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Senate Roll Call 776, 104th Congress · June 19, 1996

To repeal the restriction on use of Department of Defense facilities for abortions. — (SENATE FAILED TO TABLE MURRAY AMENDMENT NO. 4059, TO REPEAL THE RESTRICTION ON THE USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES FOR ABORTION.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

45 yea · 51 nayMotion to Table Failed4 not voting or present
Democrat6 yea · 39 nay
Republican39 yea · 10 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1745 ↗

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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 kills the amendment that would repeal restrictions on abortion access at DOD facilities.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion,abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Abortion access at military facilities is a reproductive rights issue, not military expansion or restraint.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (45)

Nay (51)

Not voting or present (4)

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