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Senate Roll Call 19, 111th Congress · January 28, 2009

To restore the prohibition on funding of nongovernmental organizations that promote abortion as a method of birth control (the "Mexico City Policy").

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

37 yea · 60 nayAmendment Rejected2 not voting or present
Democrat1 yea · 55 nay
Republican36 yea · 3 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2 ↗

Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009

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): Prohibiting funding for organizations offering foreign abortion services restricts healthcare coverage options.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Restrict access”

    model(0.95): Restoring the Mexico City Policy restricts funding and access for reproductive healthcare services.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

Who voted which way

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

Yea (37)

Nay (60)

Not voting or present (2)

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