Life Advocacy Briefing

Voting Record Index – 113th Congress

ABORTION POLICY WAS NOT A DOMINANT FOCUS in either house of the 113th Congress. in 2013. Nevertheless, those proposals and nominations which did have cause-of-Life implications and received recorded roll calls covered in Life Advocacy Briefing do collectively constitute a critical voting record. Our compilation is always a challenging product; we have endeavored to reflect accurately, for the benefit of our readers, the records of the men and women who serve America in the Capitol. Though we do not customarily publish our Index before the end of September, we can do so this year because Congress has recessed until after the November election. Votes taken during the lame-duck session will also be critical, and we will publish those Life-related roll calls – should there be any – in our weekly Life Advocacy Briefing as they occur.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Key

A            HR-45 – Repeal ObamaCare – Final Passage – May 16, 2013 – 229-195 Passed

B            HR-45 – Recommit Motion (Block Consideration) – May 16, 2013 – 190-230 Failed

C            HRes-215 – End Debate on Rule for Consideration HR-45 – May 16, 2013 – 228-193 Passed

D            HRes-215 – Adoption of Rule for Consideration HR-45 – May 16, 2013 – 226-192 Passed

E            HRes-266 – End Debate on Rule for Consideration of HR-1797 & of a Farm Bill – June 18, 2013 – 229-196 Passed

F            HRes-266 – Rule for Consideration of HR-1797 & of a Farm Bill – June 18, 2013 – 232-193 Passed

G            HR-1797 – Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act – Final Passage – June 18, 2013 – 228-196 Passed

H            HJRes-59 – Continuing Resolution Extending Appropriations into FY2014 but Excluding Funding for ObamaCare Implementation – Sept. 20, 2013 – 230-189 Passed

I            HR-2775 – Motion to Concur in Senate Amendments (Final Passage) Appropriations Continuing Resolution & Debt Ceiling Temporary Deal (Funding ObamaCare) – Oct. 16, 2013 – 285-144 Passed

J            HRes-465 – End Debate on Rule for Consideration of HR-7 – Jan. 28, 2014 – 222-194 Passed

K            HRes-465 – Adoption of Rule for Consideration HR-7 – Jan. 28, 2014 – 224-192 Passed

L            HR-7 – Recommit Motion (Block Consideration) – Jan. 28, 2014 – 192-221 Failed

M            HR-7 – No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act – Final Passage – Jan. 28, 2014 – 227-188 Passed

N            HR-863 – Establishing Commission on Women’s History Museum – Final Passage – May 7, 2014 – 383-33 Passed

Voting Record Compilation

100% Pro-Life – Republicans: AZ: Franks; CA: McClintock; CO: Lamborn; FL: Mica, Yoho; GA: A. Scott; IN: Stutzman; KS: Huelskamp, Pompeo; KY: Massie; MD: Harris; MI: Amash; MS: Nunnelee; MO: Hartzler, Long; NJ: Garrett; NC: Meadows; OK: Bridenstine, Lankford, Lucas; SC: Duncan; TN: Duncan; TX: Hensarling, Marchant, Neugebauer, Olson, Stockman, Weber. Democrats: none.

100% Pro-Life when voting (absences designated by lower-case letters) – Republicans: CA: Campbell/a,b,c,d,e,f,g,j,k,l,m; GA: Gingrey/n, Kingston/n;  MN: Bachmann/k; MS: Palazzo/n; NC: Jones/j.k.l.m; WI: Duffy/a,b,c,d,n. Democrats: none.

