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House Roll Call 340, 104th Congress · May 24, 1995

(HOUSE REJECTED THE MORELLA AMENDMENT TO THE SMITH OF NEW JERSEY AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO PROVIDE THAT THE ABORTION PROHIBITIONS CONTAINED IN THE AMENDMENT WOULD NOT BE APPLICABLE TO THE MEDICAL TREATMENT OF INJURIES OR ILLNESSES CAUSED BY UNSAFE ABORTIONS.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

198 yea · 227 nayFailed9 not voting or present
Democrat156 yea · 39 nay
Republican41 yea · 188 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1561 ↗

Foreign Relations Revitalization Act of 1995

Policy area: International Affairs — 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(0.90): A yes vote creates an exception to abortion bans for treating injuries from unsafe abortions.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion,abortions

    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 (198)

Nay (227)

Not voting or present (9)

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