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House Roll Call 1028, 105th Congress · August 6, 1998

(HOUSE REJECTED THE NORTON AMENDMENT THAT ALLOWS FUNDS OTHER THAN FEDERAL FUNDS TO BE EXPENDED FOR ABORTIONS. .)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

180 yea · 243 nayFailed11 not voting or present
Democrat151 yea · 46 nay
Republican28 yea · 197 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4380

District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1999

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(0.95): Allowing non-federal funds to be used for abortion services expands abortion access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) This is a social policy rider regarding abortion; financial impact is 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 (180)

Nay (243)

Not voting or present (11)

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