Congressional Black Caucus votes

[Shivan Mehta <shivan.mehta@yale.edu>]

Here is a list of Congressional Black Caucus members, and how they voted
and demonstrated their support for three important issues relating to
the USTR dispute with South Africa over compulsory licensing and
parallel imports of pharmaceuticals.

The Letter to Barshefsky refers to whether the Representative signed a
Feb. 2, 1998 letter to USTR Charlene Barshefsky from 47 Congressmen
urging the Administration to "pursue all appropriate actions" to repeal
the South African Medicines Act that authorizes compulsory licensing and
parallel imports.

The Sanders Amendment refers whether the Representative voted for an
amendment to H.R. 2415 that prohibits interference with intellectual
property law relating to pharmaceuticals in Africa or Asia (Including
Israel) that is compliant with TRIPS.

AGOA refers to whether the Representative voted for the African Growth
and Opportunity Act (H.R. 434).

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Congressional Black Caucus- 106th Congress

Member of Congress/ State/  Letter to Barshefsky/ Sanders Amendment/
AGOA
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James E. Clyburn     South Carolina     no        yes      no
Eddie Bernice Johnson     Texas         no        yes     yes
Corrine Brown            Florida        no        yes     yes
Elijah E. Cummings      Maryland        no        yes     yes
Shiela Jackson Lee        Texas         no         no     yes
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.   Georgia        no         no      no
Julia M. Carson          Indiana       yes        yes      no
Donna Christian-Green  Virgin Islands   no         --      --
William L. Clay         Missouri        no        yes     yes
Eva Clayton      North Carolina         no         no      no
John Conyers, Jr.       Michigan        no        yes      no
Danny K. Davis          Illinois        no        yes      no
Julian C. Dixon        California       no        yes     yes
Chaka Fattah          Pennsylvania      no        yes     yes
Harold E. Ford, Jr.     Tennessee       no         no     yes
Alcee L. Hastings        Florida        no        yes      NV
Earl F. Hilliard         Alabama        no        yes     yes
Jesse Jackson, Jr.      Illinois        no        yes      no
William J. Jefferson    Louisiana       no         no     yes
Stephanie Tubbs Jones     Ohio          no        yes     yes
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick Michigan      no        yes     yes
Barbara Lee            California       no        yes      no
John Lewis               Georgia        no        yes      no
Cynthia McKinney         Georgia        no        yes      no
Carrie Meek              Florida       yes        yes     yes
Gregory W. Meeks        New York        no        yes     yes
Juanita Millender-McDonald California  yes         no     yes
Eleanor Holmes Norton Washington, D.C.  no         --      --
Major R. Owens          New York        no        yes     yes
Donald M. Payne        New Jersey      yes        yes     yes
Charles R. Rangel       New York        no        yes     yes
Bobby L. Rush           Illinois        no        yes      no
Bennie G. Thompson     Mississippi      no        yes      no
Edolphus Towns          New York       yes        yes     yes
Maxine Waters          California       no        yes      no
Melvin L. Watt    North Carolina        no         no      no
Albert R. Wynn          Maryland        no        yes     yes


-Shivan, CPT

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Shivan Mehta, Consumer Project on Technology
shivan.mehta@yale.edu