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House Roll Call 541, 102nd Congress · May 12, 1992

LEGAL SERVICES REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1991 — (HOUSE REJECTED THE MCCOLLUM MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE BILL BACK TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT THE SAME BACK FORTHWITH CONTAINING AN AMENDMENT CONSISTING OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE BILL AS REPORTED ALONG WITH PROVISIONS OF CERTAIN AMENDMENTS PREVIOUSLY OFFERED AND REJECTED TO BAR THE USE OF ANY FEDERAL, NON-FEDERAL, OR PRIVATE FUNDS FOR ANY ABORTION-RELATED ACTIVITIES; EXPANDING THE RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING BY LEGAL SERVICE AGENCIES; PROHIBITING LEGAL SERVICE AGENCIES FROM REPRESENTING CLIENTS IN CASES INVOLVING LOCAL AND JUDICIAL REDISTRICTING; PROHIBITING THE USE OF NON-FEDERAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT LEGAL SERVICES ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH FEDERAL FUNDS CANNOT BE USED; AND REQUIRING COMPETITIVE BIDDING TO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

173 yea · 236 nayFailed25 not voting or present
Democrat32 yea · 210 nay
Republican140 yea · 25 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2039

Legal Services Reauthorization Act of 1992

Policy area: Law — 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 “Restrict access”

    model(0.90): Instructing the bill to prohibit funding for abortion-related activities restricts reproductive access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Voting & ElectionsDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.80) The text cuts off mid-sentence, making the specific voting provision incomplete.

    Tagged by: keyword:redistricting

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

Who voted which way

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

Yea (173)

Nay (236)

Not voting or present (25)

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