Tonight's vote on the American Clean Energy and Security Act was the closest so far on a final bill in the House this year. The legislation passed by just seven votes (219-212), with eight Republican "yeas" providing the margin. Forty-four Democrats voted no. The Republicans in favor were you usual handful of threatened "moderates," with Chris Smith of New Jersey being the closest thing to an outlier:
District
Representative
PVI
NJ-04
Smith, Chris
R+6
CA-45
Bono Mack
R+3
NJ-07
Lance
R+3
NY-23
McHugh
R+1
WA-08
Reichert
D+3
NJ-02
LoBiondo
D+1
IL-10
Kirk
D+6
DE-AL
Castle
D+7
Meanwhile, the Democrats opposed were almost entirely from conservative districts, with a few liberal purity votes and a classic Artur Davis defection thrown in:
District
Representative
PVI
District
Representative
PVI
CA-13
Stark
D+22
PA-17
Holden
R+6
AL-07
Davis, Artur
D+18
AZ-01
Kirkpatrick
R+6
OH-10
Kucinich
D+8
WV-03
Rahall
R+6
IN-01
Visclosky
D+8
TN-08
Tanner
R+6
CA-20
Costa
D+5
AR-04
Ross
R+7
IL-12
Costello
D+3
AR-01
Berry
R+8
OR-04
DeFazio
D+2
PA-10
Carney
R+8
GA-12
Barrow
D+1
IN-08
Ellsworth
R+8
IL14
Foster
R+1
SD-AL
Herseth Sandlin
R+9
NY-24
Arcuri
R+2
WV-01
Mollohan
R+9
IN-02
Donnelly
R+2
GA-08
Marshall
R+10
NC-08
Kissell
R+2
ND-AL
Pomeroy
R+10
TX-27
Ortiz
R+2
AL-05
Griffith
R+12
OH-06
Wilson, Charlie
R+2
LA-03
Melancon
R+12
PA-03
Dahlkemper
R+3
OK-02
Boren
R+14
TX-23
Rodriguez
R+4
MS-01
Childers
R+14
NY-29
Massa
R+5
TN-04
Davis, Lincoln
R+14
NC-07
McIntyre
R+5
UT-02
Matheson
R+15
AZ-05
Mitchell
R+5
AL-02
Bright
R+16
VA-02
Nye
R+5
ID-01
Minnick
R+18
CO-03
Salazar
R+5
TX-17
Edwards, Chet
R+20
PA-04
Altmire
R+6
MS-04
Taylor
R+20
Among Dems in D+ seats that we don't typically see on lists like this, Pete Stark called the bill "watered-down," Visclosky said it would cost jobs in the Northern Indiana steel industry, Jim Costa's objection is inscrutable, and Jerry Costello has nothing on his website, though a tradmed story paraphrased him as believing the legislation would "result in higher electric bills."
