S. 3044 - Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008
energy speculation - Energy. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
- Sponsor:
- Harry Reid
- Summary:
- A bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill has passed through committee and has been put on a legislative calendar.
Senate Vote: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3044
DID NOT PASS on June 10, 2008.
3/5 required to pass
voted YES: 51
voted NO: 43
6 voted present/not voting
Other Votes:
Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008
S. 3044 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)
- Keywords
- energy speculation
- Summary
- A bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
- Learn More
- At OpenCongress
- Title
- A bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices, and for other purposes.
- Other Titles
- Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008
- No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2008
- NOPEC
- Petroleum Consumer Price Gouging Protection Act
- Sponsor
- Harry Reid
- Co-Sponsors
- Amy Klobuchar
- Patrick Leahy
- Robert Menéndez
- Benjamin Cardin
- Edward Kennedy
- Barbara Boxer
- Debbie Ann Stabenow
- Richard Durbin
- Carl Levin
- Barbara Mikulski
- Charles Schumer
- Herbert Kohl
- Christopher Dodd
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- John Reed
- Jim Webb
- Sherrod Brown
- Claire McCaskill
- Patty Murray
- Bernard Sanders
- Kent Conrad
- Tim Johnson
- Frank Lautenberg
- Subjects
- Energy
- Actions and defenses
- Air pollution
- Alcohol as fuel
- Alternative energy sources
- Antitrust law
- Armed forces
- Biomass energy
- Budgets
- Business
- Cartels
- Climate change
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Criminal justice
- Defense economics
- Derivative securities
- Disaster relief
- Emergency management
- Energy prices
- Energy security
- Energy supplies
- Environmental protection
- Excess profits tax
- Finance
- Fines (Penalties)
- Foreign policy
- Foreign tax credit
- Futures trading
- Gasoline
- Government information
- Government liability (International law)
- Government procurement
- Government publicity
- Government trust funds
- Governmental investigations
- Greenhouse gases
- Income tax
- International affairs
- Iraq compilation
- Law
- Losses
- Margins (Security trading)
- Natural gas
- Oil and gas royalties
- Parties to actions
- Petroleum industry
- Petroleum reserves
- Price fixing
- Profit
- Public contracts
- Restrictive trade practices
- Strategic materials
- Tax credits
- Tax deductions
- Taxation of foreign income
- Telecommunication
- Telephone
- Trade
- Related Bills
- Major Actions
Introduced 5/20/2008 - Bill History
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Chamber/Committee Motion Date Result currently selected Senate Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3044 6/10/2008 This motion DID NOT PASS the Senate 51 voted YES 43 voted NO 6 voted present/not votingAction Date Description Introduced 5/20/2008 5/20/2008 Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Put on a legislative calendar 5/21/2008 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 743. 6/04/2008 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. 6/04/2008 Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. 6/04/2008 Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. 6/05/2008 Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. 