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National

Key Vote

Prohibiting U.S. Assistance for Groups that Support Coercive Abortion



Key Votes:
HR 2764:
  H Amdt 378: Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (formerly School of the Americas) Funding Amendment
  S Amdt 2707
  S Amdt 3875: Iraq Withdrawal Amendment

Issues: Abortion Issues, Foreign Aid and Policy Issues, Reproductive Issues
Date: 09/06/2007
Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Samuel (R-KS)



Record Vote Number 318

Amendment Adopted
(Senate)

How members voted
(48 - 45)


Senator Levin voted NO
Read statements Senator Levin made in this general time period.


Project Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt an amendment that would prohibit Federal funds from being distributed to organizations that support the practices of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.

Official Title of Legislation:

S Amdt 2707 to HR 2764: To prohibit funding of organizations that support coercive abortion.

Link to Legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:samdt2707:

Senate Amendment Vote: 09/06/2007 : Amendment Adopted 48 - 45 (Record Vote Number 318)

Sponsor:
Sen. Brownback, Samuel (R-KS)

Cosponsor:
Sen. Coleman, Norm (R-MN) (out of office)
Sen. Martinez, Melquiades (R-FL) (out of office)
Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA)



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