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House Roll Call: How they voted on abortion issue


The 240-194 roll call Saturday by which the House voted to prohibit federal funding of abortions in a Democratic-written health care bill.

A "yes" vote is a vote to prohibit federal funding of abortions.

Voting yes were 64 Democrats and 176 Republicans.

Voting no were 194 Democrats and 0 Republicans.

X denotes those not voting.

Present denotes those who voted they were "present" at the time of the vote but did not vote yes or no on the issue.



ALABAMA

Democrats — Bright, Y; Davis, Y; Griffith, Y.

Republicans — Aderholt, Y; Bachus, Y; Bonner, Y; Rogers, Y.



ALASKA

Republicans — Young, Y.



ARIZONA

Democrats — Giffords, N; Grijalva, N; Kirkpatrick, N; Mitchell, N; Pastor, N.

Republicans — Flake flake

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flake Cocaine, see there , Y; Franks, Y; Shadegg, Present.



ARKANSAS

Democrats — Berry, Y; Ross, Y; Snyder, Y.

Republicans — Boozman, Y.



CALIFORNIA

Democrats — Baca, Y; Becerra, N; Berman, N; Capps, N; Cardoza, Y; Chu, N; Costa, Y; Davis, N; Eshoo, N; Farr, N; Filner, N; Garamendi, N; Harman, N; Honda, N; Lee, N; Lofgren, Zoe, N; Matsui, N; McNerney, N; Miller, George, N; Napolitano, N; Pelosi, N; Richardson, N; Roybal-Allard, N; Sanchez, Linda T., N; Sanchez, Loretta, N; Schiff, N; Sherman, N; Speier, N; Stark, N; Thompson, N; Waters, N; Watson, N; Waxman, N; Woolsey, N.

Republicans — Bilbray, Y; Bono Mack, Y; Calvert, Y; Campbell, Y; Dreier, Y; Gallegly, Y; Herger, Y; Hunter, Y; Issa, Y; Lewis, Y; Lungren, Daniel E., Y; McCarthy, Y; McClintock, Y; McKeon, Y; Miller, Gary, Y; Nunes, Y; Radanovich, Y; Rohrabacher, Y; Royce, Y.



COLORADO

Democrats — DeGette, N; Markey, N; Perlmutter, N; Polis, N; Salazar, Y.

Republicans — Coffman, Y; Lamborn, Y.



CONNECTICUT

Democrats — Courtney, N; DeLauro, N; Himes, N; Larson, N; Murphy, N.



DELAWARE

Republicans — Castle, Y.



FLORIDA

Democrats — Boyd, N; Brown, Corrine, N; Castor, N; Grayson, N; Hastings, N; Klein, N; Kosmas, N; Meek meek  
adj. meek·er, meek·est
1. Showing patience and humility; gentle.

2. Easily imposed on; submissive.
, N; Wasserman Schultz, N; Wexler, N.

Republicans — Bilirakis, Y; Brown-Waite, Ginny, Y; Buchanan, Y; Crenshaw cren·shaw   also cran·shaw
n.
A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh.



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  • Buford Posey - Civil rights worker
  • Francis B.
, Y; Putnam, Y; Rooney, Y; Ros-Lehtinen, Y; Stearns, Y; Young, Y.



GEORGIA

Democrats — Barrow, Y; Bishop, Y; Johnson, N; Lewis, N; Marshall, Y; Scott, N.

Republicans — Broun, Y; Deal, Y; Gingrey, Y; Kingston, Y; Linder, Y; Price, Y; Westmoreland, Y.



HAWAII

Democrats — Abercrombie, N; Hirono, N.



IDAHO

Democrats — Minnick, N.

Republicans — Simpson, Y.



ILLINOIS

Democrats — Bean, N; Costello, Y; Davis, N; Foster, N; Gutierrez, N; Halvorson, N; Hare, N; Jackson, N; Lipinski, Y; Quigley, N; Rush, N; Schakowsky, N.

Republicans — Biggert, Y; Johnson, Y; Kirk, Y; Manzullo, Y; Roskam, Y; Schock, Y; Shimkus, Y.



INDIANA

Democrats — Carson, N; Donnelly, Y; Ellsworth, Y; Hill, Y; Visclosky, N.

Republicans — Burton, Y; Buyer, Y; Pence, Y; Souder, Y.



