Senate Roll Call 129, 105th Congress · June 25, 1997

To strike the limitation on the coverage of abortions. — (SENATE REJECTED LAUTENBERG (FOR KERREY) MODIFIED AMENDMENT NO. 496, TO STRIKE THE LIMITATION ON THE COVERAGE OF ABORTIONS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

39 yea · 61 nayAmendment Rejected

Democrat34 yea · 11 nay

Republican3 yea · 50 nay

Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 947 ↗

Balanced Budget Act of 1997

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): A yes vote strikes limitations on abortion coverage, protecting reproductive rights access.
Tagged by: keyword:abortions
Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access
Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Abortion coverage restrictions represent a policy debate rather than a direct fiscal expansion or restraint.
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 (39)

Nay (61)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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