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House Roll Call 359, 105th Congress · September 4, 1997

(HOUSE AGREED TO THE SMITH OF NEW JERSEY AMENDMENT THAT PROHIBITS U.S. POPULATION ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS THAT PERFORM ABORTIONS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, VIOLATE THE ABORTION LAWS OF THESE COUNTRIES, OR LOBBY FOR CHANGES IN THEIR ABORTION LAWS; PROVIDES FOR EXCEPTIONS IN CASES OF RAPE, INCEST, OR WHEN THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER IS ENDANGERED; AND PROHIBITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE U.N. FUND FOR POPULATION ACTIVITIES UNLESS THE PRESIDENT CERTIFIES THAT THE FUND HAS EITHER TERMINATED ALL ACTIVITIES IN CHINA OR DURING THE 12 MONTHS PRECEDING CERTIFICATION THERE HAVE BEEN NO FORCED ABORTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH CHINA'S FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM. .)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

234 yea · 191 nayAgreed to8 not voting or present
Democrat41 yea · 160 nay
Republican193 yea · 30 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 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 “Restrict access”

    model(0.95): A yes vote restricts foreign population assistance funding to organizations involved with abortion.

    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 (234)

Nay (191)

Not voting or present (8)

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