This page contains bills sponsored by incumbent Senators who are running for re-election in 2008, plus House incumbents running for Senate in 2008.
Bill sponsorships indicate the topics that legislators are most interested in, and spend the most time on. These bills are selected as the "signature issue" that each legislator focused on.
Signature Legislation: applying 14th amendment protections to pre-born fetuses
Source: Life at Conception Act (S.3111)
A bill to implement equal protection under the 14th article of amendment to the Constitution for the right of life of each born and preborn human person.The Life at Conception Act - Declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being beginning at the moment of fertilization, cloning, and other moment at which an individual comes into being. DEFINITIONS: For purposes of this Act: The terms 'human person' and 'human being' include each and every member of the species homo sapiens at all stages of life, including, but not limited to, the moment of fertilization, cloning, and other moment at which an individual member of the human species comes into being.
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: Apply 14th amendment protections to pre-born fetuses
(Score: -2)
- Headline 2: Apply 14th amendment protections to pre-born fetuses
(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 08-S3111 |
Republicans
participating in 08-S3111 |
Wayne Allard |
s2o | CO Former Republican Senator (retired 2008) | |
Sam Brownback |
s2o | KS Republican Governor | |
Jim Bunning |
s2o | KY Republican Jr Senator (retiring 2010) | |
Richard Burr |
s2o | NC Republican Sr Senator; previously Representative | |
Tom Coburn |
s2o | OK Republican Jr Senator; previously Representative | |
Jim DeMint |
s2o | SC Republican Jr Senator; previously Representative | |
Michael Enzi |
s2o | WY Republican Sr Senator | |
James Inhofe |
s2o | OK Republican Sr Senator | |
John Thune |
s2o | SD Republican Jr Senator; previously Representative | |
David Vitter |
s2o | LA Republican Jr Senator; previously Representative | |
George Voinovich |
s2o | OH Republican Sr Senator (retiring 2010) | |
Roger Wicker |
s1i | Mississippi Republican (Senate 2008) | |
Independents
participating in 08-S3111 |
Mel Martinez |
s2o | FL Former GOP Senator (resigned 2009); previously HUD Secy. | |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
0
Republicans:
12
Independents:
1 |
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