Federal - S 109
No Taxpayer Funding For Abortion - S109
Introduced
January 10, 2019
Description
"No funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are authorized or appropriated by Federal law, shall be expended for any abortion."
Our Position
Original Sponsor 1
Co-Sponsors 47
- Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)
- Sen. John Boozman (R-AR)
- Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
- Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN)
- Sen. Shelley Capito (R-WV)
- Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Sen. Michael Crapo (R-ID)
- Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Sen. Michael Enzi (R-WY)
- Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA)
- Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND)
- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK)
- Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
- Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA)
- Sen. James Lankford (R-OK)
- Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA)
- Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Sen. David Perdue (R-GA)
- Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH)
- Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID)
- Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS)
- Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT)
- Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Sen. Benjamin Sasse (R-NE)
- Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
- Sen. Daniel Sullivan (R-AK)
- Sen. John Thune (R-SD)
- Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC)
- Sen. Patrick Toomey (R-PA)
- Sen. Todd Young (R-IN)
Latest Actions See More/Less
Jan. 13, 2020 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
McConnell, (R-Ky.) Jan. 9, 2020 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Loeffler, (R-Ga.) Dec. 18, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Capito, (R-W.Va.) Dec. 10, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Scott, (R-Fla.) Jan. 17, 2019 — Senate Vote 7 Abortion Funding — Cloture
McConnell, R-Ky., motion to invoke cloture (thus limiting debate) on the McConnell motion to proceed to the bill that would prohibit federal funds from being used to fund abortions or to fund health benefits covering abortions. Motion rejected 48-47. Note: Three-fifths of the total Senate (60) is required to invoke cloture. A "yea" was a vote in support of the president's position. Congressional Record p. S288Jan. 17, 2019 — McConnell, R-Ky., motion to proceed to the bill, pending at recess. Congressional Record p. S288
Jan. 17, 2019 — Statement of Administration Policy issued by Office of Management and Budget.
Jan. 17, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 4
Burr, (R-N.C.) Sullivan, (R-Alaska) Paul, (R-Ky.) Toomey, (R-Pa.) Jan. 16, 2019 — McConnell, R-Ky., motion to invoke cloture (thus limiting debate) on the McConnell motion to proceed to the bill, offered. Congressional Record p. S247-S248
Jan. 16, 2019 — McConnell, R-Ky., motion to proceed to the bill, offered. Congressional Record p. S247
Jan. 16, 2019 — Kaine, D-Va., amendment introduced in the Senate: amendment no 2. (Ordered to lie on the table.) Congressional Record p. S278, S279
Jan. 15, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 5
Boozman, (R-Ark.) Fischer, (R-Neb.) Rounds, (R-S.D.) Cramer, (R-N.D.) Graham, L. (R-S.C.) Jan. 14, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 11
Cornyn, (R-Texas) Hoeven, (R-N.D.) Shelby, (R-Ala.) Cruz, (R-Texas) Portman, (R-Ohio) Tillis, (R-N.C.) Enzi, (R-Wyo.) Sasse, (R-Neb.) Young, T. (R-Ind.) Grassley, (R-Iowa) Scott, T. (R-S.C.) Jan. 11, 2019 — Placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar under the provisions of Rule XIV. Congressional Record p. S149, S162
Jan. 11, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 23
Barrasso, (R-Wyo.) Ernst, (R-Iowa) Moran, (R-Kan.) Blackburn, (R-Tenn.) Hawley, (R-Mo.) Perdue, (R-Ga.) Blunt, (R-Mo.) Hyde-Smith, (R-Miss.) Risch, (R-Idaho) Braun, (R-Ind.) Inhofe, (R-Okla.) Roberts, (R-Kan.) Cassidy, (R-La.) Isakson, (R-Ga.) Romney, (R-Utah) Cotton, (R-Ark.) Kennedy, John (R-La.) Rubio, (R-Fla.) Crapo, (R-Idaho) Lankford, (R-Okla.) Thune, (R-S.D.) Daines, (R-Mont.) Lee, M. (R-Utah) Jan. 10, 2019 — Introduced in the Senate and read the first time. Congressional Record p. S143
Commentary
This bill seeks to accomplish three goals: