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Name
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Date
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Description
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Our Position
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Result
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07/31/2012
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Vote for the "District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act," which would would prohibit abortion after 20 weeks fertilization, protecting both the unborn child and his or her mother in the District of Columbia. By prohibiting abortion after 20 weeks, the District of Columbia will both safeguard unborn children, and take an important and necessary step toward protecting the health and safety of women from the dangers inherent in abortion. Because this bill was brought up under suspension of the rules, it required a two-thirds majority of those present and voting for passage, which it did not receive.
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Support
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Failed
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07/11/2012
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Vote on the "Repeal of Obamacare Act," which would repeal the "Affordable Care Act" that is interwoven with coercive and anti-life policies.
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Support
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Passed
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05/31/2012
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Vote on the "Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act," which would ban sex-selection abortions. Because this bill was brought up under suspension of the rules, it required a two-thirds majority of those present and voting for passage, which it did not receive.
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Support
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Failed
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03/01/2012
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Vote on the motion to table the Blunt Amendment to S. 1813. The Blunt Amendment would amend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to protect Americans' freedom of conscience and ensure that Americans are not forced to provide drugs, devices, or services--including the abortion-inducing drug ella--that are contrary to their religious beliefs or moral convictions.
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Oppose
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Agreed To
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10/13/2011
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Vote on the "Protect Life Act," which ensures that no funds appropriated or authorized through the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" can be used for abortion or insurance plans that provide abortion coverage. The Bill also closes loopholes in the PPACA that could otherwise be used to require private insurance companies to cover abortion.
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Support
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Passed
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05/25/2011
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Vote on Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)'s Amendment to H.R. 1216. Amendment ensures none of the taxpayer funds authorized for qualified teaching health centers are used to pay for abortion or training students in the provision of abortions. Also make funds unavailable to any teaching health center that discriminates against individual or institutional health care entities on the basis that the entity does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions.
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Support
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Agreed To
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05/04/2011
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Vote on the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act," which would establish a permanent, government-wide prohibition on taxpayer funding for elective abortion and insurance coverage that includes elective abortion. H.R. 3 would also codify the Hyde-Weldon amendment to protect health care providers' rights of conscience.
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Support
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Passed
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05/04/2011
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Vote on Confirmation of John J. McConnell, Jr. to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Rhode Island.
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Oppose
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Confirmed
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04/14/2011
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Vote on House Concurrent Resolution 36, which ensures that no funds made available under H.R. 1473 support Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its affiliates. Bill ensures that Americans are not forced to fund the largest abortion provider in the country--Planned Parenthood--with their tax dollars.
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Support
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Passed
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04/14/2011
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Vote on House Concurrent Resolution 35, which would remove funding for the anti-life Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that was enacted in 2010.
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Support
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Passed
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