This page contains bill sponsorships in the Senate and House. Bill sponsorships indicate the topics that legislators are most interested in, and spend the most time on.

1993-H25 on Jan 5, 1993

• Provides that a State may not restrict the right of a woman to choose to terminate a pregnancy:
• before fetal viability; or
• at any time, if such termination is necessary to protect the life or health of the woman.
• Allows a State to impose requirements medically necessary to protect the life or health of such women.
• Declares that this Act shall not be construed to prevent a State from:
• requiring minors to involve responsible adults before terminating a pregnancy; and
• protecting individuals from having to participate in abortions to which they are conscientiously opposed.

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  Participating counts on VoteMatch question 1. Question 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
  • Topic: Abortion
  • Headline: Protect the reproductive rights of women (Score: 2)
    
    
  • Key for participation codes:
  • Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
  • Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
  • Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
  • Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
  • Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
  
  
  

  Democrats participating in 1993-H25
  Neil Abercrombie	s1o	Hawaii Democrat (Resigned 2010)
  Gary Ackerman	s1o	New York Dem./Ind./Lib. (Retiring 2012)
  Daniel Akaka	s1o	HI Democratic Jr Senator (Retiring)
  Rob Andrews	s1o	New Jersey Democrat (resigned 2014)
  Max Baucus	s1o	MT Democratic Sr Senator (retiring 2014)
  Xavier Becerra	s1o	California Democrat
  Howard Berman	s1o	California Democrat
  Jeff Bingaman	s1o	NM Democratic Sr Senator (Retiring)
  Barbara Boxer	s1o	CA Democratic Jr Senator
  Bill Bradley	s1o	NJ Democratic Senator (Former)
  Corrine Brown	s1o	Florida Democrat
  George Brown	s1o	California Democrat
  Richard Bryan	s1o	NV Democratic Senator (Former)
  Maria Cantwell	s1o	WA Democratic Jr Senator
  Benjamin Cardin	s1o	Maryland Democrat
  Eva Clayton	s1o	North Carolina Democrat (Until 2004)
  Ronald Coleman	s1o	Texas Democrat (1982-1996)
  Cardiss Collins	s1o	Illinois Democrat (1973-1996)
  John Conyers	s1o	Michigan Democrat
  Peter Defazio	s1o	Oregon Democrat
  Rosa DeLauro	s1o	Connecticut Democrat
  Ron Dellums	s1o	California Democrat (1993-1998)
  Peter Deutsch	s1o	FL Former Democratic Senate challenger (2004); US Rep.
  Norm Dicks	s1o	Washington Democrat (Retiring 2012)
  Julian Dixon	s1o	California Democrat
  Chris Dodd	s1o	CT Democratic Sr Senator (retiring 2010)
  Eliot Engel	s1o	New York Democrat/Liberal
  Anna Eshoo	s1o	California Democrat
  Lane Evans	s1o	Illinois Democrat
  Sam Farr	s1o	California Democrat
  Vic Fazio	s1o	California Democrat
  Russell Feingold	s1o	POTUS Democrat
  Dianne Feinstein	s1o	CA Democratic Sr Senator
  Bob Filner	s1o	California Democrat (Mayoral run 2011)
  Barney Frank	s1o	Massachusetts Democrat (Retiring 2012)
  Martin Frost	s1o	Texas Democrat (Until 2004)
  Elizabeth Furse	s1o	Oregon Democrat
  Sam Gejdenson	s1o	Connecticut Democrat
  John Glenn	s1o	OH Democratic Senator (Former)
  Gene Green	s1o	Texas Democrat
  Luis Gutierrez	s1o	Illinois Democrat
  Tom Harkin	s1o	IA Democratic Jr Senator (retiring 2014)
  Jane Harman	s1o	California Democrat (Resigned 2011)
  Alcee Hastings	s1o	Florida Democrat
  Maurice Hinchey	s1o	New York Dem/Working-Fam.(Retired 2012)
  Steny Hoyer	s1o	Maryland Democrat
  Daniel Inouye	s1o	HI Democratic Sr Senator
  Jay Inslee	s1o	WA Democratic Governor
  Eddie Bernice Johnson	s1o	Texas Democrat
  Harry Johnston	s1o	Florida Democrat (1988-1996)
  Joe Kennedy	s1o	Massachusetts Democrat (until 1999)
  Ted Kennedy	s1o	MA Democratic Senator (until 2009)
  Barbara Bailey Kennelly	s1o	Connecticut Democrat
  John Kerry	s1o	MA Democratic Sr Senator
  Herbert Kohl	s1o	WI Democratic Sr Senator (Retiring)
  Tom Lantos	s1o	California Former Democrat (until 2008)
  Larry LaRocco	s1o	ID Democratic Senate Challenger
  Frank Lautenberg	s1o	NJ Democratic Sr Senator (retiring 2014)