Mostly Pro-Life – (absences shown by lower-case letters, 1-6 anti-Life votes shown by caps) – Republicans: AL: Aderholt/N, Bachus/I, Brooks/d/N, Roby/N, Rogers/N; AK: Young/I; AZ: Gosar/N, Salmon/N, Schweikert/N; AR: Cotton/I,N, Crawford/n/I, Griffin/n/I, Womack/N,I; CA: Calvert/I,N, Cook/I,N, Denham/N, Hunter/e,f,g/N, Issa/I,N, LaMalfa/N/l, McCarthy/I,N, McKeon/I,N, Gary Miller/n/I, Nunes/I,N, Rohrabacher/N, Royce/N, Valadao/I,N ; CO: Coffman/I,N, Gardner/I,N, Tipton/I,N; FL: Bilirakis/I,N, Buchanan/I,N, Crenshaw/I,N, DeSantis/N, Diaz-Balart/I,N, Miller/j,k,l,m/N, Nugent/N, Posey/N, Rooney/N, Ros-Lehtinen/I,N, Ross/N, Southerland/N, Webster/I,N; GA: Broun/G, Collins/N, Graves/N, Price/N, Westmoreland/j,k,l,m/N, Woodall/G,N; ID: Labrador/a,b,c,d/N, Simpson/I,N;  IL: R. Davis/I,N, Hultgren/N, Kinzinger/I,N, Roskam/I,N, Schock/g/I,N, Shimkus/I,N ; IN: Brooks/I,N, Bucshon/N, Messer/N, Rokita/N, Walorski/N, Young/I,N; IA: King/N, Latham/I,N; KS: Jenkins/I,N, Yoder/N; KY: Barr/N, Guthrie/I,N, Rogers/e,f,g/I,N, Whitfield/I,N; LA: Boustany/I,N, Cassidy/N, Fleming/N, Scalise/N; MI: Benishek/I,N, Bentivolio/N, Camp/I,N, Huizenga/N, Miller/N, Rogers/I,N, Upton/I,N, Walberg/d/N; MN: Kline/I,N, Paulsen/I,N; MS: Harper/I,N; MO: Graves/N, Luetkemeyer/N, Smith/not in office for a-d/N, Wagner/a,b,c,d/N; MT: Daines/I,N; NE: Fortenberry/I,N, Smith/I,N, Terry/I,N; NV: Amodei/j,k,l,m/N, Heck/I,N; NJ: Frelinghuysen/G,I,N, Lance/I,N, LoBiondo/I,N, Runyan/G,I,N, Smith/I,N; NM: Pearce/d/N; NY: Collins/N, Gibson/N, Grimm/I,N, Hanna/h/G,I,N, King/I,N, Reed/N; NC: Coble/n/I, Ellmers/N, Foxx/N, Holding/N, Hudson/N, McHenry/I,N, Pittenger/I,N; ND: Cramer/I,N; OH: Chabot/N, Gibbs/N, Johnson/N, Jordan/N, Joyce/I,N, Latta/N, Renacci/N, Stivers/I,N, Tiberi/I,N, Turner/N, Wenstrup/N; OK: Cole/b/I,N, Mullen/N; OR: Walden/N; PA: Barletta/I,N, Dent/G/I,N, Fitzpatrick/I,N, Gerlach/I,N, Kelly/I,N, Marino/N, Meehan/I,N, Murphy/h/I,N, Perry/N, Pitts/j/N, Rothfus/N, Shuster/I, Thompson/I,N; SC: Gowdy/N, Mulvaney/N, Rice/N, Sanford/N, Wilson/N; SD:Noem/N; TN: Black/N, Blackburn/N, DesJarlais/N, Fincher/N, Fleischmann/N, Roe/N; TX: Barton/N, Brady/N, Burgess/N, Carter/N, Conaway/N, Culberson/N, Farenthold/N, Flores/N, Gohmert/N, Granger/N, Hall/N, S. Johnson/a,b,c,d/N, McCaul/N, Poe/N, Sessions/N, Smith/N, Thornberry/N, Williams/N; UT: Bishop/N, Chaffetz/N, Stewart/N; VA: Cantor/I,N, Rigell/H,I,N, Forbes/N, Goodlatte/N, Griffith/N, Hurt/N, Wittman/I,N, Wolf/I,N; WA: Hastings/I,N, Herrera-Beutler/h/I,N, McMorris-Rodgers/I,N, Reichert/I,N; WV: Capito/I,N, McKinley/I,N; WI: Petri/m/N, Ribble/I,N, Ryan/N, Sensenbrenner/N; WY: Lummis/N. Democrats: IL: Lipinski/B,F,G,J,N (present L); NC: McIntyre/b/C,E,I,J,L,N.

