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House Roll Call 1186, 104th Congress · July 17, 1996

(HOUSE REJECTED THE HOYER AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO REMOVE THE RESTRICTIONS ON ABORTIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT PROGRAM.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

184 yea · 238 nayFailed11 not voting or present
Democrat146 yea · 43 nay
Republican37 yea · 195 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3756 ↗

Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1997

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 “Expand access”

    model(0.95): Removing abortion coverage restrictions under federal employee health plans protects and expands reproductive access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Policy vote on abortion coverage in health plans is primary policy, making fiscal impact unclear.

    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 (184)

Nay (238)

Not voting or present (11)

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