House Roll Call 63, 105th Congress · March 20, 1997
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act — (HOUSE REJECTED THE FRANK OF MASSACHUSETTS MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE BILL TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK TO THE HOUSE FORTHWITH, WITH AMENDMENTS THAT INCLUDE EXCEPTIONS TO THE PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION PROHIBITION FOR A LIFE ENDANGERING PHYSICAL CONDITION CAUSED BY THE PREGNANCY OR TO AVERT ADVERSE LONG-TERM PHYSICAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES TO THE MOTHER.)
Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement — 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(0.90): Instructions add health and life exceptions to protect abortion access.
Tagged by: keyword:abortion
Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access
- Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Reform-oriented”
model(0.85): Instructions add health exceptions, narrowing the criminal prohibition.
Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement
Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive
Who voted which way
Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.
Yea (149)
- Gary L. Ackerman
- Robert E. Andrews
- John Baldacci
- Thomas M. Barrett
- Xavier Becerra
- Ken Bentsen
- Howard L. Berman
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
- Rod Blagojevich
- Earl Blumenauer
- Sherwood L. Boehlert
- David E. Bonior
- Frederick C. Boucher
- Allen Boyd Jr.
- Corrine Brown
- George E. Brown Jr.
- Sherrod Brown
- Tom Campbell
- Walter Holden Capps
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Julia M. Carson
- Michael N. Castle
- William Lacy Clay Sr.
- Eva Clayton
- James E. Clyburn
- John Conyers, Jr.
- William J. Coyne
- Elijah E. Cummings
- Danny K. Davis
- James Davis
- Peter A. DeFazio
- William D. Delahunt
- Rosa L. DeLauro
- Ronald Vernie Dellums
- Peter Deutsch
- Norman D. Dicks
- Julian C. Dixon
- Lloyd Doggett
- Calvin M. Dooley
- Thomas Edwards
- Eliot L. Engel
- Anna G. Eshoo
- Bob R. Etheridge
- Lane A. Evans
- Chaka Fattah
- Bob Filner
- Floyd Harold Flake
- Harold E. Ford Jr.
- Barney Frank
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen
- Jonas Frost III
- Elizabeth Furse
- Sam Gejdenson
- Richard Andrew Gephardt
- Wayne T. Gilchrest
- Benjamin Gilman
- Henry Barbosa González
- Gene Green
- James C. Greenwood
- Alcee L. Hastings
- Earl F. Hilliard
- Maurice D. Hinchey
- Rubén Hinojosa
- Darlene Hooley
- Stephen Horn
- Amory Houghton Jr.
- Steny H. Hoyer
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr.
- Sheila Jackson Lee
- William J. Jefferson
- Eddie Bernice Johnson
- Jay W. Johnson
- Nancy Lee Johnson
- Sue W. Kelly
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
- Ron Kind
- Gerald D. Kleczka
- Scott L. Klug
- James T. Kolbe
- Nicholas V. Lampson
- Tom Lantos
- Sander M. Levin
- John Lewis
- William Luther
- James Maloney
- Edward J. Markey
- Robert T. Matsui
- Carolyn McCarthy
- Karen McCarthy
- Jim McDermott
- James P. McGovern
- Cynthia McKinney
- Martin T. Meehan
- Carrie Meek
- Robert Menendez
- Juanita Millender-McDonald
- George Miller
- David Minge
- John Joseph Moakley
- James P. Moran
- Constance Morella
- Richard E. Neal
- David Ross Obey
- John W. Olver
- Major R. Owens
- Frank Pallone, Jr.
- Ed Pastor
- Donald M. Payne
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy
- David E. Price
- James M. Ramstad
- Charles B. Rangel
- Silvestre Reyes
- Lynn Rivers
- Steven R. Rothman
- Lucille Roybal-Allard
- Bobby L. Rush
- Martin Olav Sabo
- Loretta Sanchez
- Bernard Sanders
- Max A. Sandlin Jr.
