TIM JENNINGS: PRO-ABORTION VOTED FOR PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION 7 TIMES..

AND LIED ABOUT IT

In October 2000, voters were told that one day in March 1999 Tim Jennings voted pro-abortion seven times on partial birth abortion. Jennings lied: Jennings said the message might be based on some nonsubstantive procedural votes, but that it is misleading because he is opposed to partial-birth abortions. Nonsubstantive procedural votes? On that day, three votes were procedural and four were votes on amendments to weaken the bill, including two amendments offered by Jennings himself: his first amendment was to change the bills exception from life of the mother to health of the mother and to make the mother a criminal if she has a partial birth abortion and his second amendment was just to change the bills exception from life of the mother to health of the mother. In 1999 and 2000, Tim Jennings voted pro-abortion eight times on Partial Birth Abortion. 1999: Seven bad votes. Then covers it up. The Senate, after heated debate, approved a bill that bans so-called partial-birth abortions. The legislation, sent to the House on a 24-15 vote Saturday, prohibits a specific type of late-term abortion in which a fetus is partially delivered and destroyed. Proponents of the ban said the procedure is barbaric and should be outlawed. Opponents said the procedure is rare and is not being done in New Mexico. Supporters used a parliamentary maneuver to retrieve the bill from a committee and force a floor debate and vote on the issue. The legislation is promoted by the Right to Life Committee of New Mexico; it's the first year it has been introduced. Congress has twice passed a similar ban; President Clinton has vetoed it. The only exception to the ban would be when a woman's life was in danger and no other medical procedure could save her. A doctor who performed the procedure could be convicted of a fourth-degree felony. (The Associated Press State & Local Wire, 3/15/1999) The Senate rejected several proposed amendments, including one that would have allowed partial-birth abortions to protect a woman's health, not just to save her life. The bill would allow certain parties, including the father of a fetus or the parents of a teen who had partial-birth abortion, to seek civil damages against anyone who performed an illegal partial-birth abortion. (Santa Fe New Mexican, 3/14/1999)

Bad vote. Jennings voted against blasting the bill from committee to allow for an up-ordown vote Jennings voted against Sen. Daviss motion that Senate Bill 191 be Withdrawn from the Judiciary Committee and placed on the Calendar. Motion adopted; Yes 22, No 18, Excused 2. March 13, 1999. (New Mexico Senate Journal, 3/13/1999) Bad vote. Jennings voted against making the bill the next order of business. Jennings voted against Sen. Daviss motion that Senate Bill 191 be made the next order of business. Motion adopted; Yes 23, No 16, Excused 3. March 13, 1999. (New Mexico Senate Journal, 3/13/1999) Bad vote. Jennings voted for his own amendment to change the bills exception from life of the mother to health of the mother and to make the mother a criminal if she has a partial birth abortion. Jennings voted for Sen. Jenningss Senate Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 191. Amendment failed; Yes 17, No 21, Excused 4. March 13, 1999. (New Mexico Senate Journal, 3/13/1999) Bad vote. Jennings voted for an amendment to make performing an abortion a capital offense, a cynical move by Manny Aragon to destroy the bill. Jennings voted for Sen. Aragons Senate Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 191. Amendment failed; Yes 15, No 25, Excused 3. March 13, 1999. (New Mexico Senate Journal, 3/13/1999) Bad vote. Procedural vote. Jennings tried to offer an amendment to make the exception from life of the mother to health of the mother without the criminalization provision from his earlier amendment. The chair ruled the amendment out of order. Jennings challenged the ruling and won his challenge in a floor vote. Jennings voted against the ruling of the chair that Sen. Jenningss Senate Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 191 was out of order. Ruling overturned; Yes 16, No 21, Excused 5. March 13, 1999. (New Mexico Senate Journal, 3/13/1999) Bad vote. Jennings voted for his amendment to make the exception from life of the mother to health of the mother. Jennings voted for Sen. Jenningss Senate Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 191. Amendment failed; Yes 17, No 20, Excused 5. March 13, 1999. (New Mexico Senate Journal, 3/13/1999)

