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Senate Roll Call 688, 100th Congress · July 27, 1988

TO AMEND HR 4783, FISCAL 1989 LABOR-HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS, TO PERMIT MEDICAID-FUNDED ABORTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF PROMPTLY-REPORTED RAPE OR INCEST.

73 yea · 19 nay8 not voting or present
Democrat35 yea · 13 nay
Republican38 yea · 6 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(0.85): Permitting Medicaid coverage for abortions in cases of rape or incest expands health coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicaid

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Expand access”

    model(0.95): Permitting Medicaid funding for certain abortions protects reproductive healthcare access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.75): Permitting federal Medicaid reimbursement increases federal healthcare spending.

    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 (73)

Nay (19)

Not voting or present (8)

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