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Senate Roll Call 429, 100th Congress · January 28, 1988

TO AMEND S 557, CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT, TO PROVIDE THAT THE ACT DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY FEDERALLY-FUNDED INDIVIDUAL, PROGRAM, OR INSTITUTION TO PERFORM OR PAY FOR AN ABORTION.

56 yea · 39 nay
Democrat19 yea · 35 nay
Republican39 yea · 7 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 557

Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987

Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues — 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.

  • Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Restrict access”

    model(0.95): Removing requirements to perform or pay for abortions restricts abortion access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Civil RightsA yea counts toward “Narrow protections”

    model(0.90): Restricting requirements regarding abortion performance and payment narrows coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

Who voted which way

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

Yea (58)

Nay (42)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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