IOWA Iowa, state, United States
Iowa (ī`əwə), midwestern state in the N central United States. It is bounded by the Mississippi R.
 

Democrats — Boswell, N; Braley, N; Loebsack, N.

Republicans — King, Y; Latham, Y.



KANSAS

Democrats — Moore, N.

Republicans — Jenkins, Y; Moran, Y; Tiahrt, Y.



KENTUCKY

Democrats — Chandler, Y; Yarmuth, N.

Republicans — Davis, Y; Guthrie, Y; Rogers, Y; Whitfield, Y.



LOUISIANA

Democrats — Melancon, Y.

Republicans — Alexander, Y; Boustany, Y; Cao, Y; Cassidy, Y; Fleming, Y; Scalise, Y.



MAINE

Democrats — Michaud, Y; Pingree, N.



MARYLAND

Democrats — Cummings, N; Edwards, N; Hoyer, N; Kratovil, N; Ruppersberger, N; Sarbanes, N; Van Hollen, N.

Republicans — Bartlett, Y.



MASSACHUSETTS

Democrats — Capuano, N; Delahunt, N; Frank, N; Lynch, Y; Markey, N; McGovern, N; Neal, Y; Olver, N; Tierney, N; Tsongas, N.



MICHIGAN

Democrats — Conyers, N; Dingell, N; Kildee, Y; Kilpatrick, N; Levin, N; Peters, N; Schauer, N; Stupak, Y.

Republicans — Camp, Y; Ehlers, Y; Hoekstra, Y; McCotter, Y; Miller, Y; Rogers, Y; Upton, Y.



MINNESOTA

Democrats — Ellison, N; McCollum, N; Oberstar, Y; Peterson, Y; Walz, N.

Republicans — Bachmann, Y; Kline, Y; Paulsen, Y.



MISSISSIPPI

Democrats — Childers, Y; Taylor, Y; Thompson, N.

Republicans — Harper, Y.



MISSOURI

Democrats — Carnahan, N; Clay, N; Cleaver, N; Skelton, Y.

Republicans — Akin, Y; Blunt, Y; Emerson, Y; Graves, Y; Luetkemeyer, Y.



MONTANA

Republicans — Rehberg, Y.



NEBRASKA

Republicans — Fortenberry, Y; Smith, Y; Terry, Y.



NEVADA

Democrats — Berkley, N; Titus, N.

Republicans — Heller, Y.



NEW HAMPSHIRE New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E).  

Democrats — Hodes, N; Shea-Porter, N.



NEW JERSEY

Democrats — Adler, N; Andrews, N; Holt, N; Pallone, N; Pascrell, N; Payne, N; Rothman, N; Sires, N.

Republicans — Frelinghuysen, Y; Garrett, Y; Lance, Y; LoBiondo, Y; Smith, Y.



NEW MEXICO New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S).  

Democrats — Heinrich, N; Lujan, N; Teague, Y.



NEW YORK New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 

Democrats — Ackerman, N; Arcuri, N; Bishop, N; Clarke, N; Crowley, N; Engel, N; Hall, N; Higgins, N; Hinchey, N; Israel, N; Lowey, N; Maffei, N; Maloney, N; Massa Massa, in the Bible
Massa (măs`ə), in the Bible, seventh son of Ishmael.


Massa, city, Italy
Massa (mäs`ä), city (1991 pop. 66,737), capital of Massa-Carrara prov. , N; McCarthy, N; McMahon, N; Meeks, N; Murphy, N; Nadler, N; Owens, N; Rangel, N; Serrano ser·ra·no  
n. pl. ser·ra·nos
A cultivar of the tropical pepper Capsicum annuum having small, blunt, highly pungent red or green fruit used in cooking.
, N; Slaughter, N; Tonko, N; Towns, N; Velazquez, N; Weiner, N.

Republicans — King, Y; Lee, Y.



NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures


Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop.
 

Democrats — Butterfield, N; Etheridge, Y; Kissell, N; McIntyre, Y; Miller, N; Price, N; Shuler, Y; Watt, N.

Republicans — Coble co·ble  
n.
1. Nautical A small flatbottom fishing boat with a lugsail on a raking mast.

