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Senate Roll Call 1218, 94th Congress · September 17, 1976

TO AGREE TO THE SECOND CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 14232, CONTAINING AN AMENDMENT WHICH PROHIBITS FEDERAL FUNDS TO BE USED TO PAY FOR OR ENCOURAGE ABORTIONS.

47 yea · 21 nay23 not voting or present
Democrat31 yea · 14 nay
Republican19 yea · 11 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): A yes vote agrees to a report containing a restriction on federal funding for abortions.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.85): A yes vote approves an annual appropriations bill, expanding federal spending.

    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 (52)

Nay (25)

Not voting or present (23)

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