Senate Roll Call 148, 106th Congress · May 26, 1999

To repeal the restriction on use of the Department of Defense facilities for privately funded abortions.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

51 yea · 49 nayMotion to Table Agreed to

Democrat2 yea · 43 nay

Republican49 yea · 4 nay

Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1059 ↗

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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(0.90): Tabling kills a measure repealing abortion restrictions at DoD facilities, keeping access restricted.
Tagged by: keyword:abortions
Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access
Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.95) This is a reproductive rights measure attached to a DoD bill, not a war powers issue.
Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security
Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

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

Yea (51)

Nay (49)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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