6/06/2008 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. 6/06/2008 Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. 6/06/2008 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. 6/09/2008 Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. 6/10/2008 Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. 6/10/2008 Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the measure [Record Vote Number 146] made in Senate. 6/10/2008 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. 6/10/2008 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. currently selected Vote 6/10/2008 Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3044 6/11/2008 Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
Total contributions given to Senators within 30 days of the vote "Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3044" from interest groups that…
supported this motion
| Environmental policy |
| Labor Unions |
| Elderly issues/Social Security |
| Teamsters union |
| Consumer groups |
opposed this motion
| Independent oil & gas producers |
| Commodity brokers/dealers |
| Chambers of commerce |
| Manufacturing |
| Fiscal & tax policy |
| Contributor | Interest group | Amount | Date | Senate member | Party | State | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anadarko Petroleum | Independent oil & gas producers | $1,000 | 5/12/08 | Pat Roberts | R | KS | No |
| Anadarko Petroleum | Independent oil & gas producers | $1,000 | 5/12/08 | Thad Cochran | R | MS | No |
| Moskowitz, Charles J | Independent oil & gas producers | $250 | 5/12/08 | Carl Levin | D | MI | Yes |
| Sierra Club | Environmental policy | $10 | 5/12/08 | Carl Levin | D | MI | Yes |
| Anadarko Petroleum | Independent oil & gas producers | $2,000 | 5/13/08 | Michael Enzi | R | WY | No |
| Anadarko Petroleum | Independent oil & gas producers | $1,000 | 5/13/08 | John Cornyn | R | TX | No |
| Carey, Charles P | Commodity brokers/dealers | $1,000 | 5/13/08 | Frank Lautenberg | D | NJ | Yes |
| Duffy, Terrence a | Commodity brokers/dealers | $1,000 | 5/13/08 | Frank Lautenberg | D | NJ | Yes |
| Tempelsman, Maurice | Commodity brokers/dealers | $1,000 | 5/13/08 | Frank Lautenberg | D | NJ | Yes |
| Erickson, Jay M | Environmental policy | $250 | 5/14/08 | Max Baucus | D | MT | Yes |
| League of Conservation Voters | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 5/14/08 | Frank Lautenberg | D | NJ | Yes |
| League of Conservation Voters | Environmental policy | $350 | 5/14/08 | John Kerry | D | MA | Yes |
| Danson, Cassandra C | Environmental policy | $500 | 5/15/08 | Barbara Boxer | D | CA | Yes |
| Montana Conservation Voters | Environmental policy | $3,000 | 5/15/08 | Jon Tester | D | MT | Yes |
| Talbot, Martha Hayne | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 5/15/08 | Barbara Boxer | D | CA | Yes |
| Anadarko Petroleum | Independent oil & gas producers | $1,500 | 5/16/08 | Lamar Alexander | R | TN | No |
| Chesapeake Energy | Independent oil & gas producers | $2,500 | 5/16/08 | Mitch McConnell | R | KY | No |
| Chicago Board Options Exchange | Commodity brokers/dealers | $2,000 | 5/16/08 | Elizabeth Dole | R | NC | No |
| Natl Cmte to Preserve Social Security | Elderly issues/Social Security | $1,000 | 5/16/08 | Thomas Harkin | D | IA | Yes |
| Walker, James W | Independent oil & gas producers | $300 | 5/16/08 | John Cornyn | R | TX | No |
| Byrd, Marty L | Independent oil & gas producers | $500 | 5/17/08 | John Rockefeller | D | WV | Yes |
