Posted on 03/25/2004 3:57:58 PM PST by Coleus
Senate Passes Unborn Victims Bill
WASHINGTON, March 25, 2004
(Photo: AP) "This bill recognizes that there are two victims. It's as simple as that." Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio |
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Vote Summary
Question: On Passage of the Bill (H. R. 1997 ) | |||
Vote Number: | 63 | Vote Date: | March 25, 2004, 05:39 PM |
Required For Majority: | 1/2 | Vote Result: | Bill Passed |
Measure Number: | H.R. 1997 (Laci and Conner's Law ) | ||
Measure Title: | A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice to protect unborn children from assault and murder, and for other purposes. |
Vote Counts: | YEAs | 61 |
NAYs | 38 | |
Not Voting | 1 |
Grouped By Vote Position
YEAs ---61 | ||
Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Allen (R-VA) Bennett (R-UT) Bingaman (D-NM) Bond (R-MO) Breaux (D-LA) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burns (R-MT) Campbell (R-CO) Carper (D-DE) Chambliss (R-GA) Cochran (R-MS) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) Daschle (D-SD) |
Dayton (D-MN) DeWine (R-OH) Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Dorgan (D-ND) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Fitzgerald (R-IL) Frist (R-TN) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Hagel (R-NE) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Kyl (R-AZ) Landrieu (D-LA) Lott (R-MS) Lugar (R-IN) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) |
Miller (D-GA) Murkowski (R-AK) Nelson (D-NE) Nickles (R-OK) Pryor (D-AR) Reid (D-NV) Roberts (R-KS) Rockefeller (D-WV) Santorum (R-PA) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Smith (R-OR) Specter (R-PA) Stevens (R-AK) Sununu (R-NH) Talent (R-MO) Thomas (R-WY) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (R-VA) |
NAYs ---38 | ||
Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Biden (D-DE) Boxer (D-CA) Byrd (D-WV) Cantwell (D-WA) Chafee (R-RI) Clinton (D-NY) Corzine (D-NJ) Dodd (D-CT) Durbin (D-IL) Edwards (D-NC) |
Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Graham (D-FL) Harkin (D-IA) Hollings (D-SC) Inouye (D-HI) Jeffords (I-VT) Johnson (D-SD) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Kohl (D-WI) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) |
Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (D-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Mikulski (D-MD) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Reed (D-RI) Sarbanes (D-MD) Schumer (D-NY) Snowe (R-ME) Stabenow (D-MI) Wyden (D-OR) |
Not Voting - 1 | ||
Gregg (R-NH) |
Sounds to me like that would run up against the Equal Protection Clause. Then again, I'm not a lawyer, so I just think about these things in a normal, non-contorted fashion.
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