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Senate Roll Call 405, 101st Congress · May 16, 1990

To prohibit the use of funds made available under this Act for the distribution of needles or bleach for cleaning needles. — TO AMEND S 2240, AIDS EMERGENCY RELIEF, TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE UNDER THIS ACT FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF NEEDLES OR BLEACH FOR CLEANING NEEDLES.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

28 yea · 70 nayAmendment Rejected2 not voting or present
Democrat2 yea · 51 nay
Republican26 yea · 18 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 2240 ↗

Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990

Policy area: Health — 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(0.85): Prohibiting funds for needle and bleach distribution restricts available health services under the AIDS relief act.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

Who voted which way

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

Yea (28)

Nay (70)

Not voting or present (2)

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