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Senate Roll Call 370, 104th Congress · August 5, 1995

To prohibit taxpayer funding for abortions covered by the Federal Employee Health Benefit Program. — (SENATE AGREED TO NICKLES AMENDMENT NO. 2153 TO COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ON PAGE 2, LINE 14, TO RESTRICT COVERAGE OF ABORTION UNDER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES EXCEPT WHERE THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER WOULD BE ENDANGERED OR THE RESULT OF AN ACT OF RAPE OR INCEST.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

50 yea · 44 nayAmendment Agreed to6 not voting or present
Democrat10 yea · 34 nay
Republican40 yea · 8 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2020

Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government 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.

  • Health CareA yea counts toward “Restrict coverage”

    model(0.90): Restricting abortion coverage under federal employee health plans narrows insurance coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:health insurance

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Restrict access”

    model(0.95): Prohibiting federal health plans from covering abortions restricts reproductive healthcare access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion,abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) An abortion coverage restriction rider is a social 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 (50)

Nay (44)

Not voting or present (6)

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