- Thomas C. Sawyer
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
- José E. Serrano
- Christopher H. Shays
- Brad Sherman
- David Evans Skaggs
- Adam Smith
- Victor F. Snyder
- John McKee Spratt Jr.
- Debbie Stabenow
- Fortney Pete Stark
- Louis Stokes
- Ted Strickland
- Bennie G. Thompson
- Karen Thurman
- John F. Tierney
- Esteban Edward Torres
- Edolphus Towns
- Bruce F. Vento
- Maxine Waters
- Melvin L. Watt
- Robert E. Wise Jr.
- Lynn C. Woolsey
- Albert Russell Wynn
- Sidney Richard Yates
Nay (282)
- Neil Abercrombie
- Robert B. Aderholt
- Thomas H. Allen
- Bill Archer
- Richard K. Armey
- Spencer Bachus
- Henry Scott Baesler
- Richard Hugh Baker
- Cass Ballenger
- James A. Barcia
- Bob Barr
- Bill Barrett
- Roscoe G. Bartlett
- Joe Barton
- Charles F. Bass
- Herbert H. Bateman
- Douglas K. Bereuter
- Robert Marion Berry
- Brian P. Bilbray
- Michael Bilirakis
- Tom Bliley
- Roy Blunt
- John A. Boehner
- Henry Bonilla
- Sonny Bono
- Robert A. Borski
- Leonard L. Boswell
- Kevin Brady
- Ed Bryant
- Jim Bunning
- Richard Burr
- Dan Burton
- Stephen E. Buyer
- H. L. Callahan
- Ken Calvert
- Dave Camp
- Charles T. Canady
- Christopher B. Cannon
- Steve Chabot
- Saxby Chambliss
- Helen Chenoweth-Hage
- Jon Lynn Christensen
- Robert Clement
- Howard Coble
- Tom Coburn
- Michael Allen Collins
- Larry Combest
- Gary Condit
- Merrill Cook
- John Cooksey
- Jerry F. Costello
- C. Christopher Cox
- Robert E. Cramer Jr.
- Philip M. Crane
- Mike Crapo
- Barbara L. Cubin
- Randall H. Cunningham
- Pat Danner
- Thomas M. Davis III
- Nathan Deal
- Diana DeGette
- Thomas Dale DeLay
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart
- Jay Dickey
- John D. Dingell
- John T. Doolittle
- Michael F. Doyle
- David Dreier
- John J. Duncan, Jr.
- Jennifer B. Dunn
- Vernon J. Ehlers
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
- Jo Ann Emerson
- Philip English
- John Eric Ensign
- Terry Everett
- Thomas W. Ewing
- Sam Farr
- Harris W. Fawell
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr.
- Thomas Michael Foglietta
- Mark Adam Foley
- Michael P. Forbes
- Tillie K. Fowler
- Jon D. Fox
- Bob Franks
- Elton Gallegly
- Greg Ganske
- George W. Gekas
- James A. Gibbons
- Paul E. Gillmor
- Newton Leroy Gingrich
- Virgil H. Goode Jr.
- Bob Goodlatte
- William F. Goodling
- Barton Jennings Gordon
- Porter J. Goss
- Lindsey Graham
- Kay Granger
- Luis V. Gutiérrez
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht
- Ralph M. Hall
- Tony P. Hall
- Lee Herbert Hamilton
- James V. Hansen
- Jane Harman
- J. Dennis Hastert
- Doc Hastings
- John D. Hayworth Jr.
- Joel Hefley
- Willie Gathrel Hefner
- Wally Herger
- Rick Hill
- Van Hilleary
- David Lee Hobson
- Peter Hoekstra
- Tim Holden
- John Nathan Hostettler
- Kenny C. Hulshof
- Duncan L. Hunter
- Asa Hutchinson
- Henry John Hyde
- Bob Inglis
- Ernest J. Istook Jr.
