Sunday, March 16, 2008

Roll Call Vote on the Allard Pro-Life "moment of conception" amendment

48 Democrats -- including Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama -- and 4 Republicans Refuse to Fund Health Coverage for Unborn Babies from the "moment of conception," an amendment sponsored by Senator Wayne Allard.
Senator Wayne Allard, R-CO, introduced an unborn child amendment to the bloated, pork-filled, and tax-increasing Democrat 2009 Budget bill. The Allard amendment which lost by a margin of 52-46 would require that legislation to authorize SCHIP (children's health care program) include provisions to fund health coverage for unborn babies from the "moment of conception." Republicans overwhelmingly voted for this pro-life amendment and incredibly only 2 Democrats voted to fund health care for unborn babies: Senators Bob Casey (PA) and Ben Nelson (NE.)
47 Democrat Senators, Joe Lieberman (Independent) and 4 Republican Senators (Susan Collins (ME), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Olympia Snowe (ME), and Arlen Specter (PA) voted no on Allard’s health care for unborn children amendment:
1. NAYs ---52
Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Clinton (D-NY) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Dodd (D-CT) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Harkin (D-IA) Inouye (D-HI) Johnson (D-SD) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Klobuchar (D-MN) Kohl (D-WI) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (ID-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) McCaskill (D-MO) Menendez (D-NJ) Mikulski (D-MD) Murkowski (R-AK) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Obama (D-IL) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Salazar (D-CO) Sanders (I-VT) Schumer (D-NY) Snowe (R-ME) Specter (R-PA) Stabenow (D-MI) Tester (D-MT) Webb (D-VA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wyden (D-OR)
Senators Byrd and Domenici were absent.
Source: Christian Coalition of America Washington Weekly Review Friday, March 14, 2008