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Senate Roll Call 185, 102nd Congress · September 11, 1991

To protect the health and well-being of young people and the integrity of their families. — (SENATE REJECTED THE NICKLES AMENDMENT NO. 1107 (TO COMMITTEE AMENDMENT BEGINNING ON PAGE 18, LINE 5), RESTRICTING THE USE OF FUNDS TO PERFORM AN ABORTION ON A MINOR UNDER THE AGE OF 18.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

45 yea · 55 nayAmendment Rejected
Democrat13 yea · 43 nay
Republican32 yea · 10 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2707

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992

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 “Restrict access”

    model(0.90): The amendment restricts abortion access by prohibiting the use of funds for abortions on minors.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Restricting abortion funds is a policy fight where fiscal impact is incidental.

    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 (45)

Nay (55)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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