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House Roll Call 561, 104th Congress · July 26, 1995

(HOUSE REJECTED THE NORTON AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO STRIKE LANGUAGE THAT PROHIBITS USE OF FUNDS TO PERFORM ABORTIONS IN THE FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM UNLESS THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER WOULD BE ENDANGERED OR IN THE CASE OF RAPE.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

146 yea · 281 nayFailed7 not voting or present
Democrat128 yea · 66 nay
Republican17 yea · 215 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2076 ↗

Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996

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(0.90): Striking a restriction on abortion funding for federal prisoners protects abortion access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Criminal JusticeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Abortion funding restrictions in prisons involve reproductive policy rather than criminal justice axis.

    Tagged by: keyword:prison

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) A policy rider regarding abortion funding does not represent fiscal expansion or restraint.

    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 (146)

Nay (281)

Not voting or present (7)

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