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Senate Roll Call 235, 103rd Congress · August 3, 1993

To allow employees with health plans under the Federal Employees Health Benefit program to purchase special riders that cover abortions. — H.R.2403 BY HOYER (D-MD) -- TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1994 TREASURY DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1994 POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1994 EXECUTIVE OFFICE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1994 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1994 REVENUE FORGONE REFORM ACT (PUB. L. 103-123, APPROVED 10/28/93) (SENATE FAILED TO HOLD NICKLES AMENDMENT NO. 749 TO COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ON PAGE 31, LINE 20 TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES WITH HEALTH PLANS UNDER THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFIT PROGRAM TO PURCHASE SPECIAL RIDERS THAT COVER ABORTIONS, AS BEING GERMANE TO THE HOUSE-PASSED BILL.)

Question before the chamber: Whether the Amendment is Germane

48 yea · 51 nayAmendment Not Germane1 not voting or present
Democrat12 yea · 42 nay
Republican36 yea · 7 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2403

Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1994

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 & ContraceptionDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Germaneness rulings are procedural votes.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Germaneness rulings are procedural votes.

    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 (51)

Not voting or present (1)

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