Bad vote. Jennings voted for an amendment to make the whole bill fail if any part of it fails in court. Jennings voted for Sen. Aragons Senate Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 191. Amendment failed; Yes 17, No 21, Excused 4. March 13, 1999. (New Mexico Senate Journal, 3/13/1999) COVER-UP VOTE. After failing to derail the bill with all of he and Manny Aragons procedural tricks, Jennings voted for passage of the partial birth abortion ban bill to hide his opposition. Jennings voted for passage of Senate Bill 191. Bill passed; Yes 24, No 15, Excused 3. March 13, 1999. (New Mexico Senate Journal, 3/13/1999) 2000: One bad vote. The Senate has voted for the second consecutive year to outlaw so-called partialbirth abortions. The ban went to the House, where the Right to Life Committee of New Mexico and other supporters have less than 10 days to try to get it through before the session ends. A similar measure died in the House last year. The legislation, which passed the Senate 26-12 on Monday, prohibits a certain type of late-term abortion in which a fetus is partially delivered and destroyed. It would be a fourth-degree felony for a doctor to perform the procedure, unless it were the only way to save a woman's life. "I don't want to be called a baby-killer during my campaign," said Mary Jane Garcia, D-Dona Ana, who unsuccessfully proposed an amendment that [Republican Sen. Bill] Davis said would gut the legislation. (The Associated Press State & Local Wire, 2/8/2000) Garcia tried to amend the bill to include another partial-birth abortion definition, but the amendment failed. "That definition would have swallowed up that bill," Davis, an Albuquerque Republican, said. (Albuquerque Tribune, 2/8/2000) Lawmakers have sent Gov. Gary Johnson a ban on so-called "partial-birth" abortions, the first abortion restriction in years to get through the Legislature. The Senate on Wednesday voted 22-15 to go along with changes the House had made to the bill, sending it to the governor. Johnson is expected to sign the measure. The legislation is a compromise reached between its sponsor, Sen. Bill Davis, RAlbuquerque, and House Speaker Raymond Sanchez, D-Albuquerque.

The compromise narrows the definition of the late-term abortion procedure and allows it to be performed when it's necessary to save a pregnant woman's life or prevent "great bodily injury" to her. The bill defines the banned procedure as one that extracts an "independently viable fetus" from the uterus and "mechanically extracts the cranial contents of the fetus in order to induce death." It would be a fourth-degree felony for a doctor to perform the procedure. (Albuquerque Journal, 2/17/2000) Bad vote. Jennings voted for an amendment the sponsor said would gut and swallow up the bill. Jennings voted for Sen. Garcias Senate Floor Amendment Number 1 to Senate Bill 140. Amendment failed; Yes 13, No 22, Absent 1, Excused 6. Feb. 7, 2000. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Fourth Legislature Second Session and Second Special Session 2000, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, May 2000) Cover-up vote. Just like last time, Jennings voted for passage of the ban on partial birth abortion after trying and failing to gut the bill minutes earlier. Jennings voted for passage of Senate Bill 140. Bill passed; Yes 26, No 12, Excused 4. Feb. 7, 2000. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Fourth Legislature Second Session and Second Special Session 2000, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, May 2000) The Lie. Telephone tactics Brochures aren't the only weapon being used in the legislative wars. One tactic showing up more frequently is the use of pre-recorded telephone messages by candidates and third parties. Take what is going on in Senate District 32, where Senate Majority Leader Tim Jennings, D-Roswell, is seeking re-election against Republican challenger Henry Zuniga, who works for Roswell Lumber. In recent days, voters who live in Jennings' district have received a recorded telephone message from a woman who wants to "share something with you which concerns all of us," according to a transcript provided by Jennings. "You should know," the transcript says, "that in one single day in March 1999, Senator Tim Jennings voted seven times with those who want to maintain the violent practice of partial birth abortions, the procedure in which a baby is killed just before it emerges from the birth canal." Jennings said the message might be based on some nonsubstantive procedural votes, but that it is misleading because he is opposed to partial-birth abortions. During the 1999 legislative session, Jennings was one of six Democratic senators to vote to ban the procedure.

