Which 8 Dems Don't Think VA Doctors Should Be Able to Recommend Medical Marijuana to Sick Veterans?

Yesterday, I wrote about the Military Construction-Veterans Affairs appropriations bill that the House just passed.

I wanted to highlight the vote on the medical marijuana amendment in its own diary.

Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) offered an amendment to allow the VA to recommend medical marijuana to patients.

It failed 210 to 213, a narrow defeat.

175 Democrats and 35 Republicans voted for it. 205 Republicans and 8 Democrats voted against it.

Here are the 8 Democrats who voted against it:

Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
John Garamendi (CA-03)
Bill Keating (MA-09)
Joe Kennedy (MA-04)
Sandy Levin (MI-09)
Dan Lipinski (IL-03)
Collin Peterson (MN-07)
Terri Sewell (AL-07)

Here are the 35 Republicans who voted for it:

Justin Amash (MI-03)
Dan Benishek (MI-01)
Rod Blum (IA-01)
Jason Chaffetz (UT-03)
Mike Coffman (CO-06)
Chis Collins (NY-27)
Ryan Costello (PA-06)
Carlos Curbelo (FL-26)
Rodney Davis (IL-13)
Chris Gibson (NY-19)
Richard Hanna (NY-22)
Joe Heck (NV-03)
Duncan Hunter (CA-50)
Walter Jones (NC-03)
Adam Kinzinger (IL-16)
Frank LoBiondo (NJ-02)
Mia Love (UT-04)
Tom Massie (KY-04)
Tom McClintock (CA-04)
Alex Mooney (WV-02)
Mick Mulvaney (SC-05)
Dan Newhouse (WA-04)
Scott Perry (PA-04)
Bruce Poliquin (ME-02)
Tom Reed (NY-23)
Tom Rice (SC-07)
Dana Rohrabacher (CA-48)
Thomas Rooney (FL-17)
Mark Sanford (SC-01)
David Schweikert (AZ-06)
Steve Stivers (OH-15)
Fred Upton (MI-06)
Don Young (AK-AL)
Lee Zeldin (NY-01)
Ryan Zinke (MT-AL)

This amendment fared better than it did last year, when it failed 195 to 222. Last year, 18 Democrats opposed. Now only 8 did. Last year, only 22 Republicans voted for it. Now, 35 did.