Passage of the
Compromise Terri's Law

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Federal Terri's Law and the Compromise Replacement

The House and the Senate both passed versions of a law to ensure that Terri Schiavo's parents could take her case to the federal court system.  However, the bills were not identical and were therefore of no use in preventing the removal of Terri's feeding tube.  In an effort to preserve Terri's life, the leaders of the two houses came up with a compromise bill that pertained only to Terri.  The Senate voted to pass it using a voice vote.  The House convened Sunday to vote, but "a few Democrats" refused to allow a voice vote, insisting instead on a roll call vote, necessarily delaying the vote until the "next day."  The House leadership therefore scheduled the roll call vote for shortly after midnight Monday morning.  The passage of the bill was announced and the House adjourned immediately, around 12:45 AM.  The bill was sent to President Bush, who signed it into law less than an hour later.

It is heart-warming to see the vast number of Representatives who changed their family plans and hurried back to Washington to help a handicapped woman; a handicapped woman whose parents and siblings have sought so earnestly to allow her to retain her life and get the rehabilitative therapy that was promised but not delivered.

National Right to Life points out that there were a few Members who did fly to DC for the vote but "ended up missing the vote by a few minutes because of delays or flight availability."  Therefore, being listed in the "not voting" table does not mean that a given person necessarily opposed the bill.

 

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 90

(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)


      S 686      2/3 YEA-AND-NAY      21-Mar-2005      12:45 AM
      QUESTION:  On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
      BILL TITLE: For the relief of the parents of Theresa Marie Schiavo

 

Yeas

Nays

PRES

NV

Republican

156

5

 

71

Democratic

47

53

 

102

Independent

 

 

 

1

TOTALS

203

58

 

174

 

---- YEAS    203 ---

 

Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Baca
Bachus
Baird
Baker
Barrett (SC)
Barrow
Bartlett (MD)
Bass
Bean
Beauprez
Berry
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonner
Boren
Brady (PA)
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Chabot
Chandler
Chocola
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Costello
Cox
Cramer
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Davis (KY)
Davis (TN)
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
DeLay
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Doolittle
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Edwards
Ehlers
Emerson
Engel
English (PA)
Etheridge
Fattah
Feeney
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick (PA)
Foley
Forbes
Ford

Fortenberry
Fossella
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Garrett (NJ)
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gohmert
Goode
Goodlatte
Graves
Green (WI)
Green, Al
Hall
Harris
Hart
Hastert
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herseth
Higgins
Hobson
Holden
Hulshof
Inglis (SC)
Istook
Jackson (IL)
Jenkins
Jindal
Johnson (IL)
Jones (NC)
Kanjorski
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
Kildee
King (IA)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline
Kuhl (NY)
LaHood
Langevin
Latham
Leach
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lucas
Lynch
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marshall
Matheson
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McHenry
McHugh
McIntyre
McNulty
Meek (FL)
Melancon

Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Mollohan
Murphy
Musgrave
Myrick
Neugebauer
Ney
Northup
Nussle
Oberstar
Otter
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (PA)
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Poe
Pomeroy
Porter
Portman
Price (GA)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Renzi
Rogers (AL)
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Saxton
Schwarz (MI)
Scott (GA)
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sherwood
Simpson
Skelton
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Snyder
Sodrel
Souder
Stupak
Sullivan
Tancredo
Tanner
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Turner
Upton
Walsh
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wynn

 

---- NAYS    58 ---

 

Baldwin
Berkley
Bishop (NY)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Butterfield
Capuano
Cardin
Carnahan
Carson
Castle
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Conyers
Davis (FL)
Dent
Dicks
Doyle
Evans
Frank (MA)

Gutierrez
Hastings (FL)
Holt
Hoyer
Israel
Kaptur
Kennedy (RI)
Larson (CT)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Matsui
McDermott
McKinney
Miller (NC)
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Nadler
Olver
Pallone
Pascrell

Payne
Price (NC)
Reichert
Rothman
Schiff
Schwartz (PA)
Scott (VA)
Shays
Spratt
Strickland
Thompson (MS)
Van Hollen
Visclosky
Wasserman Schultz
Watt
Weiner
Wexler
Wu

 

---- NOT VOTING    174 ---

 

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Andrews
Barton (TX)
Becerra
Berman
Bishop (UT)
Blumenauer
Boehlert
Bonilla
Bono
Boozman
Boswell
Boucher
Boustany
Boyd
Bradley (NH)
Brady (TX)
Brown (OH)
Brown (SC)
Brown, Corrine
Capps
Cardoza
Case
Coble
Cooper
Costa
Crowley
Cubin
Cunningham
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Deal (GA)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dingell
Doggett
Emanuel
Eshoo
Everett
Farr
Filner
Flake
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gerlach
Gibbons
Gonzalez
Gordon
Granger
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutknecht
Harman

Herger
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hoekstra
Honda
Hooley
Hostettler
Hunter
Hyde
Inslee
Issa
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Johnson (CT)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones (OH)
Keller
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kind
King (NY)
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Kucinich
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
LaTourette
Lee
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lungren, Daniel E.
Maloney
Markey
McCarthy
McCollum (MN)
McCrery
McGovern
McKeon
McMorris
Meehan
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Mica
Millender-McDonald
Miller, Gary
Miller, George
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (KS)
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Norwood
Nunes
Obey
Ortiz
Osborne
Owens
Oxley

Pastor
Paul
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Petri
Pombo
Radanovich
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Reynolds
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sabo
Salazar
S�nchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Schakowsky
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simmons
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Solis
Stark
Stearns
Sweeney
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Thomas
Thompson (CA)
Tierney
Towns
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Vel�zquez
Walden (OR)
Waters
Watson
Waxman
Weller
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wolf
Woolsey
Young (AK)
Young (FL)

 

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll090.xml

Updated on RARTL March 21, 2005


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