Jennings said he supported a measure this year to outlaw partial birth abortions, which became law. It isn't clear who paid for the telephone messages against Jennings because the woman in the telephone recording doesn't identify herself as being affiliated with Jennings' opponent or with any third-party group. (Albuquerque Journal, 10/29/2000)

JENNINGS PRO-ABORTION VOTED 22 TIMES AGAINST PARENTAL NOTIFICATION

Since 2000, Tim Jennings has voted pro-abortion on at least 22 parental notification votes. Jennings has voted for final passage of parental notification bills, but he has opposed it with his other votes and done everything in his power to stop the bill from becoming law. 2005: Ten bad votes. The Senate blasted a parental notification bill out of the Judiciary Committee, voted on nine amendments intended to destroy the bill and then voted for passage of the bill. (On one of the nine amendments, the Senate voted to adopt a Sen. Feldman amendment and then an hour later voted to remove the amendment.) Jennings voted pro-abortion on every vote except two. The Senate, after a heated debate, voted to require parents to be told when their underage daughters seek abortions. The bill, which went to the House on a vote of 29-10, requires the notification of a parent - and a 48-hour wait after that - before an unmarried girl under 18 could get an abortion. If the girl didn't want a parent notified, she could go to court and get a judge's authorization for the procedure. The bill had not been on the Senate's voting agenda for Monday. Instead, its supporters used a parliamentary maneuver to "blast" it out of the Judiciary Committee, where it was awaiting a hearing. (The Associated Press State & Local Wire, 3/1/2005) The Senate, on a 20-19 vote, passed an amendment by Sen. Dede Feldman, DAlbuquerque, that would have changed the emergency clause to allow a doctor to perform an abortion to protect the health of the mother. The original bill required that the life of the mother be in jeopardy. An hour later they then reversed themselves and voted against the amendment. (Las Cruces Sun-News, 3/1/2005) After succeeding in getting the bill to the floor, the debate on the bill ensued. At least nine amendments to the bill were made that would have destroyed the bill. The previously listed Democrats, ALL the Republicans, and Democrat Ben Altamirano*

(Dist. 28 - Catron, Grant, and Soccoro) joined in the fight against many of the attempted amendments. The Democrat senators sponsoring or supporting the amendments were: Mary Jane Garcia (Dist 38 - Dona Ana); Tim Jennings (Dist 32 - Chaves, Eddy, Lincoln, and Otero); Linda Lopez (Dist. 11 - Bernalillo); Cisco McSorley (Dist. 16 - Bernalillo); Dede Feldman (Dist. 13 - Bernalillo); John Grubesic (Dist. 25 - Santa Fe); Michael Sanchez (Dist. 29 - Valencia); Gerald P. Ortiz y Pino (Dist. 12 - Bernalillo); John Pinto (Dist. 3 - McKinley and San Juan); Shannon Robinson (Dist.17 - Bernalillo); and Leonard Tsosie (Dist. 22 - Bernalillo, Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, and Sandoval). (Viva Life, 4/2005) Bad vote. Jennings voted against blasting the bill out of committee to allow for an up-ordown vote. Jennings voted against Sen. Cravens motion to Withdraw Senate Bill 126, Parental Notification Act, from the Judiciary Committee and make it the next order of business. Motion adopted; Yes 21, No 20, Absent 1. Feb. 28, 2005. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Seventh Legislature First Session and First Special Session 2005, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, November 2005) Bad vote. Jennings voted for Sen. Feldmans Senate Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 126, Parental Notification Act. Amendment failed; Yes 19, No 19, Absent 2, Excused 2. Feb. 28, 2005. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Seventh Legislature First Session and First Special Session 2005, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, November 2005) Bad vote. Jennings voted for Sen. Grubesics Senate Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 126, Parental Notification Act. Amendment failed; Yes 16, No 22, Absent 2, Excused 2. Feb. 28, 2005. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Seventh Legislature First Session and First Special Session 2005, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, November 2005) Bad vote. Jennings voted for Sen. Grubisecs Senate Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 126, Parental Notification Act. Amendment failed; Yes 13, No 21, Absent 6, Excused 2. Feb. 28, 2005. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Seventh Legislature First Session and First Special Session 2005, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, November 2005)

