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Senate Roll Call 1140, 94th Congress · August 25, 1976

THAT THE SENATE RECEDE FROM ITS AMENDMENT AND CONCUR IN THE HOUSE AMENDMENT #68 TO H.R. 14232. THE SENATE AMENDMENT STRIKES FROM THE BILL A HOUSE AMENDMENT BARRING THE USE OF FUNDS TO PAY FOR ABORTIONS OR TO PROMOTE OR ENCOURAGE ABORTIONS.

35 yea · 53 nay2 not voting or present
Democrat23 yea · 37 nay
Republican15 yea · 21 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 14232

Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1977

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): Concurring in the House amendment adopts a ban on using funds for abortion services.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) An abortion funding limitation rider is a policy dispute where money 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 (40)

Nay (58)

Not voting or present (2)

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