How did your Senators vote? Find out below and then use the "Contacting Congress" section of the Armchair Lobbyist (http://www.prolife.org/tal) to find contact information for your Senator. Let your Senators know that you appreciated or were disappointed with their vote on this crucial issue.
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On this vote, a ``yes'' vote was a *pro-life* vote to override. A ``no'' vote was a *pro-abortion* vote to sustain the president's veto.
Voting ``yes'' were 13 Democrats and 51 Republicans.
Voting ``no'' were 32 Democrats and 4 Republicans.
Alabama
Sessions (R) Yes; Shelby (R) Yes.
Alaska
Murkowski (R) Yes; Stevens (R) Yes.
Arizona
Kyl (R) Yes; McCain (R) Yes.
Arkansas
Bumpers (D) No; Hutchinson (R) Yes.
California
Boxer (D) No; Feinstein (D) No.
Colorado
Allard (R) Yes; Campbell (R) Yes.
Connecticut
Dodd (D) No; Lieberman (D) No.
Delaware
Roth (R) Yes.
Florida
Graham (D) No; Mack (R) Yes.
Georgia
Cleland (D) No; Coverdell (R) Yes.
Hawaii
Akaka (D) No; Inouye (D) No.
Idaho
Craig (R) Yes; Kempthorne (R) Yes.
Illinois
Durbin (D) No; Moseley-Braun (D) No.
Indiana
Coats (R) Yes; Lugar (R) Yes.
Iowa
Grassley (R) Yes; Harkin (D) No.
Kansas
Brownback (R) Yes; Roberts (R) Yes.
Kentucky
Ford (D) Yes; McConnell (R) Yes.
Louisiana
Breaux (D) Yes; Landrieu (D) Yes.
Maine
Collins (R) No; Snowe (R) No.
Maryland
Mikulski (D) No; Sarbanes (D) No.
Massachusetts
Kennedy (D) No; Kerry (D) No.
Michigan
Abraham (R) Yes; Levin (D) No.
Minnesota
Grams (R) Yes; Wellstone (D) No.
Mississippi
Cochran (R) Yes; Lott (R) Yes.
Missouri
Bond (R) Yes.
Montana
Baucus (D) No; Burns (R) Yes.
Nebraska
Hagel (R) Yes; Kerrey (D) No.
Nevada
Bryan (D) No; Reid (D) Yes.
New Hampshire
Gregg (R) Yes; Smith (R) Yes.
New Jersey
Lautenberg (D) No; Torricelli (D) No.
New Mexico
Bingaman (D) No; Domenici (R) Yes.
New York
D'Amato (R) Yes; Moynihan (D) Yes.
North Carolina
Faircloth (R) Yes; Helms (R) Yes.
North Dakota
Conrad (D) Yes; Dorgan (D) Yes.
Ohio
DeWine (R) Yes; Glenn (D) No.
Oklahoma
Inhofe (R) Yes; Nickles (R) Yes.
Oregon
Smith (R) Yes; Wyden (D) No.
Pennsylvania
Santorum (R) Yes; Specter (R) Yes.
Rhode Island
Chafee (R) No; Reed (D) No.
South Carolina
Hollings (D) Yes; Thurmond (R) Yes.
South Dakota
Daschle (D) Yes; Johnson (D) Yes.
Tennessee
Frist (R) Yes; Thompson (R) Yes.
Texas
Gramm (R) Yes; Hutchison (R) Yes.
Utah
Hatch (R) Yes.
Vermont
Jeffords (R) No; Leahy (D) Yes.
Virginia
Robb (D) No; Warner (R) Yes.
Washington
Gorton (R) Yes; Murray (D) No.
West Virginia
Byrd (D) Yes; Rockefeller (D) No.
Wisconsin
Feingold (D) No; Kohl (D) No.
Wyoming
Enzi (R) Yes; Thomas (R) Yes.
WASHINGTON -- The Senate fell three votes short today of overriding President Clinton's veto of a ban on partial-birth abortions. The 64-36 vote followed emotional arguments over why Congress should take the rare step of enacting legislation over a president's objections.
But it fell short of the two-thirds majority required for an override, 67 votes in the Senate when all 100 members are present and voting.
Supporters of the bill said the procedure was barbaric and inhumane and shouldn't be tolerated by a civilized society.
"This is a terrible thing and I just hope and pray my colleagues ... will see the light and will change their positions so that we can win this vote," pro-life Sen. Robert Smith, R-N.H., said before the roll was called.
The Senate passed the bill, 64-36 in May 1997. Proponents noted that support had grown with each Senate tally, beginning with 54 votes in December 1995, rising to 58 in September 1996 and 64 votes last year.
"I hoped that some senators would have had a change of heart since then," said pro-life Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond, R-Mo. "This is a horrible procedure."
Sponsored by pro-life Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., and pro-life Rep. Charles Canady, R-Fla., the bill would ban the procedure -- which involves the partial, feet-first delivery of an unbormn child and the draining of its skull -- except when needed to save the pregnant woman's life.
Pro-life physician Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN) asserted that the partial-birth abortion procedure should be banned "because it is needlessly risky and dangerous for the woman, because it is inhumane and painful to the fetus, because it is absolutely unnecessary and because it is ethically unacceptable."
Clinton's veto, issued in October 1997, was his second on this bill. His first veto in April 1996 was upheld when the Senate could muster only 58 votes, nine short of the majority needed for an override, for which the House had voted.
"This is not the end of the battle," pro-life Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss said. ``This is just one skirmish. We are going to win this battle.'' If Democrats are replaced by Republicans in tight Senate races in California, Wisconsin, Washington, Kentucky and Illinois, he said, a veto could be overridden.
Before the end of the session, senators also are expected to vote on a House-passed pro-life bill making it a crime to avoid parental involvement laws by taking a minor to another state for an abortion. This is the Child Custody Protection Act.
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