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Senate Roll Call 190, 105th Congress · July 22, 1997

To prohibit the use of funds the pay for an abortion or to pay for the administrative expenses in connection with certain health plans that provide coverage for abortions — (SENATE AGREED TO THE DEWINE AMENDMENT NO. 936, TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF FUNDS TO PAY FOR AN ABORTION OR PAY FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN HEALTH PLANS THAT PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR ABORTIONS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

54 yea · 45 nayAmendment Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat6 yea · 38 nay
Republican48 yea · 5 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1023

Treasury and General Government 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 “Restrict access”

    model(0.95): Prohibiting federal health plans from covering abortion restricts abortion access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion,abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) An abortion funding rider is a social policy fight where fiscal effects are 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 (54)

Nay (45)

Not voting or present (1)

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