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Senate Roll Call 478, 104th Congress · September 29, 1995

To protect the reproductive rights of Federal women prisoners. — (SENATE TABLED SPECTOR AMENDMENT NO. 2841, TO STRIKE THE PROHIBITION OF TAXPAYER FUNDED ABORTIONS FOR WOMEN IN FEDERAL PRISON.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

52 yea · 44 nayMotion to Table Agreed to4 not voting or present
Democrat9 yea · 35 nay
Republican43 yea · 7 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 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 “Restrict access”

    model(0.95): Tabling the amendment kills a measure allowing taxpayer-funded abortions for prisoners, restricting abortion access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions,reproductive

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.85): Tabling kills an amendment protecting prisoner reproductive rights, maintaining restrictive conditions.

    Tagged by: keyword:prison

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.90): Tabling an amendment that would allow taxpayer funding for abortions prevents new federal spending.

    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 (52)

Nay (44)

Not voting or present (4)

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