Scorecard
Welcome to the FRC Action Vote Scorecard for 2021, the First Session of the 117th Congress!
This online scorecard is a compilation of the significant votes on federal legislation affecting family values that FRC Action either supported or opposed so far in 2020. This scorecard will continue to be updated throughout the year.
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House - 117th 1st Session Summaries
1. Equality Act
Sponsored by Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI), the Equality Act (H.R. 5) would overhaul our federal civil rights framework to mandate special privileges for sexual orientation and gender identity, expand abortion access, and severely erode religious liberty and conscience protections.
(Passed 2/25/2021, 224 yeas to 206 nays, Roll Call No. 39)
FRC Action Opposed this Bill.
2. American Rescue Plan Act
Sponsored by Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY), the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (H.R. 1319) is the most substantial deviation from Hyde Amendment principles in decades. This $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package appropriates over $400 billion that can be used to pay for abortion and health plans that cover abortion.
(Passed 02/27/2021, 219 yeas to 212 nays, Roll Call No. 49)
FRC Action Opposed this Bill.
3. For the People Act
Sponsored by Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD), the For the People Act of 2021 (H.R.1) contains several provisions of notable concern that would stifle free speech and limit individuals’ and non-profit organizations’ ability to continue engaging in robust public policy debates.
(Passed 3/3/2021, 220 yeas to 210 nays, Roll Call No. 62)
FRC Action Opposed this Bill.
4. Senate Amendment to the American Rescue Plan Act
Amended in the Senate by Schumer Amendment #891, the final text of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package contained additional tax subsidies for abortion. The final package included over $450 billion that can be used to pay for abortion and health plans that cover abortion.
(Passed 03/10/2021, 220 yeas to 211 nays, Roll Call No. 72)
FRC Action Opposed this Bill.
5. Removing the Deadline for the Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment
Sponsored by Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), this resolution (H.J.Res.17) seeks to remove the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) ratification deadline, which expired approximately 40 years ago. If ratified, the ERA could roll back women’s civil rights protections and clear the way for taxpayers to subsidize abortion on demand. Even with a resolution to remove the ratification deadline, the Department of Justice has said the current ERA is dead, and the process to ratify the amendment would need to start over.
(Passed 03/17/2021, 222 yeas to 204 nays, Roll Call No. 82)
FRC Action Opposed this Resolution.
6. Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization
Sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021 (H.R. 1620) contains language that undermines the bill’s intent and disregards the privacy and safety of abused women, the largest population of victims. It also allows Planned Parenthood to be a grantee despite a documented pattern of failing to report statutory rape, sexual assault, and abuse.
(Passed 03/17/21, 244 yeas to 172 nays, Roll Call No. 86)
FRC Action Opposed this Bill.