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House Roll Call 905, 105th Congress · July 15, 1998

Child Custody Protection Act — H.R.3682 BY ROS-LEHTINEN (R-FL) -- CHILD CUSTODY PROTECTION ACT (HOUSE REJECTED THE SCOTT MOTION TO RECOMMIT H.R. 3682 BACK TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK FORTHWITH WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO USE FORCE OR COERCE A MINOR ACROSS STATE LINES TO OBTAIN AN ABORTION.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

158 yea · 269 nayFailed7 not voting or present
Democrat146 yea · 53 nay
Republican11 yea · 216 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3682 ↗

Child Custody Protection Act

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): The amendment removes broad restrictions on minors traveling for abortion unless forced or coerced.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Reform-oriented”

    model(0.85): The amendment narrows criminal liability to cases involving force or coercion.

    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 (158)

Nay (269)

Not voting or present (7)

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