democrat
Diana DeGette NOColorado Democrat
Bill Delahunt NOMassachusetts Democrat
Rosa DeLauro YESConnecticut Democrat
Peter Deutsch NOFlorida Democrat (Until 2004)
Norm Dicks YESWashington Democrat
John Dingell YESMichigan Democrat
Lloyd Doggett NOTexas Democrat (Re-elected 2006)
Cal Dooley NOCalifornia Democrat (Until 2004)
Mike Doyle NOPennsylvania Democrat
Chet Edwards YESTexas Democrat (Until 2004)
Eliot Engel YESNew York Democrat/Liberal
Anna Eshoo NOCalifornia Democrat
Bob Etheridge NONorth Carolina Democrat
Lane Evans NOIllinois Democrat
Sam Farr NOCalifornia Democrat
Chaka Fattah NOPennsylvania Democrat
Bob Filner YESCalifornia Democrat
Harold Ford YESTennessee Democrat
Barney Frank NOMassachusetts Democrat
Martin Frost YESTexas Democrat (Until 2004)
Dick Gephardt YESMissouri Democrat (Until 2004)
Bart Gordon YESTennessee Democrat
Gene Green YESTexas Democrat
Luis Gutierrez YESIllinois Democrat
Ralph Moody Hall YESTexas Democrat
Jane Harman NOCalifornia Democrat
Alcee Hastings YESFlorida Democrat
Baron Hill YESIndiana Democrat (Re-elected 2006)
Maurice Hinchey NONew York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.
Ruben Hinojosa YESTexas Democrat
Joseph Hoeffel NOPennsylvania Democrat (Until 2004)
Tim Holden YESPennsylvania Democrat
Rush Holt NONew Jersey Democrat
Mike Honda NOCalifornia Democrat
Darlene Hooley NOOregon Democrat
Steny Hoyer YESMaryland Democrat
Jay Inslee NOWashington Democrat
Steve Israel NONew York Democrat
Jesse Louis Jackson YESIllinois Democrat
Sheila Jackson Lee YESTexas Democrat
William Jefferson YESLouisiana Democrat
Chris John YESLouisiana Democrat (Until 2004)
Eddie Bernice Johnson NOTexas Democrat
Stephanie Tubbs Jones YESOhio Democrat
Paul Kanjorski YESPennsylvania Democrat
Marcy Kaptur NOOhio Democrat
Patrick Kennedy YESRhode Island Democrat
Dale Kildee YESMichigan Democrat
Carolyn Kilpatrick NOMichigan Democrat
Ron Kind YESWisconsin Democrat
Jerry Kleczka YESWisconsin Democrat (Until 2004)
Dennis Kucinich NOOhio Democrat
Nicholas Lampson YESTexas Democrat (Re-elected 2006)
James Langevin YESRhode Island Democrat
Rick Larsen YESWashington Democrat
John Larson YESConnecticut Democrat
Barbara Lee NOCalifornia Democrat
Sander Levin YESMichigan Democrat
John Lewis YESGeorgia Democrat
William Lipinski NOIllinois Democrat (Until 2004)
Zoe Lofgren NOCalifornia Democrat
Nita Lowey YESNew York Democrat
Ken Lucas YESKentucky Democrat (Until 2004)
Steve Lynch YESMassachusetts Democrat
Carolyn Maloney NONew York Democrat/Liberal
Ed Markey NOMassachusetts Democrat
Jim Matheson YESUtah Democrat
Robert Matsui YESCalifornia Democrat (deceased)
Carolyn McCarthy YESNew York Dem./Ind./Working-Families
Karen McCarthy NOMissouri Democrat (Until 2004)
Betty McCollum NOMinnesota Democrat
Jim McDermott NOWashington Democrat
Jim McGovern YESMassachusetts Democrat
Mike McIntyre YESNorth Carolina Democrat
Michael McNulty YESNew York Democratic/Ind./Cons.
