House Roll Call 1290, 95th Congress · August 9, 1978

TO AMEND H.R. 13635 BY PROHIBITING USE OF THESE FUNDS TO PAY FOR ABORTIONS EXCEPT WHEN THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER WOULD BE ENDANGERED IF THE FETUS WERE CARRIED TO TERM.

226 yea · 163 nay29 not voting or present

Democrat122 yea · 142 nay

Republican110 yea · 26 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 13635 ↗

Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1979

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(0.95): Restricts public funding for abortion services.
Tagged by: keyword:abortions
Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access
Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Social policy rider regarding abortion, unrelated to military expansion or restraint.
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 (233)

Nay (170)

Not voting or present (29)

James AbdnorDid not vote
Ike Franklin AndrewsDid not vote
Druie Douglas Barnard Jr.Did not vote
Anthony Charles BeilensonDid not vote
Garry Eldridge BrownDid not vote
Mendel Jackson DavisDid not vote
William Louis DickinsonDid not vote
Thomas Beverley Evans Jr.Did not vote
Walter FlowersDid not vote
Wyche Fowler Jr.Did not vote
Louis Frey Jr.Did not vote
Richard Andrew GephardtDid not vote
George Vernon HansenDid not vote
Kenneth Lamar HollandDid not vote
Edgar Lanier JenkinsDid not vote
Marvin Dawson MathisDid not vote
James Albon MattoxDid not vote
John Jacob RhodesDid not vote
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr.Did not vote
Robert A. RoeDid not vote
Bernice Frederic SiskDid not vote
Ike SkeltonDid not vote
Newton Ivan Steers Jr.Did not vote
Steven Douglas SymmsDid not vote
Olin Earl TeagueDid not vote
Paul Efthemios TsongasDid not vote
Guy Adrian Vander JagtDid not vote
Don YoungDid not vote
John Andrew YoungDid not vote

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