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Senate Roll Call 197, 106th Congress · July 1, 1999

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.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

47 yea · 51 nayMotion to Table Failed2 not voting or present
Democrat40 yea · 5 nay
Republican5 yea · 46 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1282 ↗

Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2000

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(0.90): Tabling kills an amendment prohibiting health plan abortion coverage, protecting access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion,abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Abortion coverage restrictions in health plans are policy fights where spending is 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 (47)

Nay (51)

Not voting or present (2)

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