| Rotruck, F Scott | Independent oil & gas producers | $500 | 5/17/08 | John Rockefeller | D | WV | Yes |
| Chicago Mercantile Exchange | Commodity brokers/dealers | $3,000 | 5/19/08 | Elizabeth Dole | R | NC | No |
| Moskowitz, Charles J | Independent oil & gas producers | $350 | 5/19/08 | Carl Levin | D | MI | Yes |
| Pensabene, Gregory M | Independent oil & gas producers | $250 | 5/19/08 | Thad Cochran | R | MS | No |
| Schwartz, Ilene H | Environmental policy | $333 | 5/19/08 | Frank Lautenberg | D | NJ | Yes |
| Schwartz, Ilene H | Environmental policy | $333 | 5/19/08 | Mary Landrieu | D | LA | No |
| Intl Fedn of Prof & Technical Engineers | Labor Unions | $1,000 | 5/20/08 | Frank Lautenberg | D | NJ | Yes |
| Ramsland, Russell | Independent oil & gas producers | $2,300 | 5/20/08 | Mitch McConnell | R | KY | No |
| Ramsland, Russell | Independent oil & gas producers | $2,300 | 5/20/08 | Mitch McConnell | R | KY | No |
| Robb, Richard H | Commodity brokers/dealers | $2,300 | 5/20/08 | Mitch McConnell | R | KY | No |
| Timmons, Jay | Manufacturing | $800 | 5/20/08 | Mitch McConnell | R | KY | No |
| Teamsters Union | Teamsters union | $2,000 | 5/21/08 | Sherrod Brown | D | OH | Yes |
| Chicago Mercantile Exchange | Commodity brokers/dealers | $1,000 | 5/22/08 | Ted Stevens | R | AK | No |
| Zadeck, Donald | Independent oil & gas producers | $1,500 | 5/22/08 | David Vitter | R | LA | No |
| Louis-Dreyfus, William | Independent oil & gas producers | $1,000 | 5/23/08 | Charles Grassley | R | IA | Yes |
| Moir, Rob | Environmental policy | $333 | 5/23/08 | Mary Landrieu | D | LA | No |
| Noonan, Patrick F | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 5/23/08 | Barbara Mikulski | D | MD | Yes |
| Us Chamber of Commerce | Chambers of commerce | $-2,500 | 5/23/08 | Norm Coleman | R | MN | Yes |
| Sanbom, Heidi | Environmental policy | $250 | 5/24/08 | Barbara Boxer | D | CA | Yes |
| Beren, Robert | Independent oil & gas producers | $500 | 5/27/08 | Pat Roberts | R | KS | No |
| Chicago Board Options Exchange | Commodity brokers/dealers | $5,000 | 5/27/08 | Mitch McConnell | R | KY | No |
| Chicago Board Options Exchange | Commodity brokers/dealers | $3,000 | 5/27/08 | Elizabeth Dole | R | NC | No |
| Chicago Board Options Exchange | Commodity brokers/dealers | $3,000 | 5/27/08 | Michael Enzi | R | WY | No |
| Krumme, George | Independent oil & gas producers | $1,000 | 5/27/08 | Tim Johnson | D | SD | Yes |
| Sawyer, Andrew H | Environmental policy | $250 | 5/27/08 | Barbara Boxer | D | CA | Yes |
| Blankenbiller, Amy | Chambers of commerce | $250 | 5/28/08 | Pat Roberts | R | KS | No |
| Blight, Cathy O Md | Environmental policy | $500 | 5/28/08 | Carl Levin | D | MI | Yes |
| Newfield Exploration Co | Independent oil & gas producers | $1,000 | 5/28/08 | John Cornyn | R | TX | No |
| Ocean Champions | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 5/28/08 | Sheldon Whitehouse | D | RI | Yes |
| Sierra Club | Environmental policy | $2,000 | 5/28/08 | Frank Lautenberg | D | NJ | Yes |
| Caruso, Carol a | Chambers of commerce | $500 | 5/29/08 | Sherrod Brown | D | OH | Yes |
| Krause, James | Commodity brokers/dealers | $1,000 | 5/29/08 | Saxby Chambliss | R | GA | No |
| Afl-Cio | Labor Unions | $1,000 | 5/30/08 | Patty Murray | D | WA | Yes |
| Kershner, Christopher E | Chambers of commerce | $500 | 5/30/08 | Sherrod Brown | D | OH | Yes |