Mixed (7-8 anti-Life votes) – Republicans: none. Democrats: MN: Peterson/B,F,G,J,K,L,N;
UT: Matheson/E,F,I,J,K,L,N; WV: Rahall/B,F,G,J,K,L,N.

Mostly Anti-Life (1-2 pro-Life votes shown by caps) – Republicans: none. Democrats: TX: Cuellar/G,M.

100% Anti-Life when voting (absences shown by lower-case letters) – Republicans: none.
Democrats: CA: Farr/h, Pelosi/n, Loretta Sanchez/j,k.l,m; CO: Polis/h; CT: Himes/n; GA: Lewis/a,b; IL: Duckworth/c,d, Gutierrez/h, Quigley/a,b,c,d, Rush/h,i,j,k,l,m,n; IN: Carson/h; MD: Delaney/h, Ruppersberger/j,k,l,m; MA: Keating/d, Markey/d (no longer in office for balance of term); MI: Conyers/b; MS: Thompson/h; MO: Clay/j,k,l,m, Cleaver/h; NJ: Pascrell/e,f,g; NY: Engel/b, McCarthy/c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m, Rangel/n; OR: Blumenauer/j,k,l,m; PA: Fattah/h, Schwartz/n; SC: Clyburn/a,b,c,d; TN: Cohen/c,d; TX: Hinojosa/l,m,n; WA: Larsen/e,f,g.

100% Anti-Life – Republicans: none. Democrats: AL: Sewell; AZ: Barber, Grijalva, Kirkpatrick, Pastor, Sinema; CA: Bass, Becerra, Bera, Brownley, Capps, Cardenas, Chu, Costa, Davis, Eshoo, Farr, Garamendi, Hahn, Honda, Huffman, Lee, Lofgren, Lowenthal, Matsui, McNerney, George Miller, Napolitano, Negrete-McLeod, Peters, Roybal-Allard, Ruiz, Linda Sanchez, Schiff, Sherman, Speier, Swalwell, Takano, Thompson, Vargas, Waters, Waxman; CO: DeGette, Perlmutter; CT: Courtney, DeLauro, Esty, Larson; DE: Carney; FL: Brown, Castor, Deutch, Frankel, Garcia, Grayson, Hastings, Murphy, Wasserman-Schultz, Wilson; GA: Barrow, Bishop, Johnson, D. Scott; HI: Gabbard, Hanabusa; IL: Bustos, D. Davis, Enyart, Foster, Kelly, Schakowsky, Schneider; IN: Visclosky; IA: Braley, Loebsack; KY: Yarmuth; LA: Richmond; ME: Michaud, Pingree; MD: Cummings, Edwards, Hoyer, Sarbanes, VanHollen; MA: Capuano, Kennedy, Lynch, McGovern, Neal, Tierney, Tsongas; MI: Dingell, Kildee, Levin, Peters; MN: Ellison, McCollum, Nolan, Walz; NV: Horsford, Titus; NH: Kuster, Shea-Porter; NJ: Holt, Pallone, Payne, Sires; NM: Grisham, Lujan; NY: Bishop, Clarke, Crowley, Higgins, Israel, Jeffries, Lowey, Maffei, C. Maloney, S. Maloney, Meeks, Meng, Nadler, Owens, Serrano, Slaughter, Tonko, Velazquez; NC: Butterfield, Price; OH: Beatty, Fudge, Kaptur, Ryan; OR: Bonamici, DeFazio, Schrader; PA: Brady, Cartwright, Doyle; RI: Cicilline, Langevin; TN: Cooper; TX: Castro, Doggett, Gallego, A. Green, G. Green, Jackson-Lee, E.B. Johnson, O’Rourke, Veasey, Vela; VT: Welch; VA: Connolly, Moran, Scott; WA: DelBene, Heck, Kilmer, McDermott, Smith; WI: Kind, Moore, Pocan.

• The Speaker traditionally does not vote; Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) cast one vote in the 2013 Session of the 113th Congress: He voted “anti-Life” on roll call I.

