The bill, which would have guaranteed nationwide access to contraceptives, was blocked by Republicans in the Senate on Wednesday.
Senate Republicans have voted to block a bill that would have guaranteed access to contraceptives nationwide.
The Right to Contraception Act on Wednesday was stopped in its tracks after failing to achieve the 60 votes required for a full Senate vote, with all opposition to the legislation coming from Republicans.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer—who changed his «yes» vote to a «no» in a last-second procedural move that allows the bill to be voted on again, said in a statement that «Senate Republicans showed us who they are today.»
A total of 51 senators voted in favor of the bill, all of whom were Democrats and independents, with the exception of moderate Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine.
The following is a list of all 38 Republican senators who voted against the bill:
John Barrasso of Wyoming
Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee
John Boozman of Arkansas
Ted Budd of North Carolina
Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia
Bill Cassidy of Louisiana
John Cornyn of Texas
Tom Cotton of Arkansas
Kevin Cramer of North Dakota
Mike Crapo of Idaho
Ted Cruz of Texas
Steve Daines of Montana
Joni Ernst of Iowa
Deb Fischer of Nebraska
Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Josh Hawley of Missouri
John Hoeven of North Dakota
Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi
Ron Johnson of Wisconsin
James Lankford of Oklahoma
Mike Lee of Utah
Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming
Roger Marshall of Kansas
Mitch McConnell of Kentucky
Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma
Rand Paul of Kentucky
Pete Ricketts of Nebraska
James Risch of Idaho
Mike Rounds of South Dakota
Marco Rubio of Florida
Eric Schmitt of Missouri
Rick Scott of Florida
Tim Scott of South Carolina
John Thune of South Dakota
Thom Tillis of North Carolina
Tommy Tuberville of Alabama
Roger Wicker of Mississippi
Todd Young of Indiana
Another nine Republicans joined indicted Democratic Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey in sitting out the vote: Mike Braun of Indiana, Katie Britt of Alabama, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, John Kennedy of Louisiana, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Mitt Romney of Utah, Dan Sullivan of Alaska and J.