Marty Meehan NOMassachusetts Democrat
Gregory Meeks YESNew York Dem./Working-Families
Robert Menendez YESNew Jersey Democrat
Juanita Millender-McDonald YESCalifornia Democrat
George Miller NOCalifornia Democrat
Alan Mollohan YESWest Virginia Democrat
Dennis Moore NOKansas Democrat
James Moran NOVirginia Democrat
John Murtha YESPennsylvania Democrat
Jerrold Nadler NONew York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
Grace Napolitano NOCalifornia Democrat
Richard Neal YESMassachusetts Democrat
James Oberstar NOMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
David Obey NOWisconsin Democrat
John Olver YESMassachusetts Democrat
Solomon Ortiz YESTexas Democrat
Major Owens NONew York Democrat/Working-Families
Frank Pallone NONew Jersey Democrat
Bill Pascrell YESNew Jersey Democrat
Ed Pastor YESArizona Democrat
Donald Payne YESNew Jersey Democrat
Nancy Pelosi NOCalifornia Democrat
Collin Peterson NOMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
Earl Pomeroy NONorth Dakota Democrat
David Eugene Price YESNorth Carolina Democrat
Nick Rahall YESWest Virginia Democrat
Silvestre Reyes YESTexas Democrat
Ciro Rodriguez YESTexas Democrat
Mike Ross YESArkansas Democrat
Steven Rothman NONew Jersey Democrat
Lucille Roybal-Allard NOCalifornia Democrat
Bobby Rush YESIllinois Democrat
Martin Sabo NOMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
Loretta Sanchez YESCalifornia Democrat
Max Sandlin YESTexas Democrat (Until 2004)
Jan Schakowsky NOIllinois Democrat
Adam Schiff YESCalifornia Democrat
Bobby Scott NOVirginia Democrat
Jose Serrano YESNew York Democrat/Liberal
Brad Sherman YESCalifornia Democrat
Ike Skelton NOMissouri Democrat
Louise Slaughter NONew York Democrat
David Adam Smith YESWashington Democrat
Vic Snyder YESArkansas Democrat
Hilda Solis NOCalifornia Democrat
John Spratt YESSouth Carolina Democrat
Pete Stark NOCalifornia Democrat
Charles Stenholm YESTexas Democrat
Ted Strickland YESOhio Democrat
Bart Stupak NOMichigan Democrat
John Tanner YESTennessee Democrat
Ellen Tauscher YESCalifornia Democrat
Gene Taylor NOMississippi Democrat
Bennie Thompson YESMississippi Democrat
Mike Thompson YESCalifornia Democrat
John Tierney NOMassachusetts Democrat
Ed Towns YESNew York Democrat/Liberal
Jim Turner YESTexas Democrat (Until 2004)
Mark Udall NOColorado Democrat
Tom Udall NONew Mexico Democrat
Nydia Velazquez NONew York Democrat/Working-Families
Peter Visclosky YESIndiana Democrat
Maxine Waters NOCalifornia Democrat
Diane Watson YESCalifornia Democrat
Mel Watt NONorth Carolina Democrat
Henry Waxman NOCalifornia Democrat
Anthony Weiner NONew York Democrat/Liberal
Robert Wexler YESFlorida Democrat
Lynn Woolsey NOCalifornia Democrat
David Wu NOOregon Democrat
Albert Wynn YESMaryland Democrat



Republicans voting on 2002-45

Robert Aderholt YESAlabama Republican
Todd Akin YESMissouri Republican
Spencer Bachus YESAlabama Republican
Richard Hugh Baker YESLouisiana Republican
Cass Ballenger YESNorth Carolina Republican
Roscoe Bartlett NOMaryland Republican
Joe Linus Barton YESTexas Republican
Charlie Bass YESNew Hampshire Republican
Doug Bereuter NONebraska Republican (Until 2004)
Judy Biggert NOIllinois Republican
Michael Bilirakis YESFlorida Republican
Roy Blunt YESMissouri Republican
Sherry Boehlert YESNew York Republican/Independence
John Boehner YESOhio Republican
Henry Bonilla YESTexas Republican
Mary Bono YESCalifornia Republican
John Boozman YESArkansas Republican
Kevin Brady YESTexas Republican