  Patrick Leahy	s1o	VT Democratic Sr Senator
  Carl Levin	s1o	MI Democratic Sr Senator (retiring 2014)
  Sander Levin	s1o	Michigan Democrat
  John Lewis	s1o	Georgia Democrat
  Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky	s1o	Pennsylvania Democratic Challenger
  Ed Markey	s1o	MA Democratic Challenger
  Robert Matsui	s1o	California Former Democrat (deceased)
  Jim McDermott	s1o	Washington Democrat
  Cynthia McKinney	s1o	Georgia Democrat
  Carrie Meek	s1o	Florida Democrat (retired 2002)
  Barbara Mikulski	s1o	MD Democratic Sr Senator
  George Miller	s1o	California Democrat (retiring 2014)
  Patsy Mink	s1o	Hawaii Democrat
  James Moran	s1o	Virginia Democrat (retiring 2014)
  Carol Moseley-Braun	s1o	IL Former Democratic Senator (Until 1998)
  Patty Murray	s1o	WA Democratic Sr Senator
  Jerrold Nadler	s1o	New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
  Eleanor Holmes Norton	s1o	District of Columbia Democrat
  John Olver	s1o	Massachusetts Democrat (Retiring 2012)
  Major Owens	s1o	New York Democrat (until 2007)
  Frank Pallone	s1o	New Jersey Democrat
  Ed Pastor	s1o	Arizona Democrat (retiring 2014)
  Donald Payne	s1o	New Jersey Former Democrat(Deceased 2012)
  Claiborne Pell	s1o	RI Democratic Senator (Former)
  Nancy Pelosi	s1o	California Democrat
  David Eugene Price	s1o	North Carolina Democrat
  Charles Rangel	s1o	New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
  Jack Reed	s1o	RI Democratic Sr Senator
  Mel Reynolds	s1o	Illinois Democratic candidate
  Bill Richardson	s1o	NM Former Democratic Governor (2002-2010) and Cabinet Sec'y
  Charles Robb	s1o	VA Democratic Senator (Former)
  John Rockefeller	s1o	WV Democratic Sr Senator (retiring 2014)
  Lucille Roybal-Allard	s1o	California Democrat
  Bobby Rush	s1o	Illinois Democrat
  Martin Sabo	s1o	Minnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
  Paul Sarbanes	s1o	MD Former Democrat Senator (Retired 2006)
  Charles Schumer	s1o	NY Democratic Sr Senator
  Jose Serrano	s1o	New York Democrat/Liberal
  Paul Simon	s1o	IL Former Democratic Senator (Until 1997)
  David Skaggs	s1o	Colorado Democrat
  Arlen Specter	s1o	PA Former Democratic incumbent (elected as Republican)
  Pete Stark	s1o	California Democrat
  Louis Stokes	s1o	Ohio Democrat (retired 1998)
  Al Swift	s1o	Washington Democrat (retired 1994)
  Karen Thurman	s1o	Florida Former Democrat
  Ed Towns	s1o	New York Democrat/Liberal (Retiring)
  Jolene Unsoeld	s1o	Washington Democrat (retired 1994)
  Nydia Velazquez	s1o	New York Democrat/Working-Families
  Bruce Vento	s1o	Minnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
  Mel Watt	s1o	North Carolina Democrat (appointed to FHFA)
  Henry Waxman	s1o	California Democrat (retiring 2014)
  Paul Wellstone	s1o	MN Democratic Senator (Former)
  Pat Williams	s1o	Montana Former Democrat (1978-1996)
  Charlie Wilson	s1o	Ohio Democrat (until 2010)
  Lynn Woolsey	s1o	California Democrat (Retiring 2012)
  Ron Wyden	s1o	OR Democratic Sr Senator
  Albert Wynn	s1o	Maryland Democrat (Unseated 2008)
  Sidney Yates	s1o	Illinois Democrat (retired 1998)

  
  
  

  Republicans participating in 1993-H25
  John Chafee	s1o	RI Republican Senator (Former)
  William Cohen	s1o	ME Republican Senator (Former)
  Gary Franks	s1o	Connecticut Republican Former (1994-)
  Susan Molinari	s1o	New York Republican Former (1994-)
  Connie Morella	s1o	Maryland Republican
  Bob Packwood	s1o	OR Republican Senator (Former)
  Marge Roukema	s1o	New Jersey Republican
  Christopher Shays	s1o	Connecticut Republican (Unseated 2008)
  Richard Shelby	s1o	AL Republican Jr Senator
  Olympia Snowe	s1o	ME Republican Sr Senator

  
  
  

  Independents participating in 1993-H25
  Joe Biden	s1o	DE Vice President
  Eric Fingerhut	s1o	OH 2004 former Democratic challenger; previously US Rep
  Harold Ford	s1o	NY 2010 Democratic Primary Challenger; previously US Rep (TN)
  Joseph Lieberman	s1o	CT Independent Sr Senator; Gore's VP nominee (Retiring)
  Norman Mineta	s1o	US Cabinet-2008
  Bernie Sanders	s1o	Vermont Independent

  
  
  

  Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

  Democrats: 116 Republicans: 10 Independents: 6