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Senate Roll Call 578, 101st Congress · October 12, 1990

To protect the health and well-being of young people and the integrity of their families. — TO TABLE THE ARMSTRONG (R, CO) AMENDMENT TO THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO HR 5257, LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 1991, TO REQUIRE NOTIFICATION OF A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN PRIOR TO AN ABORTION ON A MINOR.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

48 yea · 48 nayMotion to Table Failed4 not voting or present
Democrat40 yea · 13 nay
Republican6 yea · 35 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5257

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991

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.

  • Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Expand access”

    model(0.95): Tabling the amendment rejects parental notification and protects abortion access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Parental notification for abortion is a social policy, not a budget issue.

    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 (48)

Nay (48)

Not voting or present (4)

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