Key Votes
S Amdt 4059 - Overseas Abortion Amendment - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Joe Biden, Jr. voted Nay (Tabling Vote) on this legislation.
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Stages
- June 19, 1996 Senate Amendment Not Tabled
- June 19, 1996 Senate Amendment Adopted
- June 19, 1996 Introduced
Family
Issues
Stage Details
Amendment - Amendment Not Tabled (Senate) (45-51) - June 19, 1996 (Key vote)
Title: Overseas Abortion Amendment
Vote to table an amendment that repeals the restriction on the use of Department of Defense facilities for privately funded abortions.
NOTE: A SENATOR MAY MOVE TO TABLE ANY PENDING LEGISLATION, THUS HALTING FURTHER CONSIDERATION. A "YEA" VOTE IS IN SUPPORT OF HALTING FURTHER CONSIDERATION, AND A "NAY" VOTE IS IN SUPPORT OF FURTHER CONSIDERATION. TABLING MOTIONS ARE OFTEN USED TO KILL LEGISLATION.
Amendment - Amendment Adopted (Senate) - June 19, 1996
Title: Overseas Abortion Amendment
Sponsors
- Strom Thurmond (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Jeff Bingaman (NM - D) (Out Of Office)
- Daniel K. Inouye (HI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Edward M. 'Ted' Kennedy Sr. (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara A. Mikulski (MD - D)
- Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun (IL - ) (Out Of Office)
- Charles S. Robb (VA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Paul Simon (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Olympia Jean Snowe (ME - R) (Out Of Office)