| Meadows, William H | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 5/30/08 | Frank Lautenberg | D | NJ | Yes |
| Sokol, Craig D | Commodity brokers/dealers | $1,000 | 5/30/08 | Russell Feingold | D | WI | Yes |
| Avant, Harry | Independent oil & gas producers | $500 | 5/31/08 | David Vitter | R | LA | No |
| Rubin, Robert | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 5/31/08 | Frank Lautenberg | D | NJ | Yes |
| Brodsky, Joan B | Commodity brokers/dealers | $1,000 | 6/2/08 | Joseph Biden | D | DE | Yes |
| Brodsky, Joan B | Commodity brokers/dealers | $300 | 6/2/08 | Joseph Biden | D | DE | Yes |
| Brodsky, Joan B | Commodity brokers/dealers | $300 | 6/2/08 | Joseph Biden | D | DE | Yes |
| Coast, Michael J | Manufacturing | $250 | 6/2/08 | Carl Levin | D | MI | Yes |
| Crown, Lester | Commodity brokers/dealers | $1,000 | 6/2/08 | Joseph Biden | D | DE | Yes |
| Hackett, James | Independent oil & gas producers | $1,300 | 6/2/08 | Mitch McConnell | R | KY | No |
| Harvey, Ralph | Independent oil & gas producers | $1,000 | 6/2/08 | Pat Roberts | R | KS | No |
| Kullberg, Duane R | Commodity brokers/dealers | $1,000 | 6/2/08 | Joseph Biden | D | DE | Yes |
| Manna, Martin F | Chambers of commerce | $250 | 6/2/08 | Carl Levin | D | MI | Yes |
| Goldman, Peter | Environmental policy | $2,000 | 6/3/08 | Max Baucus | D | MT | Yes |
| Kinsey, Christopher | Independent oil & gas producers | $800 | 6/3/08 | David Vitter | R | LA | No |
| Kinsey, Christopher | Independent oil & gas producers | $700 | 6/3/08 | David Vitter | R | LA | No |
| Kinsey, Norman | Independent oil & gas producers | $500 | 6/3/08 | David Vitter | R | LA | No |
| Wilkinson, Frank S | Environmental policy | $250 | 6/3/08 | Tim Johnson | D | SD | Yes |
| Wrather, Charlotte O | Independent oil & gas producers | $500 | 6/3/08 | John Cornyn | R | TX | No |
| New York Mercantile Exchange | Commodity brokers/dealers | $1,000 | 6/4/08 | Lindsey Graham | R | SC | Not Voting |
| Sierra Club | Environmental policy | $10 | 6/4/08 | Frank Lautenberg | D | NJ | Yes |
| Sierra Club | Environmental policy | $10 | 6/4/08 | Thomas Harkin | D | IA | Yes |
| Goodall, Gregg | Independent oil & gas producers | $500 | 6/5/08 | Kay Hutchison | R | TX | No |
| Sant, Victoria P | Environmental policy | $2,300 | 6/5/08 | John Rockefeller | D | WV | Yes |
| Anadarko Petroleum | Independent oil & gas producers | $5,000 | 6/6/08 | John Sununu | R | NH | No |
| Anadarko Petroleum | Independent oil & gas producers | $1,000 | 6/6/08 | John Sununu | R | NH | No |
| Anadarko Petroleum | Independent oil & gas producers | $1,000 | 6/6/08 | Ted Stevens | R | AK | No |
| Berger, Bruce | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 6/6/08 | Tim Johnson | D | SD | Yes |
| Hayes, Bryce F | Independent oil & gas producers | $200 | 6/6/08 | Pat Roberts | R | KS | No |
| Natl Cmte to Preserve Social Security | Elderly issues/Social Security | $1,000 | 6/6/08 | Tim Johnson | D | SD | Yes |
| Sierra Club | Environmental policy | $10 | 6/6/08 | Joseph Biden | D | DE | Yes |
| Sierra Club | Environmental policy | $10 | 6/6/08 | Richard Durbin | D | IL | Yes |
| Acerro, Theresa | Environmental policy | $200 | 6/9/08 | Barbara Boxer | D | CA | Yes |
| Davidson, Charles | Independent oil & gas producers | $300 | 6/9/08 | Mitch McConnell | R | KY | No |
| Denbury Resources | Independent oil & gas producers | $1,000 | 6/9/08 | Jon Tester | D | MT | Yes |
