I think some of you people are missing the real point here. First of all, Mr. Davis is supposed to represent the people, not his own oppinions. In the article he made it clear that his vote was based on his opinion, not on the wishes of the majority of his constituents. This tells me that he puts his interests in front of yours! When the good people of Tennessee voted him into office, he made promises to represent the people. This is not happening. I grew up in Kingsport, but now live in another state because Kingsport could not offer me the opportunities that I have today. One of the reasons for that is the elected officials. My point is that if a representative is not representing the majority of his constituents, then he or she needs to be voted out. If we as a voting public stood together regardless of political affiliations, then politicians would get the message. Instead, we are like lemmings, we follow whatever the leader is doing, and when that leader leads us to the edge of the cliff, we willingly jump off right behind him. If this issue is as important to you as it is to me, then it's time to stand up and say, "either support the majority, or go HOME!"

Now as to those who think we have too many laws already, your absolutely right. We do!. However, in this case,the passage of this legislation creates a forum whereas states have to cooperate in order to make their laws effective. Because laws differ from state to state, this legislation gives us a uniform directive in which all states have to comply. Therefore creating a system which is eaqually enforcable no matter what the jurisdiction.

Another Federal Law doesn't mean much. Just look at the bang up job the Feds do enforcing our immigration laws.

Davis is right, there are already laws against this within his jurisdiction. Dogfighting is now and will remain illegal.

Once you commit a felony its a whole new world with no voting rights etc etc for the rest of your life. These folks should have to face that type of consequence for this type of behavior!

Than you Mr.Davis

The federal government can stay away. States have rights

Rep. Davis shot himself in the foot on this issue. Most people were angry and disgusted about the Michael Vick dog fighting story and felt something needed to be done. Davis could have at best made a little political capital supporting the Animal Fighting Prohibition Act and at worse not generated bad feelings toward him by animal rights advocates. This in my opinion shows his usual lack of political savvy which will haunt him througout his term in The House and make it a contentious one.

We have enough LAWS now. How many GUN lAWS do we have and people still kill people? Congressman Davis is doing a wonderful JOB. Think about how you obey the speed limit law each time you drive. Do we need more SPEED LIMIT laws? Maybe we need a Federal Speed limit Law. It might help as much as more animal laws.

I think it good to have federal law. That way the get more prison time.There is one state where cock fighting is legal. Mr Davis is wrong on his vote. I wonder how much lobbing was done to get him to vote no. I think it should be illegal to even raise fighting cocks. You can tell where some one is raising them. The are each have a little place for them to get out rain and they are tied to a stake so they can not get to another cock. They not raise for any other reason. The people who raise them are nothing but dirt in my mind. That show you mr davis does not think like most pet owner.