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House Roll Call 1198, 104th Congress · July 22, 1996

H.R.3845 BY WALSH (R-NY) -- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1997 (PUB. L. 104-194, APPROVED 9/9/96) (HOUSE REJECTED NORTON AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO RESTRICT FEDERAL FUNDS, BUT NOT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS, FROM BEING USED FOR ABORTION.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

176 yea · 223 nayFailed34 not voting or present
Democrat138 yea · 38 nay
Republican37 yea · 185 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3845

District of Columbia 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(0.85): Allowing local D.C. funds for abortion protects abortion access relative to a full ban.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) An abortion funding rider is a policy fight, making fiscal impact 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 (176)

Nay (223)

Not voting or present (34)

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