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Senate Roll Call 625, 103rd Congress · July 25, 1994

To prohibit the use of National Endowment for the Arts funds to provide financial assistance for projects or works involving the mutilation of living or dead human beings, or the drawing or letting of blood. — (SENATE TABLED THE HELMS AMENDMENT NO. 2396 TO COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ON PAGE 81, LINE 7, TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS FUNDS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR PROJECTS OR WORKS INVOLVING THE MUTILATION OF LIVING OR DEAD HUMAN BEINGS, OR THE DRAWING OR LETTING OF BLOOD.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

49 yea · 42 nayMotion to Table Agreed to9 not voting or present
Democrat39 yea · 10 nay
Republican8 yea · 32 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4602 ↗

Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995

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.

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) This is a policy rider restricting specific NEA projects rather than a budget spending vote.

    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 (49)

Nay (42)

Not voting or present (9)

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