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House Roll Call 22, 105th Congress · February 13, 1997

Funds Appropriated for Population Planning — H.R.581 BY SMITH, CHRISTOPHER (R-NJ) -- FAMILY PLANNING FACILITATION AND ABORTION FUNDING RESTRICTION ACT OF 1997 (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 581, TO AMEND PUBLIC LAW 104-208 TO PROVIDE THAT THE PRESIDENT MAY MAKE FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR POPULATION PLANNING AND OTHER POPULATION ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE ON MARCH 1, 1997, SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS THAT PERFORM OR ACTIVELY PROMOTE ABORTIONS.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage

231 yea · 194 nayPassed7 not voting or present
Democrat36 yea · 162 nay
Republican195 yea · 31 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 581 ↗

Family Planning Facilitation and Abortion Funding Restriction Act of 1997

Policy area: International Affairs — 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(0.85): Conditions international family planning funds on foreign abortion restrictions, restricting access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion,abortions,family planning

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

Who voted which way

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

Yea (231)

Nay (194)

Not voting or present (7)

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