| Sierra Club | Environmental policy | $10 | 6/9/08 | John Kerry | D | MA | Yes |
| Eisenstadt, Jeanne | Environmental policy | $250 | 6/10/08 | Carl Levin | D | MI | Yes |
| Erdman, Jennifer | Chambers of commerce | $250 | 6/10/08 | Christopher Bond | R | MO | No |
| Mcleese, Donald G | Chambers of commerce | $1,000 | 6/10/08 | Lindsey Graham | R | SC | Not Voting |
| Fischer, Harold | Manufacturing | $500 | 6/11/08 | Kay Hutchison | R | TX | No |
| Walker, John B | Independent oil & gas producers | $2,300 | 6/11/08 | John Cornyn | R | TX | No |
| Anadarko Petroleum | Independent oil & gas producers | $3,000 | 6/12/08 | Saxby Chambliss | R | GA | No |
| Christensen, Aimee | Environmental policy | $500 | 6/12/08 | Barbara Boxer | D | CA | Yes |
| Deas, Rutledge | Independent oil & gas producers | $200 | 6/12/08 | Mitch McConnell | R | KY | No |
| Levens, C H | Independent oil & gas producers | $2,300 | 6/12/08 | John Cornyn | R | TX | No |
| Chesapeake Energy | Independent oil & gas producers | $5,000 | 6/13/08 | Mary Landrieu | D | LA | No |
| Kinney, Sarina F | Independent oil & gas producers | $1,500 | 6/13/08 | George Voinovich | R | OH | No |
| Kinney, William G | Independent oil & gas producers | $1,500 | 6/13/08 | George Voinovich | R | OH | No |
| Vincent, Bruce H | Independent oil & gas producers | $2,300 | 6/13/08 | John Cornyn | R | TX | No |
| Natl Cmte to Preserve Social Security | Elderly issues/Social Security | $1,000 | 6/16/08 | Gordon Smith | R | OR | Yes |
| Center for Coastal Conservation | Environmental policy | $2,300 | 6/17/08 | David Vitter | R | LA | No |
| Center for Coastal Conservation | Environmental policy | $2,300 | 6/17/08 | Richard Burr | R | NC | No |
| Independent Petroleum Assn of America | Independent oil & gas producers | $5,000 | 6/17/08 | Elizabeth Dole | R | NC | No |
| Independent Petroleum Assn of America | Independent oil & gas producers | $5,000 | 6/17/08 | John Sununu | R | NH | No |
| Mckenny, Jere W | Independent oil & gas producers | $250 | 6/18/08 | James Inhofe | R | OK | No |
| Intl Fedn of Prof & Technical Engineers | Labor Unions | $1,000 | 6/19/08 | Patty Murray | D | WA | Yes |
| Sierra Club | Environmental policy | $2,000 | 6/19/08 | Frank Lautenberg | D | NJ | Yes |
| Us Chamber of Commerce | Chambers of commerce | $5,000 | 6/19/08 | Susan Collins | R | ME | Yes |
| Us Chamber of Commerce | Chambers of commerce | $1,000 | 6/19/08 | Mitch McConnell | R | KY | No |
| Fox, Marilyn | Manufacturing | $2,300 | 6/20/08 | John Cornyn | R | TX | No |
| Fox, Sam | Manufacturing | $2,300 | 6/20/08 | John Cornyn | R | TX | No |
| Hinch, Phillips | Chambers of commerce | $200 | 6/20/08 | Susan Collins | R | ME | Yes |
| Kinsey, Norman | Independent oil & gas producers | $500 | 6/20/08 | Norm Coleman | R | MN | Yes |
| Rodrigue, Christopher | Commodity brokers/dealers | $1,500 | 6/20/08 | Susan Collins | R | ME | Yes |
| Smith, Iris | Independent oil & gas producers | $1,000 | 6/20/08 | Norm Coleman | R | MN | Yes |
| Abraham, Salem | Commodity brokers/dealers | $2,300 | 6/23/08 | John Cornyn | R | TX | No |
| Afl-Cio | Labor Unions | $2,500 | 6/23/08 | John Reed | D | RI | Yes |
| Bourk, Kathleen | Independent oil & gas producers | $250 | 6/23/08 | Kay Hutchison | R | TX | No |
| Brodsky, William J | Commodity brokers/dealers | $500 | 6/23/08 | Russell Feingold | D | WI | Yes |
| Conners, Dana | Chambers of commerce | $500 | 6/23/08 | Susan Collins | R | ME | Yes |
