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
Angus King	Maine	Senate	Independent	nay
Mark Kirk	Illinois	Senate	Republican	yea
Amy Klobuchar	Minnesota	Senate	Democratic	nay
James Lankford	Oklahoma	Senate	Republican	nay
Patrick Leahy	Vermont	Senate	Democratic	nay
Mike Lee	Utah	Senate	Republican	nay
Joe Manchin III	West Virginia	Senate	Independent	nay
Ed Markey	Massachusetts	Senate	Democratic	nay
John McCain	Arizona	Senate	Republican	yea
Claire McCaskill	Missouri	Senate	Democratic	nay
Mitch McConnell	Kentucky	Senate	Republican	L
Robert "Bob" Menendez	New Jersey	Senate	Democratic	nay
Jeff Merkley	Oregon	Senate	Democratic	nay
Barbara Mikulski	Maryland	Senate	Democratic	nay
Jerry Moran	Kansas	Senate	Republican	yea
Lisa Murkowski	Alaska	Senate	Republican	yea
Chris Murphy	Connecticut	Senate	Democratic	nay
Patty Murray	Washington	Senate	Democratic	nay
Bill Nelson	Florida	Senate	Democratic	nay
Rand Paul	Kentucky	Senate	Republican	yea
David Perdue	Georgia	Senate	Republican	yea
Gary Peters	Michigan	Senate	Democratic	nay
Rob Portman	Ohio	Senate	Republican	yea
Jack Reed	Rhode Island	Senate	Democratic	nay
Harry Reid	Nevada	Senate	Democratic	nay