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House Roll Call 441, 105th Congress · September 25, 1997

(HOUSE REJECTED THE NORTON AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO STRIKE SECTION 103 THAT PROHIBITS FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS IN THE FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM .)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

155 yea · 264 nayFailed14 not voting or present
Democrat137 yea · 62 nay
Republican17 yea · 202 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2267 ↗

Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998

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): Striking a ban on federal funding for abortions expands abortion access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Criminal JusticeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Abortion access in prison is primarily a reproductive rights issue, not criminal justice reform.

    Tagged by: keyword:prison

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Abortion funding restriction is a social policy rider where fiscal 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 (155)

Nay (264)

Not voting or present (14)

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