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House Roll Call 59, 103rd Congress · March 10, 1993

(HOUSE AGREED TO THE BLILEY AMENDMENT, AS AMENDED BY THE WAXMAN SUBSTITUTE THAT RESTORES THE FETAL TISSUE RESEARCH CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND ADDS AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT THAT ATTENDING PHYSICIANS CERTIFY THAT ABORTIONS IN WHICH FETAL TISSUE IS DONATED FOR TRANSPLANT RESEARCH WERE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE LAW.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

256 yea · 162 nayAgreed to12 not voting or present
Democrat213 yea · 30 nay
Republican47 yea · 132 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4 ↗

National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993

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 CareDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Fetal tissue research regulations do not deal with health care coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Restrict access”

    model(0.85): A yes vote adds certification requirements regarding abortions, moving toward restricting access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions,fetal

    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 (261)

Nay (162)

Not voting or present (12)

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