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2011 Congressional Record on Choice

Massachusetts

How Members of Congress Voted
+ Pro-choice vote
- Anti-choice vote
P Present
A Absent*
I Ineligible
n/a Voting score not applicable
* Total score may reflect past vote or confirmed position on issue.

U.S. Senate

  Senate Votes Pro-Choice
Score
  1 2 3
Sen. Scott Brown (R) - + - 45
Sen. John Kerry (D) + + + 100

U.S. House of Representatives

    House Votes Pro-Choice
Score
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
01 Rep. John Olver (D) + + A + + A + + 100
02 Rep. Richard Neal (D) + + + + + A + + 100
03 Rep. Jim McGovern (D) + + + + + + + + 100
04 Rep. Barney Frank (D) + + + + + + A + 100
05 Rep. Niki Tsongas (D) + + + + + A + + 100
06 Rep. John Tierney (D) + + + + + + + + 100
07 Rep. Edward Markey (D) + + + + + + + + 100
08 Rep. Michael Capuano (D) + + + + + + + + 100
09 Rep. Stephen Lynch (D) + + + + + + + + 100
10 Rep. William Keating (D) A + + + + + + + 100

Legend

Numbers beside House members' names denote congressional districts; AL denotes at-large.

 Senate Votes

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  1. Appropriations
  2. Family-Planning Services
  3. Liu Nomination – Cloture

 House Votes

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  1. Family-Planning Services
  2. Appropriations
  3. Family-Planning Services
  4. No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
  5. Abortion-Training Restriction
  6. Medical-Abortion Funding Ban
  7. Refusals for Emergency Abortion Care
  8. Protect Life Act

Party Affiliation

(D) Democrat
(R) Republican
(I) Independent

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