116th Congress
Rep. Dave Loebsack(former)
IA-02 (Democrat)
Rep. Dave Loebsack(former)
IA-02 (Democrat)
Representative Loebsack has consistently voted against efforts to protect the lives of the unborn as well as the consciences of taxpayers who don’t want their hard-earned tax dollars paying for abortion domestically or internationally. Rep. Loebsack has worked to prevent the implementation of the Trump administration’s pro-life regulatory efforts.
Scored Votes
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| 01/03/2019 |
H.R. 21, the Consolidated Appropriations ActWould overturn Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance (PLGHA). Overturning this policy would force taxpayer funding for international NGOs who promote or perform abortion. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE |
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| 01/03/2019 |
Procedural vote on H.R. 21, the Consolidated Appropriations ActTo restore Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance (PLGHA). SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED ROLL CALLREAD MORE |
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| 05/17/2019 |
H.R. 5, the Equality ActWould put abortion on equal standing as pregnancy, stipulating that any attempt to withhold abortion services constitutes discrimination. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE |
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| 05/17/2019 |
Cole Amendment #1 to H.R. 2740, the Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations ActWould amend the House Labor Health and Human Services appropriations text to restore the Trump administration’s conscience protection rule. SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED ROLL CALLREAD MORE |
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| 06/12/2019 |
Roby Amendment #9 to H.R. 2740, the Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations ActWould amend the House Labor Health and Human Services appropriations text to restore the Trump administration’s Protect Life Rule (Title X). SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED ROLL CALLREAD MORE |
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| 06/13/2019 |
Pocan Amendment #1 to H.R. 2740, the Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations ActWould amend the House Labor Health and Human Services appropriations text to block the Trump administration’s protections against taxpayer funding for research involving organs and tissue from aborted babies. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE |
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| 06/18/2019 |
Lesko Amendment #78 to H.R. 2740, the Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations ActWould amend the State, Foreign Operations appropriations text to stop an increase in funds to international population control, which includes US-based groups that promote abortion overseas. SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED ROLL CALLREAD MORE |
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| 06/19/2019 |
H.R. 2740, the Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations ActMinibus would overturn the President’s Protect Life Rule, Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance, Conscience Protections, and pro-life policy on fetal tissue research, as well as increasing foreign aid for US-based groups that promote abortion overseas, etc. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE |
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| 06/26/2019 |
H.R. 3351, the Financial Services Appropriations ActWould gut the longstanding D.C. Hyde (Dornan) amendment and allow taxpayer funded abortion in Washington, D.C. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE |
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| 04/02/2019 |
Discharge Petition on H.R. 962, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection ActThis procedural effort to force a vote on the bill is being treated as a vote because Speaker Pelosi refuses to allow a vote on the underlying bill. If a majority of the House signed the discharge petition, she would have to allow the vote. SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTS ROLL CALLREAD MORE |
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| 01/10/2020 |
Vote to amend H.R. 535, the PFAS Action ActWould recognize the unborn as a class of potentially vulnerable populations. SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED ROLL CALLREAD MORE |
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| 02/13/2020 |
H.J.Res. 79, Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendmentWould revive the ratification process for the long-expired Equal Rights Amendment – an amendment that has been interpreted by courts as installing a sweeping legal mandate for abortion on demand, funded with taxpayer dollars, into the United States Constitution. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE |
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| 02/28/2020 |
Vote to amend H.R. 2339, the Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic ActWould amend a health-related bill by including the text of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED ROLL CALLREAD MORE |
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| 05/15/2020 |
H.R. 6800, the Heroes ActWould provide pandemic-related bailouts including funding abortion providers and health insurance plans that include elective abortion. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE |
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| 06/26/2020 |
H.R. 51, the Washington, DC Admission ActWould admit the federal District of Columbia as the 51st state. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE |
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| 06/29/2020 |
H.R. 1425, the State Health Care Premium Reduction ActWould amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act while increasing abortion funding through Obamacare. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE |
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| 07/24/2020 |
H.R. 7608, the State and Foreign Operations, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021Would weaken pro-life protections and eliminate pro-life regulations funded through the State and Foreign Operations and Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs bills. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE |
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| 07/31/2020 |
H.R. 7617, the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Financial Services Appropriations Act, 2021Would weaken pro-life protections and eliminate pro-life regulations funded through the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Financial Services bills. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE |
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| 10/01/2020 |
House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 925, the America’s Conservation Enhancement Act (aka the HEROES Act)Would use coronavirus relief funds to keep Planned Parenthood afloat, and seeks to undermine pro-life protections using expansive language. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE |
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| 10/02/2020 |
H. Res. 1153, Condemning unwanted, unnecessary medical procedures on individuals without their full, informed consentResolves that Congress believes in the right of everyone to make reproductive choices about their own bodies, a euphemism for abortion access. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE |
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Tracked Activity: Bills Cosponsored & Letters Cosigned
As of January, 2022
| Date | Vote | Score |
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| 09/19/2019 |
H.R. 4399, the Support and Value Expectant Moms and Babies ActWould prohibit the FDA from approving mail-order do-it-yourself abortions. SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED COSPONSORSHIP READ MORE |
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| 01/17/2019 |
H.R. 20, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure ActWould codify the Hyde amendment, ensuring that no federal funds could be used for abortions or to subsidize health plans that include abortion coverage. SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED COSPONSORSHIP READ MORE |
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| 01/24/2019 |
H.R. 784, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection ActWould protect unborn children halfway through pregnancy based on their ability to feel excruciating pain. SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED COSPONSORSHIP READ MORE |
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| 01/18/2019 |
Letter to President Donald J. TrumpRequesting his veto threat for any bill that weakens pro-life policies or laws. SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED COSIGNING READ MORE |
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| 04/14/2020 |
Letter opposing funding for fetal tissue researchEncourages the president to stand strong against unethical science that uses aborted fetal tissue, and to instead continue to fund better, ethical alternatives. SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED COSIGNING READ MORE |
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| 04/14/2020 |
Bicameral letter regarding chemical abortion restrictionsEncourages FDA Commissioner to uphold restrictions on the dispensing of chemical abortion put in place for the safety of women. SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED COSIGNING READ MORE |
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