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House Roll Call 358, 105th Congress · September 4, 1997

(HOUSE REJECTED THE GILMAN AMENDMENT TO THE SMITH OF NEW JERSEY AMENDMENT THAT ALLOWS ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO NOT PROMOTE ABORTION AS A METHOD OF FAMILY PLANNING AND THAT USE FUNDS TO PREVENT ABORTION AS A METHOD OF FAMILY PLANNING TO REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING; PROHIBITS FUNDING FOR THE U.N. FUND FOR POPULATION ACTIVITIES UNLESS THE PRESIDENT CERTIFIES THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAS STOPPED ALL ACTIVITY IN CHINA, AND ABSENT THE CERTIFICATION, TRANSFERS THE $25 MILLION CONTRIBUTION TO THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR POPULATION ASSISTANCE. .)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

210 yea · 218 nayFailed5 not voting or present
Democrat170 yea · 32 nay
Republican39 yea · 186 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2159 ↗

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1998

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 “Expand access”

    model(0.85): A yes vote protects funding eligibility for family planning organizations not actively promoting abortion.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion,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 (210)

Nay (218)

Not voting or present (5)

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