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
Michael Crapo	Idaho	Senate	Republican	yea
Ted Cruz	Texas	Senate	Republican	yea
Steve Daines	Montana	Senate	Republican	yea
Joe Donnelly	Indiana	Senate	Democratic	yea
Dick Durbin	Illinois	Senate	Democratic	nay
Michael Enzi	Wyoming	Senate	Republican	yea
Joni Ernst	Iowa	Senate	Republican	yea
Dianne Feinstein	California	Senate	Democratic	nay
Deb Fischer	Nebraska	Senate	Republican	yea
Jeff Flake	Arizona	Senate	Republican	yea
Al Franken	Minnesota	Senate	Democratic	nay
Cory Gardner	Colorado	Senate	Republican	yea
Kirsten Gillibrand	New York	Senate	Democratic	nay
Lindsey Graham	South Carolina	Senate	Republican	yea
Charles "Chuck" Grassley	Iowa	Senate	Republican	yea
Orrin Hatch	Utah	Senate	Republican	yea
Martin Heinrich	New Mexico	Senate	Democratic	nay
Heidi Heitkamp	North Dakota	Senate	Democratic	nay
Dean Heller	Nevada	Senate	Republican	yea
Mazie Hirono	Hawaii	Senate	Democratic	nay
John Hoeven	North Dakota	Senate	Republican	yea
James Inhofe	Oklahoma	Senate	Republican	yea
Johnny Isakson	Georgia	Senate	Republican	yea
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin	Senate	Republican	yea
Tim Kaine	Virginia	Senate	Democratic	nay