| Hackett, James T | Independent oil & gas producers | $2,300 | 6/23/08 | Mary Landrieu | D | LA | No |
| Hamm, Edward | Independent oil & gas producers | $1,000 | 6/23/08 | Norm Coleman | R | MN | Yes |
| League of Conservation Voters | Environmental policy | $500 | 6/23/08 | Barbara Boxer | D | CA | Yes |
| Levens, C H | Independent oil & gas producers | $2,300 | 6/23/08 | Kay Hutchison | R | TX | No |
| Newsome, Mary P | Commodity brokers/dealers | $2,300 | 6/23/08 | Roger Wicker | R | MS | No |
| Rumsey, Charles C Jr | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 6/23/08 | Max Baucus | D | MT | Yes |
| Avent, Sharon | Manufacturing | $2,300 | 6/24/08 | Norm Coleman | R | MN | Yes |
| Dayton, Edward | Environmental policy | $2,000 | 6/24/08 | Norm Coleman | R | MN | Yes |
| Folks, David | Independent oil & gas producers | $250 | 6/24/08 | James Inhofe | R | OK | No |
| Louis-Dreyfus, William G | Independent oil & gas producers | $1,000 | 6/24/08 | Max Baucus | D | MT | Yes |
| Simon, Diane M | Environmental policy | $2,300 | 6/24/08 | Carl Levin | D | MI | Yes |
| Bettis, Harry | Independent oil & gas producers | $750 | 6/25/08 | John Cornyn | R | TX | No |
| Musil, Robert K | Environmental policy | $500 | 6/25/08 | Barbara Boxer | D | CA | Yes |
| New York Mercantile Exchange | Commodity brokers/dealers | $5,000 | 6/25/08 | Roger Wicker | R | MS | No |
| Options Clearing Corp | Commodity brokers/dealers | $1,000 | 6/25/08 | Thomas Harkin | D | IA | Yes |
| Andrus, Stephen | Environmental policy | $1,000 | 6/26/08 | Carl Levin | D | MI | Yes |
| Chesapeake Energy | Independent oil & gas producers | $500 | 6/26/08 | Mitch McConnell | R | KY | No |
| Furseth, Gerald | Independent oil & gas producers | $1,000 | 6/26/08 | James Inhofe | R | OK | No |
| Sokol, Craig D | Commodity brokers/dealers | $1,000 | 6/26/08 | Russell Feingold | D | WI | Yes |
| Sokol, Craig D | Commodity brokers/dealers | $-1,000 | 6/26/08 | Russell Feingold | D | WI | Yes |
| Avent, Sharon | Manufacturing | $600 | 6/27/08 | Norm Coleman | R | MN | Yes |
| Avent, Sharon | Manufacturing | $-600 | 6/27/08 | Norm Coleman | R | MN | Yes |
| Avent, Sharon | Manufacturing | $-1,700 | 6/27/08 | Norm Coleman | R | MN | Yes |
| Dayton, Edward | Environmental policy | $2,000 | 6/27/08 | Norm Coleman | R | MN | Yes |
| Dayton, Edward | Environmental policy | $-2,000 | 6/27/08 | Norm Coleman | R | MN | Yes |
| Kinsey, Norman | Independent oil & gas producers | $200 | 6/27/08 | Norm Coleman | R | MN | Yes |
| Kinsey, Norman | Independent oil & gas producers | $-200 | 6/27/08 | Norm Coleman | R | MN | Yes |
| Hui, Lawrence | Environmental policy | $200 | 6/29/08 | Susan Collins | R | ME | Yes |
| Martineau, David | Independent oil & gas producers | $500 | 6/30/08 | James Inhofe | R | OK | No |
| Smith, Iris | Independent oil & gas producers | $1,000 | 6/30/08 | Norm Coleman | R | MN | Yes |
| Thompson, Terrence | Chambers of commerce | $250 | 6/30/08 | James Inhofe | R | OK | No |
| Treptow, Mary Lea | Independent oil & gas producers | $2,300 | 6/30/08 | Max Baucus | D | MT | Yes |
| Williams, James C | Environmental policy | $250 | 6/30/08 | Max Baucus | D | MT | Yes |
| Williams, Sam | Chambers of commerce | $500 | 6/30/08 | Lamar Alexander | R | TN | No |
| Center for Coastal Conservation | Environmental policy | $2,300 | 7/1/08 | Roger Wicker | R | MS | No |