Note: Roll Call I drew many votes from Members who normally vote “pro-Life.” We characterize it as an anti-Life vote and reported it as such at the time of the roll call, because many of those who voted against the motion did so because of its ending the brief parliamentary campaign to block ObamaCare funding by blocking the Continuing Appropriations resolution to reopen the government in Fiscal Year 2014. Life Advocacy and many other pro-life publications and organizations oppose funding ObamaCare because of its anti-Life agenda.

Note: Roll Call N drew many votes from Members who normally vote “pro-Life.” Life Advocacy considers this proposal a boost for radical feminism and salutes those Members who were courageous enough to vote against it.

Members who served only abbreviated terms during the 113th Congress:
AL:  Bonner 100% pro-life when voting in 2013 but did not vote on roll calls E,F or G and was no longer in office for subsequent votes.
FL: Radel 100% pro-life in 2013 but did not serve in 2014; he was replaced by Jolly, who voted only on N (anti-Life); Young 100% pro-life when voting but did not vote after roll call H and is now deceased.
LA: Alexander 100% pro-life when voting but no longer in office after roll call H; McAllister replaced him and voted mostly pro-life except for N.
MA: Clark joined the Congress in 2014, voted anti-life J,K,L,M and did not vote on roll call N.
NJ: Andrews voted consistently anti-Life but left office before N.
NC: Watt voted anti-Life but left office before 2014.

SENATE
Key

A            HR-933 – Defense Appropriation Bill – Cruz Amendment 30 to Prohibit Use of Funds to Implement ObamaCare – March 13, 2013 – 45-52 Failed

B            Senate Budget Bill – Cruz Amendment 202 to Establish Deficit-Neutral Reserve Fund to Provide for ObamaCare Repeal & to Encourage Patient-Centered Reforms – March 22, 2013 – 45-54 Failed

C            Senate Budget Bill – Rubio Amendment 292 to Express Sense of the Senate Favoring Enactment of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act – March 22, 2013 – 48-51 Failed

D            Senate Budget Bill – Shaheen Amendment 438 to Codify ObamaCare Contraception/Abortifacient/Sterilization Mandate – March 22, 2013 – 56-43 Passed

E            Senate Budget Bill – Fischer Amendment 630 to Establish Reserve Fund to Protect Women’s Healthcare Access in a Manner Protecting Conscience Rights – March 22, 2013 – 44-55 Failed

F            Senate Budget Bill – Cruz Amendment 702 to Create Point of Order Against Any Legislation Funding the UN While Any Member Nation Forces Citizens to Undergo Forced Abortions – March 23, 2013 – 38-61 Failed

G            Nomination of Thomas Perez as Labor Secretary – Cloture Motion – July 17, 2013 – 60-40 – Passed (needing 60)

H            Confirmation of Thomas Perez as Labor Secretary – July 18, 2013 – 54-46 – Passed

I            HJRes-59 – Reid Amendment Restoring ObamaCare Implementation Funding to Continuing Resolution Extending Appropriations into FY2014 – Sept. 27, 2013 – 54-44 — Passed

J            HR-2775 – Appropriations Continuing Resolution & Debt Ceiling Temporary Deal (Funding ObamaCare) – Final Passage – Oct. 16, 2013 – 81-18 — Passed

K            Confirmation of Cornelia Pillard to DC Circuit Court of Appeals – End Debate Motion (Cloture) – Nov. 12, 2013 – 56-41 – Failed (needing 60)

L            Motion to Reconsider Defeated Cloture Motion – Pillard Nomination – Dec. 10, 2013 – 54-44 – Passed

M            Motion to End Debate (Cloture) – PIllard Nomination – Dec. 10, 2013 – 56-42 – Passed (needing 51 under changed Senate Filibuster Rule)

N            Confirmation of Cornelia Pillard – Dec. 12, 2013 – 51-44 – Passed

O            Motion to End Debate (Cloture) – Sylvia Matthews Burwell Nomination — June 4, 2014 – 67-28 – Passed

P            Confirmation of Sylvia Matthews Burwell as Secretary of Health and Human Services – June 5, 2014 – 78-17 — Passed

Voting Record Compilation

100% Pro-Life – Republicans: AL: Shelby; FL: Rubio; ID: Risch; KS: Roberts; KY: Paul; LA: Vitter; NV: Heller; TX: Cornyn. Democrats: none.

