House Roll Call 785, 100th Congress · September 9, 1988

TO PERSIST IN A DISAGREEMENT WITH A SENATE AMENDMENT TO HR 4783, FISCAL 1983 LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS, AN AMENDMENT TO PERMIT THE USE OF MEDICAID FUNDS FOR ABORTIONS WHEN PREGNANCY RESULTS FROM CASES OF RAPE OR INCEST.

216 yea · 166 nay31 not voting or present

Democrat87 yea · 140 nay

Republican138 yea · 32 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4783 ↗

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

Health CareA yea counts toward “Restrict coverage”
model(0.90): Refusing the amendment restricts Medicaid health coverage for abortions.
Tagged by: keyword:medicaid
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage
Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Restrict access”
model(0.95): Refusing the amendment restricts access to publicly funded abortions.
Tagged by: keyword:abortions
Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access
Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Abortion rider is a policy fight where spending impact is incidental.
Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance
Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (226)

Nay (174)

Not voting or present (31)

William Vollie Alexander Jr.Did not vote
Robert Edward BadhamDid not vote
Eldon Beau BoulterDid not vote
Milton Robert CarrDid not vote
Richard Bruce CheneyDid not vote
Harold John, Jr., DaubDid not vote
Eligio II de la GarzaDid not vote
Charles Wayne DowdyDid not vote
Hamilton Fish Jr.Did not vote
Sam Melville GibbonsDid not vote
William Herbert Gray IIIDid not vote
Andrew Poysell IrelandDid not vote
Ed JonesDid not vote
Walter Beaman Jones Sr.Did not vote
James Marvin LeathDid not vote
William O. LipinskiDid not vote
Trent LottDid not vote
Manuel Luján Jr.Did not vote
Kenneth Hood MacKay Jr.Did not vote
Edward Rell MadiganDid not vote
Daniel Andrew MicaDid not vote
Austin John MurphyDid not vote
Charles B. RangelDid not vote
Ralph RegulaDid not vote
Toby A. RothDid not vote
Neal Edward SmithDid not vote
Floyd SpenceDid not vote
Fortney Pete StarkDid not vote
Gerry Eastman StuddsDid not vote
Henry A. WaxmanDid not vote
Chalmers Pangburn WylieDid not vote

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