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Senate Roll Call 177, 102nd Congress · August 2, 1991

To amend title 10, United States Code, regarding the entitlement of members of the Armed Forces and their dependents to receive reproductive health services in uniformed services medical facilities outside the United States. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE FAILED TO AGREE TO CLOSE FURTHER DEBATE ON WIRTH AMENDMENT NO. 1038, TO AUTHORIZE OVERSEAS U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL AND THEIR DEPENDENTS TO RECEIVE ALL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES PERMITTED UNDER U.S. LAW AT MILITARY MEDICAL FACILITIES OVERSEAS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Cloture Motion

58 yea · 40 nayCloture Motion Rejected2 not voting or present
Democrat48 yea · 7 nay
Republican8 yea · 33 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1507

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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): Cloture advances a measure authorizing military personnel and dependents to receive reproductive health services.

    Tagged by: keyword:reproductive

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Providing reproductive health services at military facilities is social healthcare policy, not military expansion.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

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

Yea (58)

Nay (40)

Not voting or present (2)

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