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Senate Roll Call 44, 105th Congress · April 16, 1997

A bill to clarify Federal law with respect to restricting the use of Federal funds in support of assisted suicide. — (SENATE PASSED H.R. 1003, TO CLARIFY FEDERAL LAW WITH RESPECT TO RESTRICTING THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS IN SUPPORT OF ASSISTED SUICIDE.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

99 yea · 0 nayBill Passed1 not voting or present
Democrat45 yea · 0 nay
Republican52 yea · 0 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1003 ↗

Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997

Policy area: Health — 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.

  • Health CareA yea counts toward “Restrict coverage”

    model(0.85): Restricting federal fund usage for assisted suicide restricts covered health procedures.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (99)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (1)

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