| Denbury Resources | Independent oil & gas producers | $2,300 | 7/1/08 | Roger Wicker | R | MS | No |
| Denbury Resources | Independent oil & gas producers | $-1,000 | 7/1/08 | Jon Tester | D | MT | Yes |
| Hughes, Dan a Jr | Independent oil & gas producers | $500 | 7/2/08 | John Cornyn | R | TX | No |
| Sierra Club | Environmental policy | $10 | 7/2/08 | John Reed | D | RI | Yes |
| Chesapeake Energy | Independent oil & gas producers | $2,000 | 7/3/08 | Kay Hutchison | R | TX | No |
| Hilliard, C P | Independent oil & gas producers | $500 | 7/7/08 | Mary Landrieu | D | LA | No |
| Prince, Randy | Chambers of commerce | $250 | 7/8/08 | Richard Durbin | D | IL | Yes |
| Sebits, Carl W | Independent oil & gas producers | $1,000 | 7/9/08 | Pat Roberts | R | KS | No |
| Carey, Charles | Commodity brokers/dealers | $1,700 | 7/10/08 | Saxby Chambliss | R | GA | No |
| Carey, Charles | Commodity brokers/dealers | $300 | 7/10/08 | Saxby Chambliss | R | GA | No |
| Mountcastle, Kenneth | Environmental policy | $200 | 7/10/08 | Carl Levin | D | MI | Yes |
Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office on day of vote, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MapLight, May 11, 2008 – July 10, 2008.
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions by Legislator
| Name | Party | State | $ From Interest Groups That Supported | $ From Interest Groups That Opposed | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel K. Akaka | D | HI | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Andrew Lamar Alexander | R | TN | $0 | $2,000 | No |
| Alan Wayne Allard | R | CO | $0 | $0 | No |
| John Barrasso | R | WY | $0 | $0 | No |
| Max Baucus | D | MT | $3,500 | $3,300 | Yes |
| Birch "Evan" Bayh | D | IN | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Bob Bennett | R | UT | $0 | $0 | No |
| Joe Biden | D | DE | $10 | $3,600 | Yes |
| Jesse "Jeff" Bingaman | D | NM | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Christopher "Kit" Bond | R | MO | $0 | $250 | No |
| Barbara Boxer | D | CA | $3,700 | $0 | Yes |
| Sherrod Brown | D | OH | $2,000 | $1,000 | Yes |
| Sam Brownback | R | KS | $0 | $0 | No |
| Jim Bunning | R | KY | $0 | $0 | No |
| Richard Burr | R | NC | $2,300 | $0 | No |
| Robert Byrd | D | WV | $0 | $0 | Not Voting |
| Maria Cantwell | D | WA | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Ben Cardin | D | MD | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Tom Carper | D | DE | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Bob Casey | D | PA | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Clarence Saxby Chambliss | R | GA | $0 | $6,000 | No |
| Hillary Clinton | D | NY | $0 | $0 | Not Voting |
| Tom Coburn | R | OK | $0 | $0 | No |
| William Thad Cochran | R | MS | $0 | $1,250 | No |
| Norm Coleman | R | MN | $2,000 | $1,600 | Yes |
| Susan Collins | R | ME | $200 | $7,200 | Yes |
| Gaylord Kent Conrad | D | ND | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Bob Corker | R | TN | $0 | $0 | No |
| John Cornyn | R | TX | $0 | $17,850 | No |
| Larry Craig | R | ID | $0 | $0 | No |
| Mike Crapo | R | ID | $0 | $0 | No |
| Jim DeMint | R | SC | $0 | $0 | No |
| Chris Dodd | D | CT | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Mary Elizabeth Dole | R | NC | $0 | $13,000 | No |
| Pete Domenici | R | NM | $0 | $0 | No |
| Byron Dorgan | D | ND | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Dick Durbin | D | IL | $10 | $250 | Yes |
| John Ensign | R | NV | $0 | $0 | No |
