Senate Passes Unborn Victims Bill, heads to President Bush

03.25.03

[Fast Ed97]

Question: On the Amendment (Feinstein Amdt. No. 2858 )

YEAs ---49
Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE)
Chafee (R-RI)
Clinton (D-NY)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Corzine (D-NJ)
Daschle (D-SD)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
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)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Wyden (D-OR)

NAYs ---50
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Breaux (D-LA)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Campbell (R-CO)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Fitzgerald (R-IL)
Frist (R-TN)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Miller (D-GA)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-NE)
Nickles (R-OK)
Roberts (R-KS)
Santorum (R-PA)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)

Not Voting - 1
Biden (D-DE)

[Fast Ed97]

Specter and Collins voted for the Feinstein also.

[Sandylapper]

Great news, Howlin! Thanks!

[watchin]

You're not gonna tell me that they slaughter children out of compassionate concern for women, are you?

If so, I see a problem with their "compassion".

[watchin]

"He hates unborn babies"

Perhaps, but more to the point, he'd rape his mother if he thought it would get him a couple more votes.

[Jim Noble]

You're not gonna tell me that they slaughter children out of compassionate concern for women, are you?

No.

They are on a cultural jihad to make good evil, and evil, good.

A lot of them would do it for free.

[watchin]

"Choice" is the key word here. Most supposedly "pro-choice" liberals want to deny you the right to choice through school vouchers, the use of your own land, the discipline of your children, the medication of your child (ADD/ritalin), gun ownership, etc. ad nauseum.

They're not pro-choice at all. They're pro-abortion, but don't have the honesty to say so.

[watchin]

Excellent point.

[watchin]

I don't think so. You eat an elephant one bite at a time.

Social conservatives have been losers for a long time because they want it all at once. It is a principled stand, but not a winning strategy. It is natural to take a principled stand against a half measure. Unfortunately, that means we don't even take half-steps forward ... usually.

The libs have been mighty successful because they have no principles to get in their way. They are simply trying to eliminate morality and principle, and any step toward Gomorrah, no matter how small, is a step in the right direction in their minds.

This is no disaster. The unborn just got their first protection under the law. The double standard you speak of may lead to the eventual undoing of the preposterous and unconstitutional Roe vs. Wade.

Think about this: Conservatives, who want the whole enchilada at once, think this is a disaster. But liberals, who have gotten us where we are in tiny increments, think it is a disaster, too.

They're scared to death that we've learned to fight.

[watchin]

Okay ... I took your statement exactly backwards. We're on the same page.

[joanie-f]

Thanks for the ping, and for this eloquent and insightful summation of what yesterday’s vote actually demonstrated. Too many times, altruistic-sounding titles make sham amendments appear noble. Durbin’s and Feinstein’s amendments were sterling examples of such ignoble subterfuges.

That self-professed moderate Arlen Specter was among the handful of hypocrites that supported both sickening amendments (each of which would have made altogether meaningless the bill to which they were attached) should serve as a wake up call for all Pennsylvania Republicans.

And the fact that Rick Santorum, who is possibly the most pro-life Senator on the Hill, would endorse Specter, and appear in several of his campaign commercials, is beyond comprehension to this particular conservative Pennsylvanian.

If convenient cross-over union democrats who are last-minute registering as Republicans for the Pennsylvania primary don’t succeed in wresting this election from Pat Toomey, Specter, for the remainder of this year, may be registering his last few hypocritical votes. The man who will fill his seat cherishes the lives of the unborn, and reviles hypocrisy.

~ joanie

[Coleus]

Ban on PBA and now this Act, those from NOW and NARAL must be steaming mad.

[Mr. Silverback]

WOOHOO!

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[Siobhan]

The hard work of so many people together with the prayers of the faithful and graces at the hands of our Blessed Mother. Plus we had St. Gabriel on the job! How great is that!

Praised be Jesus Christ!

[Fledermaus]

100% correct!

[North Coast Conservative]

My Ohio Freeper Friends, Too often I tend to only look at the negative, and only contact my Senators when they do something I don't like.

