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Senate Votes on 2007-379

 


Vote number 2007-379 barring HHS grants to organizations that perform abortions
on Oct 18, 2007 regarding bill S.Amdt. 3330 to H.R. 3043 Vitter Amendment to HHS/Education/Labor Appropriations
Results: Rejected 41-52

Vote on an amendment, S.AMDT.3330, to H.R.3043 (HHS Appropriations Bill): To prohibit the provision of funds to grantees who perform abortions, with exceptions for maternal health.

Proponents support voting YES because:

Sen. VITTER: Whatever side of the abortion debate you are on, we can all agree on one thing: Abortion is a very divisive topic. In that context, I think it is the right policy to say we are not going to send taxpayer dollars to support groups that perform abortions. Now, the other side will say: Well, we have current Federal law that says we are not going to use taxpayer dollars to fund abortions. But, quite frankly, that is not good enough. Because now, we send Federal dollars to abortion providers and money is fungible--it is a big shell game and it supports their organizations and, in many cases, that funding is a huge percentage of their overall revenue.

Letter of Support from Family Research Council:

Recent reports indicate that Planned

Voting N counts for 1 points on VoteMatch question 1: Abortion.





Democrats voting on 2007-379

Daniel Akaka NOHI Democrat Jr Senator
Max Baucus NOMT Democrat Sr Senator
Evan Bayh NOIN Democratic Jr Senator
Jeff Bingaman NONM Democrat Jr Senator
Barbara Boxer NOCA Democratic incumbent
Sherrod Brown NOOH Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep.
Robert Byrd NOWV Democrat Sr Senator
Maria Cantwell NOWA Democrat Jr Senator
Benjamin Cardin NOMD Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep.
Tom Carper NODE Democrat Jr Senator
Bob Casey NOPA Democratic challenger, state treasurer
Kent Conrad NOND Democrat Sr Senator
Byron Dorgan NOND Democratic incumbent
Richard Durbin NOIL Democrat Sr Senator
Russell Feingold NOWI Democratic incumbent
Dianne Feinstein NOCA Democrat Sr Senator
Tom Harkin NOIA Democrat Jr Senator
Daniel Inouye NOHI Democratic incumbent
Tim Johnson NOSD Democrat Sr Senator
John Kerry NOMA Democrat Jr Senator, ran for President 2004
Amy Klobuchar NOMN DFL challenger, Hennepin County Attorney
Herbert Kohl NOWI Democrat Sr Senator
Mary Landrieu NOLA Democrat Sr Senator
Frank Lautenberg NONJ Democrat Sr Senator
Patrick Leahy NOVT Democratic incumbent
Carl Levin NOMI Democrat Sr Senator
Joseph Lieberman NOCT Democratic Jr Senator; Gore's VP nominee; ran for Pres. 2004
Blanche Lambert Lincoln NOAR Democratic incumbent
Claire McCaskill NOMO Democratic challenger; state Auditor
Robert Menendez NONJ Democratic appointee; previously U.S. Rep.
Patty Murray NOWA Democratic incumbent
Ben Nelson NONE Democrat Jr Senator
Bill Nelson NOFL Democrat Sr Senator
Mark Pryor NOAR Democrat Challenger (Former)
Jack Reed NORI Democrat Sr Senator
Harry Reid NONV Democratic incumbent
John Rockefeller NOWV Democratic Jr Senator
Ken Salazar NOCO Democratic Jr Senator
Charles Schumer NONY Democratic incumbent
Debbie Stabenow NOMI Democrat Jr Senator
Jon Tester NOMT Democratic challenger; state Senator
James Webb NOVA Democratic challenger
Sheldon Whitehouse NORI Democratic challenger, previously attorney general
Ron Wyden NOOR Democratic incumbent



Republicans voting on 2007-379

Lamar Alexander YESTN Republican Jr Senator
Wayne Allard YESCO Republican Jr Senator
John Barrasso YESWY Republican Appointee
Robert Bennett YESUT Republican incumbent
Kit Bond NOMO Republican incumbent
Sam Brownback YESKS Republican incumbent
Jim Bunning YESKY Republican incumbent
Richard Burr YESNC Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
Saxby Chambliss YESGA Republican Sr Senator
Tom Coburn YESOK Republican Jr Senator; previously US Rep
Thad Cochran YESMS Republican Sr Senator
Norm Coleman YESMN Republican Jr Senator
Susan Collins NOME Republican Jr Senator
Bob Corker YESTN Republican challenger
John Cornyn YESTX Republican Jr Senator
Larry Craig YESID Republican Sr Senator
Michael Crapo YESID Republican incumbent
Jim DeMint YESSC Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
Elizabeth Dole YESNC Republican Sr Senator
Pete Domenici YESNM Republican Sr Senator
John Ensign YESNV Republican Jr Senator
Michael Enzi YESWY Republican Jr Senator
Lindsey Graham YESSC Republican Jr Senator
Chuck Grassley YESIA Republican incumbent
Judd Gregg YESNH Republican incumbent
Chuck Hagel YESNE Republican Jr Senator
Orrin Hatch YESUT Republican Sr Senator
Kay Bailey Hutchison YESTX Republican Jr Senator
James Inhofe YESOK Republican Sr Senator
Johnny Isakson YESGA Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
Jon Kyl YESAZ Republican Jr Senator
Trent Lott YESMS Republican Jr Senator
Richard Lugar NOIN Republican Sr Senator
Mel Martinez YESFL Republican Jr Senator; previously US Housing Secretary
John McCain YESAZ Republican incumbent
Mitch McConnell YESKY Republican Sr Senator
Lisa Murkowski NOAK Republican incumbent
Pat Roberts YESKS Republican Jr Senator
Jeff Sessions YESAL Republican Sr Senator
Richard Shelby YESAL Republican incumbent
Gordon Harold Smith YESOR Republican Jr Senator
Olympia Snowe NOME Republican Sr Senator
Arlen Specter NOPA Republican incumbent
Ted Stevens NOAK Republican Sr Senator
John Sununu YESNH Republican Jr Senator
John Thune YESSD Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
David Vitter YESLA Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
George Voinovich YESOH Republican incumbent

Independents voting on 2007-379

Bernie Sanders NOVT Independent challenger, U.S. Rep



Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: YES 0; NO 44
Republicans: YES 41; NO 7
Independents: YES 0; NO 1