- William Lewis Jenkins
- Christopher John
- Sam Johnson
- Walter B. Jones
- Paul E. Kanjorski
- John R. Kasich
- Dale E. Kildee
- Jay Kim
- Peter T. King
- Jack Kingston
- Ron Klink
- Joseph K. Knollenberg
- Dennis J. Kucinich
- John J. LaFalce
- Ray H. LaHood
- Steve Largent
- Tom Latham
- Steven C. LaTourette
- Rick A. Lazio
- James A. Leach
- Jerry Lewis
- Ron Lewis
- John Linder
- William O. Lipinski
- Robert Linligthgow Livingston Jr.
- Frank A. LoBiondo
- Zoe Lofgren
- Nita M. Lowey
- Frank D. Lucas
- Carolyn B. Maloney
- Thomas J. Manton
- Donald A. Manzullo
- Matthew G. Martínez
- Frank Mascara
- Bill McCollum
- James O. McCrery III
- Joseph Michael McDade
- Paul F. McHale Jr.
- John M. McHugh
- Scott McInnis
- David M. McIntosh
- Mike McIntyre
- Howard P. "Buck" McKeon
- Michael R. McNulty
- Jack Metcalf
- John L. Mica
- Dan Miller
- Patsy Takemoto Mink
- Susan Molinari
- Alan B. Mollohan
- Jerry Moran
- John P. Murtha
- Sue Wilkins Myrick
- Jerrold Nadler
- George R. Nethercutt Jr.
- Mark W. Neumann
- Robert William Ney
- Anne Meagher Northup
- Charles W. Norwood Jr.
- James Allen Nussle
- James L. Oberstar
- Solomon P. Ortiz
- Ron Packard
- Michael James Pappas
- Michael Parker
- Bill Pascrell, Jr.
- Ron Paul
- L. William Paxon
- Edward A. Pease
- Nancy Pelosi
- Collin C. Peterson
- John E. Peterson
- Thomas E. Petri
- Charles W. Pickering Jr.
- Owen B. Pickett
- Joseph R. Pitts
- Richard W. Pombo
- John Edward Porter
- Rob Portman
- Glenn Poshard
- Deborah D. Pryce
- Jack Quinn
- George P. Radanovich
- Nick J. Rahall II
- Ralph Regula
- Frank D. Riggs
- Bob Riley
- Timothy Roemer
- James E. Rogan
- Harold Rogers
- Dana Rohrabacher
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
- Marge Roukema
- Edward R. Royce
- Jim R. Ryun
- Matt Salmon
- Mark Sanford
- H. James Saxton
- Joe Scarborough
- Daniel Schaefer
- Bob Schaffer
- Steven Harvey Schiff
- Charles E. Schumer
- F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
- Pete Sessions
- John B. Shadegg
- E. Clay Shaw Jr.
- John Shimkus
- Elmer Greinert Shuster
- Norman Sisisky
- Joseph Skeen
- Ike Skelton
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter
- Christopher H. Smith
- Lamar Smith
- Linda Smith
- Nick Smith
- Robert Freeman Smith
- Vincent K. Snowbarger
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon
- Mark Edward Souder
- Floyd Spence
- Cliff Stearns
- Charles W. Stenholm
- Robert Stump
- Bart T. Stupak
- John E. Sununu
- James M. Talent
- John S. Tanner
- Ellen O. Tauscher
- William J. Tauzin
- Charles H. Taylor
- Gene Taylor
- William M. Thomas
- Mac Thornberry
- John Thune
- Todd Tiahrt
- James A. Traficant Jr.
- James Turner
- Fred Upton
- Nydia M. Velázquez
- Peter J. Visclosky
- James T. Walsh
- Zach Wamp
- Wes Watkins
- J.C. Watts
- Henry A. Waxman
- David J. Weldon Jr.
- W. Curtis Weldon
- Gerald C. Weller
- Robert Wexler
- Robert A. Weygand
- Richard Alan White
- Ed Whitfield
- Roger F. Wicker
- Frank R. Wolf
- C. W. Bill Young
- Don Young
Not voting or present (2)
- Marcy KapturDid not vote
- Michael G. OxleyDid not vote
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