Bad vote. Jennings voted for Sen. Grubisecs Senate Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 126, Parental Notification Act. Amendment failed; Yes 18, No 20, Absent 2, Excused 2. Feb. 28, 2005. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Seventh Legislature First Session and First Special Session 2005, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, November 2005) Bad vote. Jennings voted for Sen. McSorleys Senate Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 126, Parental Notification Act. Amendment failed; Yes 15, No 23, Absent 2, Excused 2. Feb. 28, 2005. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Seventh Legislature First Session and First Special Session 2005, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, November 2005) Bad vote. Jennings voted for Sen. Feldmans Senate Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 126, Parental Notification Act. Amendment passed; Yes 20, No 19, Excused 3. Feb. 28, 2005. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Seventh Legislature First Session and First Special Session 2005, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, November 2005) Bad vote. Jennings voted for Sen. Lopezs Senate Floor Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 126, Parental Notification Act. Amendment failed; Yes 17, No 22, Excused 3. Feb. 28, 2005. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Seventh Legislature First Session and First Special Session 2005, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, November 2005) Bad vote. Jennings voted for Sen. Rodriguezs Senate Floor Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 126, Parental Notification Act. Amendment failed; Yes 17, No 22, Excused 3. Feb. 28, 2005. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Seventh Legislature First Session and First Special Session 2005, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, November 2005) Bad vote. (This is the vote where Sen. Feldmans earlier amendment was removed.)

Jennings voted against Sen. Hardens Senate Floor Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 126, Parental Notification Act. Amendment passed; Yes 22, No 16, Absent 1, Excused 3. Feb. 28, 2005. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Seventh Legislature First Session and First Special Session 2005, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, November 2005) Cover-up vote. After failing to derail the bill with procedural tricks and poison-pill amendemtns, Jennings voted for passage of Senate Bill 126, Parental Notification Act. Bill passed; Yes 29, No 10, Excused 3. Feb. 28, 2005. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Seventh Legislature First Session and First Special Session 2005, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, November 2005) 2002: Nine bad votes. Senate voted to blast a parental notification bill out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Once on the floor, the Senate voted to remove all of the committee changes that had been made. The Senate then voted on a series of unsuccessful amendments that bill supporters said were designed to kill the bill: Opponents of the bill tried unsuccessfully to get it changed with a series of amendments that supporters said were aimed at killing it. Finally, the Senate voted to pass the bill. Pregnant minors' parents would have to be notified, then their abortions delayed 48 hours, under legislation the Senate passed on Tuesday. The measure went to the House on a vote of 30-5, after the Senate stripped off provisions -- added earlier by a committee -- that the bill's supporters complained had made it unconstitutional. The parental notification bill had not been on the Senate's voting agenda. But supporters of the measure used a parliamentary maneuver to "blast" it out of the Judiciary Committee and bring it to the floor for a vote. The bill says that abortions may not be performed on unmarried girls under 18 until 48 hours after written notice of the pending abortion has been delivered in person or by certified mail. If a girl doesn't want her parents notified -- for example, because she's an incest victim or because she fears a violent reaction -- she would have to go to court for a judge's permission. Opponents of the bill tried unsuccessfully to get it changed with a series of amendments that supporters said were aimed at killing it. Fifteen senators voted against bringing the bill to the floor, and a dozen or more of those consistently voted to amend it. But by the time the final tally was taken, only five senators voted no. (Santa Fe New Mexican, 2/6/2002)