2. Scots A kind of flatbottom rowboat.
, Y; Foxx, Y; Jones, Y; McHenry, Y; Myrick, Y.



NORTH DAKOTA North Dakota, state in the N central United States. It is bordered by Minnesota, across the Red River of the North (E), South Dakota (S), Montana (W), and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba (N).  

Democrats — Pomeroy, Y.



OHIO Ohio, state, United States
Ohio, midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania (NE) West Virginia (SE), Kentucky (S), Indiana (W), and Michigan and Lake Erie (N).
 

Democrats — Boccieri, Y; Driehaus, Y; Fudge, N; Kaptur, Y; Kilroy, N; Kucinich, N; Ryan, Y; Space, Y; Sutton, N; Wilson, Y.

Republicans — Austria, Y; Boehner, Y; Jordan, Y; LaTourette, Y; Latta, Y; Schmidt, Y; Tiberi, Y; Turner, Y.



OKLAHOMA

Democrats — Boren, Y.

Republicans — Cole, Y; Fallin, Y; Lucas, Y; Sullivan, Y.



OREGON

Democrats — Blumenauer, N; DeFazio, N; Schrader, N; Wu, N.

Republicans — Walden, Y.



PENNSYLVANIA

Democrats — Altmire, Y; Brady, N; Carney, Y; Dahlkemper, Y; Doyle, Y; Fattah, N; Holden, Y; Kanjorski, Y; Murphy, Patrick, N; Murtha, Y; Schwartz, N; Sestak, N.

Republicans — Dent, Y; Gerlach, Y; Murphy, Tim, Y; Pitts, Y; Platts, Y; Shuster, Y; Thompson, Y.



RHODE ISLAND Rhode Island, island, United States
Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches.
 

Democrats — Kennedy, N; Langevin, Y.



SOUTH CAROLINA South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures


Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15.
 

Democrats — Clyburn, N; Spratt, Y.

Republicans — Barrett, Y; Brown, Y; Inglis, Y; Wilson, Y.



SOUTH DAKOTA South Dakota (dəkō`tə), state in the N central United States. It is bordered by North Dakota (N), Minnesota and Iowa (E), Nebraska (S), and Wyoming and Montana (W).  

Democrats — Herseth Sandlin, N.



TENNESSEE

Democrats — Cohen cohen
 or kohen

(Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male.
, N; Cooper, Y; Davis, Y; Gordon, Y; Tanner, Y.

Republicans — Blackburn, Y; Duncan, Y; Roe, Y; Wamp, Y.



TEXAS

Democrats — Cuellar, Y; Doggett, N; Edwards, N; Gonzalez, N; Green, Al, N; Green, Gene, N; Hinojosa, N; Jackson-Lee, N; Johnson, E. B., N; Ortiz, Y; Reyes, Y; Rodriguez, Y.

Republicans — Barton, Y; Brady, Y; Burgess, Y; Carter, Y; Conaway, Y; Culberson, Y; Gohmert, Y; Granger, Y; Hall, Y; Hensarling, Y; Johnson, Sam, Y; Marchant, Y; McCaul, Y; Neugebauer, Y; Olson, Y; Paul, Y; Poe, Y; Sessions, Y; Smith, Y; Thornberry, Y.



UTAH Utah, state, United States
Utah (y`tä'), Rocky Mt. state of the W United States.
 

Democrats — Matheson, Y.

Republicans — Bishop, Y; Chaffetz, Y.



VERMONT

Democrats — Welch, N.



VIRGINIA

Democrats — Boucher, N; Connolly, N; Moran, N; Nye, N; Perriello, Y; Scott, N.

Republicans — Cantor, Y; Forbes, Y; Goodlatte, Y; Wittman, Y; Wolf, Y.



WASHINGTON

Democrats — Baird, N; Dicks, N; Inslee, N; Larsen, N; McDermott, N; Smith, N.

Republicans — Hastings, Y; McMorris Rodgers, Y; Reichert, Y.



WEST VIRGINIA West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures


Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop.
 

Democrats — Mollohan, Y; Rahall, Y.

Republicans — Capito, Y.



WISCONSIN

Democrats — Baldwin, N; Kagen, N; Kind, N; Moore, N; Obey, Y.

Republicans — Petri, Y; Ryan, Y; Sensenbrenner, Y.



WYOMING

Republicans — Lummis, Y.

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