Please join me in contacting the offices of Sens. DeWine and Voinovich and thanking them for their co-sponsorship and correct voting on this issue. Voinovich 202-224-3353

DeWine 202-224-2315

In God We Trust…..Semper Fi!

[lainde]

One step forward!

[STOCKHRSE]

Bump for later read

[AuH2ORepublican]

Here are the House members who voted for the sham substitute bill sponsored by the pro-abortion Zoe Lofgren that (like the sham substitute sponsored by Feinstein in the Senate) would have completely gutted the intent of the bill and, instead of treating the unborn baby who was murdered as a victim, it merely increases the penalty if someone attacks a pregnant woman (so if the baby dies but the woman survives, the murderer can't be charged with murder). I have included a notation beside the name of each RINO (looking for the GOP label is not enough) and also besides each of the hypocrites who then turned around and voted (less than 20 minutes later!) for final passage of Laci and Conner's Law.

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Andrews
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Ballance
Bass (RINO ALERT)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Biggert (RINO ALERT)
Bishop (GA) (HYPOCRITE DEMOCRAT)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boehlert (RINO ALERT) (HAS ANNOUNCED RETIREMENT)
Bono (RINO ALERT)
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Bradley (NH) (HYPOCRITE RINO ALERT)
Brady (PA)
Brown (OH)
Brown, Corrine
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Carson (IN)
Case
Castle (HYPOCRITE RINO ALERT)
Clay
Clyburn
Conyers
Cooper
Crowley (HYPOCRITE DEMOCRAT)
Cummings
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutsch
Dicks
Dingell
Dooley (CA)
Dunn (HYPOCRITE RINO ALERT) (REPLACED BY PRO-LIFE REPUBLICAN!)
Edwards
Emanuel
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Ford
Frank (MA)
Frelinghuysen (HYPOCRITE RINO ALERT)
Frost
Gephardt
Gonzalez
Gordon (HYPOCRITE DEMOCRAT)
Granger (HYPOCRITE RINO ALERT)
Green (TX)
Greenwood (RINO ALERT) (REPLACED BY PRO-LIFE REPUBLICAN!)
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hill (HYPOCRITE DEMOCRAT) (DEFEATED BY PRO-LIFE REPUBLICAN!)
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hobson (HYPOCRITE RINO ALERT)
Hoeffel
Holt
Hooley (OR)
Houghton (RINO ALERT) (REPLACED BY PRO-LIFE REPUBLICAN!)
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson (HYPOCRITE DEMOCRAT)
Johnson (CT) (RINO ALERT)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kaptur (HYPOCRITE DEMOCRAT)
Kelly (RINO ALERT)
Kennedy (RI)
Kilpatrick
Kind (HYPOCRITE DEMOCRAT)
Kolbe (RINO ALERT) (HAS ANNOUNCED RETIREMENT)
Lampson
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Leach (HYPOCRITE RINO ALERT)
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren
Lowey
Lynch (HYPOCRITE DEMOCRAT)
Majette
Maloney
Markey
Matheson (HYPOCRITE DEMOCRAT)
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Moran (VA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA) (HYPOCRITE DEMOCRAT)
Obey (HYPOCRITE DEMOCRAT)
Ose (HYPOCRITE RINO ALERT) (REPLACED BY PRO-LIFE REPUBLICAN!)
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Pomeroy (HYPOCRITE DEMOCRAT)
Price (NC)
Pryce (OH) (HYPOCRITE RINO ALERT)
Rangel
Reyes
Rodriguez
Ross (HYPOCRITE DEMOCRAT)
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Sabo
Sánchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Sandlin
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott (GA) (HYPOCRITE DEMOCRAT)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Shays (RINO ALERT)
Sherman
Simmons (RINO ALERT)
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Spratt (HYPOCRITE DEMOCRAT)
Stark
Strickland
Sweeney (HYPOCRITE RINO ALERT)
Tanner (HYPOCRITE DEMOCRAT)
Tauscher
Thomas (HYPOCRITE RINO ALERT) (HAS ANNOUNCED RETIREMENT
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Towns
Turner (TX) (HYPOCRITE DEMOCRAT) (REPLACED BY PRO-LIFE REPUBLICAN!)
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velázquez
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Wexler
Woolsey
Wu
Wynn