A bill that would require New Mexico doctors to notify parents of an underage girl seeking an abortion passed the Senate on Tuesday. But lawmakers rejected a proposed amendment to the Parental Notification Act which also would have required informing parents of the unborn child's father. The Senate, which approved the bill on a 30-to-5 vote, also rejected several other proposed amendments which would have protected an underage girl from incestuous or violent parents. Under the bill, a doctor performing an abortion on a girl under 18 years old would be required to notify her parents 48 hours before the procedure is performed. Sen. Ramsay Gorham, the Albuquerque Republican who sponsored the measure, said the bill allows parents to help their teen-age daughters in making "one of the toughest decisions of their lives." Gorham also contended that teen pregnancy has decreased in those states which have enacted similar parental notification laws. But opponents of the measure charged that it was another way to undermine legal abortions. "Don't fool yourself ... this has always been a pro-life issue," said Senate Majority Leader Manny Aragon, who voted against the bill. Aragon and Sen. Sen. Mary Kay Papen, D-Las Cruces, proposed amendments which would have protected teen-age girls seeking abortions from violent or incestuous parents. Both proposals were defeated. Aragon's amendment would have required a court order to notify parents if the girl didn't want to inform her parents because of potential violence. Papen's amendment would have eliminated the notification in cases of rape, incest and potential violence. Gorham said that under her bill a pregnant girl could go to court to block any notification to her parents in case of rape, incest and violence. But opponents said that would be putting too much burden on a teen-age girl already under duress. "I don't think it's realistic for a youngster to take this all on her own," said Sen. Dede Feldman, an Albuquerque Democrat who voted against the measure. The Senate also rejected another amendment to the bill by Sen. Linda Lopez, DAlbuquerque, who also voted against the measure. Lopez's amendment would have required the doctors to also inform the parents of the unborn child's father. (Albuquerque Journal, 2/6/2002) Bad vote. Jennings voted against Sen. Gorhams motion to Withdraw Senate Bill 32, Parental Notification Act, as amended, from the Senate Judiciary Committee and make it the next order of business. Motion adopted; Yes 24, No 15, Excused 3. Feb. 5, 2002. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Fifth Legislature Second Session and First Extraordinary Session 2002, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, June 2002) Bad vote.

Jennings voted against Sen. Rawsons Senate Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 32, Parental Notification Act, as amended. Amendment passed; Yes 25, No 12, Absent 3, Excused 2. Feb. 5, 2002. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Fifth Legislature Second Session and First Extraordinary Session 2002, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, June 2002) Bad vote. Jennings voted for Sen. Feldmans Senate Floor Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 32, Parental Notification Act, as amended. Amendment failed; Yes 12, No 22, Absent 3, Excused 5. Feb. 5, 2002. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Fifth Legislature Second Session and First Extraordinary Session 2002, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, June 2002) Bad vote. Jennings voted for Sen. Papens Senate Floor Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 32, Parental Notification Act, as amended. Amendment failed; Yes 13, No 21, Absent 2, Excused 6. Feb. 5, 2002. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Fifth Legislature Second Session and First Extraordinary Session 2002, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, June 2002) Bad vote. Jennings voted for Sen. Papens Senate Floor Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 32, Parental Notification Act, as amended. Amendment failed; Yes 14, No 21, Absent 1, Excused 6. Feb. 5, 2002. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Fifth Legislature Second Session and First Extraordinary Session 2002, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, June 2002) Bad vote. Jennings voted for Sen. Lopezs Senate Floor Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 32, Parental Notification Act, as amended. Amendment failed; Yes 12, No 21, Absent 4, Excused 5. Feb. 5, 2002. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Fifth Legislature Second Session and First Extraordinary Session 2002, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, June 2002) Bad vote.