100% Pro-Life when voting (absences designated by lower-case letters) – Republicans: OK: Inhofe/j,k; SC: Scott/p; TX: Cruz/l,m; UT: Lee/o,p. Democrats: none.

Mostly Pro-Life – (absences shown by lower-case letters, 1-5 anti-Life votes shown by caps) – Republicans: AL: Sessions/F; AZ: Flake/i/F,J,O,P & McCain/F,G,J,O,P; AR: Boozman/o,p/J; GA: Chambliss/n/J,O,P & Isakson/J,O,P; ID: Crapo/O,P; IN: Coats/J,O,P; IA: Grassley/P; KS: Moran/n/J; KY: McConnell/J; MS: Cochran/o,p/J & Wicker/F,J,P; MO: Blunt/F,J; NE: Fischer/J,P & Johanns/k/J,P; NH: Ayotte/J; NC: Burr/J,O,P; ND: Hoeven/J,P; OH: Portman/J,O,P; OK: Coburn/n/P; PA: Toomey/O,P; SC: Graham/J,P; SD: Thune/J; TN: Alexander/G,J,O,P & Corker/G,J,O,P; UT: Hatch/i,k/J,O,P; WI: Johnson/P; WY: Barrasso/P & Enzi/P. Democrats: none.

Mixed (absences shown by lower-case letters, 6-8 anti-Life votes shown by caps)  – Republicans: none. Democrats: WV: Manchin/a/B,G,H,I,J,K,O,P.

Mostly Anti-Life (absences shown by lower-case letters, 1-7 pro-Life votes shown by caps) – Republicans: AK: Murkowski/A,B,C,H,I,L; IL: Kirk/l,m,n/A,B,H,I,K,O,P; ME: Collins/A,B,H,I,L.
Democrats: AR: Pryor/C,E,N; IN: Donnelly/C,N; NV: Reid/C,K; PA: Casey/o/C.

100% Anti-Life when voting (absences shown by lower-case letters) – Republicans: none.
Democrats: DE: Carper/n; MO: McCaskill/p; RI: Whitehouse/a.

100% Anti-Life – Republicans: none. Democrats: AK: Begich; CA: Boxer & Feinstein; CO: Bennet & Udall; CT: Blumenthal & Murphy; DE: Coons; FL: Nelson; HI: Hirono & Schatz; IL: Durbin; IA: Harkin; LA: Landrieu; ME: King (“Independent”); MD: Cardin & Mikulski; MA: Warren; MI: Levin & Stabenow; MN: Franken & Klobuchar; MT: Tester; NH: Shaheen; NJ: Menendez; NM: Heinrich & Udall; NY: Gillibrand & Schumer; NC: Hagan; ND: Heitkamp; OH: Brown; OR: Merkley & Wyden; RI: Reed; SD: Johnson; VT: Leahy & Sanders (“Independent”); VA: Kaine & Warner; WA: Cantwell & Murray; WV: Rockefeller; WI: Baldwin.

Note: Roll Call J drew many votes from Senators who normally vote “pro-Life.” We characterize it as an anti-Life vote and reported it as such at the time of the roll call, because many of those who voted against the motion did so because of its ending the brief parliamentary campaign to block ObamaCare funding by blocking the Continuing Appropriations resolution to reopen the government in Fiscal Year 2014. Life Advocacy and many other pro-life publications and organizations oppose funding ObamaCare because of its anti-Life agenda.

MA Sen. Cowan did not serve after F; Sen. Markey was not in office before G voted anti-Life thereafter.
MT Sen. Baucus left the Senate before 2014; his replacement Sen. Walsh voted anti-Life on O & P.
NJ GOP Sen. Chiesa filled the vacancy by appointment upon the death of Sen. Lautenberg, who was absent throughout the 113th Congress until he passed away; Sen. Chiesa cast votes on G,H,I & J – pro-life except J; he then left office. Elected for the balance of this Congress, Sen. Cory Booker (D) voted “anti-Life” on K-N & P and did not vote on O.