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House Roll Call 421, 104th Congress · June 28, 1995

H.R.1868 BY CALLAHAN (R-AL) -- FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 (HOUSE REJECTED THE MEYERS OF KANSAS AMENDMENT TO THE SMITH OF NEW JERSEY AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO STRIKE LANGUAGE THAT PROHIBITS ANY FEDERAL FUNDING TO ANY PRIVATE, NONGOVERNMENTAL, OR MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATION THAT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PERFORMS ABORTIONS IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY EXCEPT IN SPECIAL CASES.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

201 yea · 229 nayFailed4 not voting or present
Democrat157 yea · 38 nay
Republican43 yea · 191 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1868 ↗

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996

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(0.95): Striking a ban on foreign aid to organizations performing abortions protects access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) An abortion funding rider is a policy fight where fiscal effects are incidental.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations act,appropriations

    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 (201)

Nay (229)

Not voting or present (4)

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