How Western senators voted on the Murray amendment
Note: this is a sidebar to the news article "Salvage logging squeaks by Senate"
FOR suspending environmental laws to expedite salvage logging (against Murray):
Republicans
Bennett (Utah) Hatch (Utah)
Brown (Colo.) Campbell (Colo.)
Craig (Idaho)
Burns (Mont.) Thomas (Wyo) Kyl (Ariz.)
Simpson (Wyo) Gorton (Wash.)
Hatfield (Ore.) Packwood (Ore.)
Domenici (N.M.)
McCain (Ariz.),
and Kempthorne (Idaho)
Democrat
Reid (Nev.).
AGAINST suspending environmental laws to expedite salvage logging (For Murray):
Democrats
Baucus (Mont.)
Bryan (Nev.)
Bingaman (N.M.)
Murray (Wash.)
Bryan (Nev.).
