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    Since 1995, the annual spending bill for the District of Colombia has included a provision commonly known as the Dornan amendment. The Dornan amendment states that no funding can be used to pay for abortions in our nation’s capital. The fiscal year 2010 Financial Services and District of Colombia Appropriations bill made a significant change to this provision that will, for the first time in 15 years, force taxpayers to cover the cost of abortions performed in our country. I find it unconscionable that taxpayers would be asked to fund something they do not believe in. In fact, according to a poll conducted last November, nearly 70 percent of Americans oppose the use of taxpayer funding for abortions.

    During the Appropriations Committee consideration of the bill, I offered an amendment with Congressman Lincoln Davis to reinstate the original Dornan amendment language and continue to prohibit any taxpayer funding from being used to kill unborn children. Despite support from Members on both sides of the aisle, the amendment failed by a vote of 26-33.

    ROLL CALL NO.5 

    Date: July 7, 2009
    Measure: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill, 2010
    Motion by: Tiahrt
    Description of Motion: An amendment to reinstate the ban on the use of taxpayer funds to pay for abortions in the District of Colombia.
    Results: Rejected, 26 yeas to 33 nays.

     

    Members Voting Yea:
    Members Voting Nay:

    Robert Aderholt (R-AL)

     Sanford Bishop (D-GA)

    Rodney Alexander (R-LA)

    		  Alan Boyd (D-FL)

    Marion Berry (D-AR)

    		  Ben Chandler (D-KY)
     Jo Bonner (R-AL)  Rosa DeLauro (D-MA)
     Ken Calvert (R-CA)  Norm Dicks (D-WA)

    John Carter (R-TX)

    		  Chet Edwards (D-TX)

    Tom Cole (R-OK)

    		  Sam Farr (D-CA)

    Ander Crenshaw (R-FL)

    		  Chaka Fattah (D-PA)

    John Culberson (R-TX)

    		  Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ)
    Lincoln Davis (D-TN)  Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
    Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO)  Michael Honda (D-CA)
     Kay Granger (R-TX)

     Steve Israel (D-NY)

    Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)

    		  Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)
    Jack Kingston (R-GA)  Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)

    Mark Kirk (R-IL)

    		  Barbara Lee (D-CA)

    Tom Latham (R-IA)

    		  Nita Lowey (D-NY)
     Steven LaTourette (R-OH)  Betty McCollum (D-MN)

    Jerry Lewis (R-CA)

     Jim Moran (D-VA)

    Alan Mollohan (D-WV)

    		  David Obey (D-WI)

    John Murtha (D-PA)

    		  John Olver (D-MA)

    Dennis Rehberg (R-WY)

    		  Ed Pastor (D-AZ)

    Mike Simpson (R-ID)

    		  David Price (D-NC)

    Todd Tiahrt (R-KS)

    		  Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)

    Zach Wamp (R-TN)

    		  Steven Rothman (D-NJ)

    Frank Wolf (R-VA)

    		  Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)

    C.W. "Bill" Young (R-FL)

    		  C.A. "Dutch" Rupersberger (D-MD)
       Tim Ryan (D-OH)
       John Salazar (D-CO)
       Adam Schiff (D-CA)
       Jose Serrano (D-NY)
       Peter Visclosky (D-IN)