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That's the point - I HAVE looked at the Congressional Record. I've looked at every bit of information about the votes and amendments to H.R. 2020, 104th Congress, 1st Session (1995) that I could find - and DID NOT FIND what you describe. The information you claim exists does not, in fact, seem to exist. If it does, then you need to show the rest of us where it is that you are getting the specific information that page 76, lines 10-17 was abortion related, and that Fred voting to remove it was a pro-choice vote. Until you do this, I have to assume that either you, or the source which you cut-and-pasted the claim from, are blowing smoke.

A 'yea' vote for the amendment was to keep the House language out of the final passed bill. The House language prohibited expenditures to pay for abortions. A 'Nay' vote against the amendment was to keep the House language, prohibiting funds for abortions, in the final bill.

The debate can be found starting at page S11498 of the Congressional Record in 1995.

The debate can be found starting at page S11498 of the Congressional Record in 1995.

THANK YOU! Was that so hard?

Looks like you were right, though I will note that several pages after the one you link to, there is a discussion about the opposition some Republicans might have based on the fact that amendment didn't include a provision for abortions due to rape or when the mother's life is in danger. FDT may very well have voted against the amendment on that basis, which would be consistent with the "soft" pro-life position he seems to have held during his earlier years in the Senate.

Still, even with a 99% pro-life record, FDT's record on abortion is still light years better and more consistent than Mitt Romney's.