Henry Brown YESSouth Carolina Republican
Richard Burr YESNorth Carolina Republican (Until 2004)
Dan Burton YESIndiana Republican
Steve Buyer YESIndiana Republican
Ken Calvert YESCalifornia Republican
Dave Camp YESMichigan Republican
Chris Cannon NOUtah Republican
Eric Cantor NOVirginia Republican
Shelley Moore Capito YESWest Virginia Republican
Michael Castle NODelaware Republican
Steve Chabot NOOhio Republican
Saxby Chambliss YESGeorgia Republican (Until 2004)
John Howard Coble NONorth Carolina Republican
Mac Collins YESGeorgia Republican
Christopher Cox NOCalifornia Republican
Philip Crane YESIllinois Republican (Until 2004)
Ander Crenshaw YESFlorida Republican
John Culberson YESTexas Republican
Duke Cunningham YESCalifornia Republican
Jo Ann Davis YESVirginia Republican
Tom Davis NOVirginia Republican
Nathan Deal YESGeorgia Republican
Tom DeLay YESTexas Republican
Jim DeMint NOSouth Carolina Republican (Until 2004)
Lincoln Diaz-Balart YESFlorida Republican
John Doolittle YESCalifornia Republican
David Dreier NOCalifornia Republican
Jimmy Duncan NOTennessee Republican
Jennifer Dunn NOWashington Republican (Until 2004)
Vernon Ehlers YESMichigan Republican
Robert Ehrlich NOMaryland Republican
Jo Ann Emerson YESMissouri Republican
Phil English YESPennsylvania Republican
Terry Everett YESAlabama Republican
Mike Ferguson YESNew Jersey Republican
Jeff Flake NOArizona Republican
Ernie Fletcher YESKentucky Republican
Mark Foley YESFlorida Republican
Randy Forbes NOVirginia Republican
Vito Fossella YESNew York Rep./Cons./Right-To-Life
Rodney Frelinghuysen NONew Jersey Republican
Elton Gallegly YESCalifornia Republican
Jim Gibbons YESNevada Republican
Wayne Gilchrest NOMaryland Republican
Paul Gillmor YESOhio Republican
Virgil Goode NOVirginia Republican
Bob Goodlatte YESVirginia Republican
Porter Goss NOFlorida Republican (Until 2004)
Lindsey Graham YESSouth Carolina Republican
Kay Granger YESTexas Republican
Samuel Graves YESMissouri Republican
Mark Green YESWisconsin Republican
Jim Greenwood YESPennsylvania Republican (Until 2004)
Gil Gutknecht YESMinnesota Republican
Melissa Hart YESPennsylvania Republican
Doc Hastings NOWashington Republican
Robin Hayes YESNorth Carolina Republican
J.D. Hayworth NOArizona Republican
Joel Hefley NOColorado Republican
Wally Herger YESCalifornia Republican
Dave Hobson YESOhio Republican
Peter Hoekstra NOMichigan Republican
John Hostettler YESIndiana Republican
Amo Houghton YESNew York Republican/Conservative
Kenny Hulshof YESMissouri Republican
Duncan Hunter YESCalifornia Republican
Henry Hyde YESIllinois Republican
Johnny Isakson NOGeorgia Republican (Until 2004)
Darrell Issa YESCalifornia Republican
Ernest Istook YESOklahoma Republican
Bill Jenkins YESTennessee Republican
Nancy Lee Johnson YESConnecticut Republican
Sam Johnson NOTexas Republican
Timothy Johnson YESIllinois Republican
Walter Beaman Jones YESNorth Carolina Republican
Ric Keller NOFlorida Republican
Sue Kelly YESNew York Republican/Conservative
Mark Kennedy YESMinnesota Republican
Peter King YESNew York Rep./Ind./Cons./Right-To-Life
Jack Kingston NOGeorgia Republican
Mark Kirk YESIllinois Republican
Joe Knollenberg YESMichigan Republican
Jim Kolbe NOArizona Republican
Ray LaHood YESIllinois Republican
Tom Latham NOIowa Republican
Steven LaTourette YESOhio Republican
Jim Leach NOIowa Republican
Jerry Lewis YESCalifornia Republican
Ron Lewis YESKentucky Republican
John Linder NOGeorgia Republican
Frank LoBiondo YESNew Jersey Republican
