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Senate Roll Call 542, 104th Congress · October 27, 1995

An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1996. — (SENATE AGREED TO THE SMITH MOTION TO INSTRUCT THE CONFEREES ON THE PART OF THE SENATE TO RECEDE TO THE HOUSE AMENDMENT RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDING FOR MEDICAID ABORTIONS EXCEPT TO SAVE THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER OR IN CASES OF RAPE OR INCEST.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

56 yea · 43 nayMotion Agreed to
Democrat10 yea · 36 nay
Republican46 yea · 5 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1357

Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995

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): Voting yes restricts Medicaid coverage for abortions, restricting health coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicaid

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Restrict access”

    model(0.95): Voting yes restricts Medicaid abortion funding, limiting reproductive health access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.85): Voting yes restricts Medicaid funding for abortions, cutting 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 (56)

Nay (43)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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