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Senate Roll Call 674, 100th Congress · July 25, 1988

TO TABLE THE HELMS, NC AMENDMENT TO HR 4783, FISCAL 1989 EDUCATION/HHS/LABOR APPROPRIATIONS, TO STRIKE THE LANGUAGE ALLOWING MEDICAID-FUNDED ABORTIONS IN CASES OF INCEST OR RAPE.

65 yea · 21 nay14 not voting or present
Democrat42 yea · 6 nay
Republican23 yea · 15 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 “Expand coverage”

    model(0.90): Tabling the amendment preserves Medicaid coverage for certain abortions.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicaid

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Expand access”

    model(0.95): Tabling the amendment protects access to Medicaid-funded abortions.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) This is a social policy fight on an appropriations rider.

    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 (65)

Nay (21)

Not voting or present (14)

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