Frank Dean Lucas YESOklahoma Republican
Donald Manzullo YESIllinois Republican
Jim McCrery YESLouisiana Republican
John McHugh YESNew York Republican/Conservative
Scott McInnis NOColorado Republican (Until 2004)
Buck McKeon YESCalifornia Republican
John Mica NOFlorida Republican
Gary Miller YESCalifornia Republican
Jeff Miller NOFlorida Republican
Jerry Moran YESKansas Republican
Sue Myrick YESNorth Carolina Republican
George Nethercutt NOWashington Republican (Until 2004)
Bob Ney YESOhio Republican
Anne Meagher Northup YESKentucky Republican
Charlie Norwood YESGeorgia Republican
Jim Nussle YESIowa Republican
Tom Osborne NONebraska Republican
Doug Ose YESCalifornia Republican
Butch Otter YESIdaho Republican
Michael Oxley YESOhio Republican
Ron Paul NOTexas Republican
Mike Pence YESIndiana Republican
John Peterson NOPennsylvania Republican
Tom Petri YESWisconsin Republican
Joseph Pitts NOPennsylvania Republican
Todd Platts NOPennsylvania Republican
Richard Pombo YESCalifornia Republican
Rob Portman YESOhio Republican
Deborah Pryce YESOhio Republican
Adam Putnam YESFlorida Republican
Jack Quinn YESNew York Republican/Ind./Cons.
George Radanovich YESCalifornia Republican
Jim Ramstad NOMinnesota Republican
Ralph Regula NOOhio Republican
Dennis Rehberg NOMontana Republican
Thomas Reynolds YESNew York Republican/Cons. (Until 2004)
Bob Riley YESAlabama Republican
Hal Rogers YESKentucky Republican
Mike Rogers NOMichigan Republican
Dana Rohrabacher NOCalifornia Republican
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen YESFlorida Republican
Ed Royce NOCalifornia Republican
Paul Ryan YESWisconsin Republican
Jim Ryun YESKansas Republican
Jim Saxton YESNew Jersey Republican
Edward Schrock YESVirginia Republican (Until 2004)
James Sensenbrenner YESWisconsin Republican
Pete Sessions YESTexas Republican
John Shadegg NOArizona Republican
Clay Shaw YESFlorida Republican
Christopher Shays NOConnecticut Republican
Don Sherwood YESPennsylvania Republican
John Shimkus YESIllinois Republican
Bill Shuster YESPennsylvania Republican
Rob Simmons YESConnecticut Republican
Mike Simpson YESIdaho Republican
Christopher Smith YESNew Jersey Republican
Lamar Smith YESTexas Republican
Nick Smith YESMichigan Republican (Until 2004)
Mark Souder YESIndiana Republican
Cliff Stearns YESFlorida Republican
John Sullivan YESOklahoma Republican
John Sununu NONew Hampshire Republican
John Sweeney YESNew York Republican/Conservative
Tom Tancredo YESColorado Republican
Billy Tauzin YESLouisiana Republican (Until 2004)
Charles Taylor YESNorth Carolina Republican
Lee Terry YESNebraska Republican
Bill Thomas YESCalifornia Republican
Mac Thornberry YESTexas Republican
Todd Tiahrt YESKansas Republican
Pat Tiberi YESOhio Republican
Pat Toomey YESPennsylvania Republican (Until 2004)
Fred Upton YESMichigan Republican
David Vitter YESLouisiana Republican (Until 2004)
Greg Walden YESOregon Republican
Jim Walsh YESNew York Rep./Ind./Conservative
Zach Wamp NOTennessee Republican
Curt Weldon YESPennsylvania Republican
Dave Weldon YESFlorida Republican
Jerry Weller YESIllinois Republican
Ed Whitfield YESKentucky Republican
Roger Wicker NOMississippi Republican
Heather Wilson NONew Mexico Republican
Joe Wilson YESSouth Carolina Republican
Frank Wolf NOVirginia Republican
Bill Young NOFlorida Republican
Don Young NOAlaska Republican



Independents voting on 2002-45

Tom Lantos YESCalifornia Former Democrat (until 2008)
Bernie Sanders NOVermont Independent