Jennings voted for Sen. Feldmans Senate Floor Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 32, Parental Notification Act, as amended. Amendment failed; Yes 12, No 23, Absent 2, Excused 5. Feb. 5, 2002. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Fifth Legislature Second Session and First Extraordinary Session 2002, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, June 2002) Bad vote. Jennings voted for Sen. Sanchezs Senate Floor Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 32, Parental Notification Act, as amended. Amendment failed; Yes 13, No 22, Absent 2, Excused 5. Feb. 5, 2002. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Fifth Legislature Second Session and First Extraordinary Session 2002, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, June 2002) Bad vote. Jennings voted for Sen. Aragons Senate Floor Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 32, Parental Notification Act, as amended. Amendment failed; Yes 12, No 21, Absent 4, Excused 5. Feb. 5, 2002. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Fifth Legislature Second Session and First Extraordinary Session 2002, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, June 2002) Cover-up vote. After failing to derail the bill with procedural tricks and poison bill amendments, Jennings voted for passage of Senate Bill 32, Parental Notification Act, as amended. Bill passed; Yes 30, No 5, Absent 2, Excused 5. Feb. 5, 2002. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Fifth Legislature Second Session and First Extraordinary Session 2002, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, June 2002) 2001: Three bad votes. Then Cover-up. Three Bad votes. Then covers it up. The Senate passed three amendments that Republican supporters said would make the bill unconstitutional. After that the Senate passed the bill. The measure states a minor's parents must be informed of the pending operation The state Senate passed a bill Tuesday requiring doctors to notify the parents of minor girls who are seeking abortions -- though Republican backers of the measure said a series of Democratic amendments make the bill unconstitutional. Following a three-hour discussion, the bill passed 32-5 with four Democrats and one Republican voting against it.

Initially, the bill required doctors to give written notice to parents of minors seeking abortions at least 48 hours before the abortion was performed. The bill provides for exceptions, such as if an abortion is necessary to save the girl's life. Also, the girl could ask a judge to rule that notification would not be in her best interests. The amendments on the bill included: One by Sen. Bernadette Sanchez, D-Albuquerque, which would require the notification to be in the form of a face-to-face meeting instead of a letter delivered by hand or by certified mail. One by Sen. Dede Feldman, D-Albuquerque, which would require the abortion doctor to notify the parents of any mi-nor boy who got a minor girl pregnant One by Sen. Tim Jennings, D-Roswell, which removes the 48-hour time restriction. Rawson argued the amendments would make the bill unconstitutional because, he said, courts would find them to place "undue restrictions" on a woman's right to have an abortion. He said Feldman's amendment would hurt the bill because of a clause that said if a court struck any portion of the bill, the entire act would be repealed. (Santa Fe New Mexican, 3/14/2001) Bad vote. Jennings voted for Sen. B. Sanchezs Senate Floor Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 298, as amended. Amendment passed; Yes 18, No 13, Absent 10, Excused 1. March 13, 2001. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Fifth Legislature First Session 2001, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, October 2001) Bad vote. Jennings voted for Sen. Feldmans Senate Floor Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 298, as amended. Amendment passed; Yes 21, No 15, Absent 5, Excused 1. March 13, 2001. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Fifth Legislature First Session 2001, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, October 2001) Bad vote. Jennings voted for Sen. Jenningss Senate Floor Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 298, as amended. Amendment passed; Yes 21, No 16, Absent 4, Excused 1. March 13, 2001. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Fifth Legislature First Session 2001, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, October 2001) THE COVER. After failing to block the vote, Jennings voted for passage of Senate Bill 298, as amended. Bill passed; Yes 32, No 5, Absent 4, Excused 1. March 13, 2001. (Senate Floor Vote, Voting Record of the Forty-Fifth Legislature First Session 2001, New Mexico Legislative Council Service, October 2001)