| Mike Enzi | R | WY | $0 | $5,000 | No |
| Russ Feingold | D | WI | $0 | $1,500 | Yes |
| Dianne Feinstein | D | CA | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Lindsey Graham | R | SC | $0 | $2,000 | Not Voting |
| Chuck Grassley | R | IA | $0 | $1,000 | Yes |
| Judd Gregg | R | NH | $0 | $0 | No |
| Chuck Hagel | R | NE | $0 | $0 | No |
| Tom Harkin | D | IA | $1,010 | $1,000 | Yes |
| Orrin Hatch | R | UT | $0 | $0 | No |
| Kay Bailey Hutchison | R | TX | $0 | $5,550 | No |
| Jim Inhofe | R | OK | $0 | $2,250 | No |
| Dan Inouye | D | HI | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Johnny Isakson | R | GA | $0 | $0 | No |
| Tim Johnson | D | SD | $2,250 | $1,000 | Yes |
| Ted Kennedy | D | MA | $0 | $0 | Not Voting |
| John Kerry | D | MA | $360 | $0 | Yes |
| Amy Klobuchar | D | MN | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Herb Kohl | D | WI | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Jon Kyl | R | AZ | $0 | $0 | No |
| Mary Landrieu | D | LA | $666 | $7,800 | No |
| Frank Lautenberg | D | NJ | $8,343 | $3,000 | Yes |
| Patrick Leahy | D | VT | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Carl Levin | D | MI | $4,260 | $1,100 | Yes |
| Joe Lieberman | I | CT | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Blanche Lincoln | D | AR | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Dick Lugar | R | IN | $0 | $0 | No |
| Mel Martinez | R | FL | $0 | $0 | No |
| John McCain | R | AZ | $0 | $0 | Not Voting |
| Claire McCaskill | D | MO | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Addison "Mitch" McConnell | R | KY | $0 | $18,500 | No |
| Bob Menéndez | D | NJ | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Barbara Mikulski | D | MD | $1,000 | $0 | Yes |
| Lisa Murkowski | R | AK | $0 | $0 | No |
| Patty Murray | D | WA | $2,000 | $0 | Yes |
| Earl "Ben" Nelson | D | NE | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Clarence "Bill" Nelson | D | FL | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Barack Obama | D | IL | $0 | $0 | Not Voting |
| Mark Pryor | D | AR | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| John "Jack" Reed | D | RI | $2,510 | $0 | Yes |
| Harry Reid | D | NV | $0 | $0 | No |
| Charles "Pat" Roberts | R | KS | $0 | $3,950 | No |
| John "Jay" Rockefeller | D | WV | $2,300 | $1,000 | Yes |
| Ken Salazar | D | CO | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Bernie Sanders | I | VT | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Chuck Schumer | D | NY | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Jeff Sessions | R | AL | $0 | $0 | No |
| Richard Shelby | R | AL | $0 | $0 | No |
| Gordon Smith | R | OR | $1,000 | $0 | Yes |
| Olympia Snowe | R | ME | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Arlen Specter | D | PA | $0 | $0 | No |
| Debbie Stabenow | D | MI | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Ted Stevens | R | AK | $0 | $2,000 | No |
| John Sununu | R | NH | $0 | $11,000 | No |
| Jon Tester | D | MT | $3,000 | $0 | Yes |
| John Thune | R | SD | $0 | $0 | No |
| David Vitter | R | LA | $2,300 | $4,000 | No |
| George Voinovich | R | OH | $0 | $3,000 | No |
| John Warner | R | VA | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Jim Webb | D | VA | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | D | RI | $1,000 | $0 | Yes |
| Roger Wicker | R | MS | $2,300 | $9,600 | No |
| Ron Wyden | D | OR | $0 | $0 | Yes |
