Restriction on Contraception: Zika Response

Zika Response and Preparedness Act, H.R.2577. Motion to invoke cloture on the conference report to accompany H.R.2577, which restricts access to contraception by excluding family-planning providers from receiving Zika response funds. Three-fifths of the total Senate (60 votes) is required to invoke cloture.

(Some anti-choice lawmakers cast what appear to be pro-choice votes; most observers recognize that those votes were cast for reasons unrelated to reproductive health.) Leader Mitch McConnell switched his vote (from anti-choice to pro-choice) to preserve right to file a motion to reconsider.

This measure negatively impacts reproductive freedom.

June 28, 2016

H.R.2577

Voting Record

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Name	State/Territory	Chamber	Party	How they voted yea Vote for/in favor of nay Vote against — Abstained, absent, ineligible, present, resigned or deceased L Leader switched vote to preserve right to file a motion to reconsider S The speaker exercised their discretion not to vote
Lamar Alexander	Tennessee	Senate	Republican	yea
Kelly Ayotte	New Hampshire	Senate	Republican	yea
Tammy Baldwin	Wisconsin	Senate	Democratic	nay
John Barrasso	Wyoming	Senate	Republican	yea
Michael Bennet	Colorado	Senate	Democratic	nay
Richard Blumenthal	Connecticut	Senate	Democratic	nay
Roy Blunt	Missouri	Senate	Republican	yea
Cory Booker	New Jersey	Senate	Democratic	nay
John Boozman	Arkansas	Senate	Republican	yea
Barbara Boxer	California	Senate	Democratic	nay
Sherrod Brown	Ohio	Senate	Democratic	nay
Richard Burr	North Carolina	Senate	Republican	yea
Maria Cantwell	Washington	Senate	Democratic	nay
Shelley Moore Capito	West Virginia	Senate	Republican	yea
Ben Cardin	Maryland	Senate	Democratic	nay
Thomas "Tom" Carper	Delaware	Senate	Democratic	nay
Bob Casey	Pennsylvania	Senate	Democratic	nay
Bill Cassidy	Louisiana	Senate	Republican	yea
Dan Coats	Indiana	Senate	Republican	yea
Thad Cochran	Mississippi	Senate	Republican	yea
Susan Collins	Maine	Senate	Republican	yea
Chris Coons	Delaware	Senate	Democratic	nay
Bob Corker	Tennessee	Senate	Republican	yea
John Cornyn	Texas	Senate	Republican	yea
Tom Cotton	Arkansas	Senate	Republican	yea