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Senate Roll Call 187, 101st Congress · September 20, 1989

Requires certification that UNFPA does not support or participate in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization in the People's Republic of China. — TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE ON THE MIKULSKI (D, MD) MOTION TO TABLE THE KASTEN (R, WI) AMENDMENT TO HR 2939, FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Reconsider

52 yea · 47 nayMotion to Reconsider Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat42 yea · 11 nay
Republican8 yea · 36 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2939

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990

Policy area: International Affairs — 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 & ContraceptionDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) A motion to reconsider is a floor procedure.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Motion to reconsider a policy rider is procedural on a fiscal axis.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations

    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 (52)

Nay (47)

Not voting or present (1)

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