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Senate Roll Call 407, 101st Congress · May 16, 1990

To make it unlawful for any individual to knowingly donate, or sell, or to attempt to donate or sell blood, semen, tissues, organs, or other bodily fluids under certain circumstances. — TO AMEND S 2240, AIDS EMERGENCY RELIEF, TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL TO KNOWINGLY DONATE OR SELL BLOOD, SEMEN, TISSUES, ORGANS, OR OTHER BODILY FLUIDS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

47 yea · 52 nayAmendment Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat13 yea · 41 nay
Republican34 yea · 9 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 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(0.80): Criminalizing blood and organ donations under certain conditions restricts access to health options.

    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 (47)

Nay (52)

Not voting or present (1)

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