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House Roll Call 1496, 95th Congress · October 12, 1978

TO RECEDE AND CONCUR, WITH AMENDMENT, IN SENATE AMENDMENT #103 TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 12929. AMENDMENT #103, AS MODIFIED, PROHIBITS THE USE OF THESE FUNDS FOR ABORTIONS EXCEPT WHEN THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER WOULD BE ENDANGERED IF THE FETUS WERE CARRIED TO TERM, OR WHEN SEVERE AND LONG-LASTING PHYSICAL HEALTH DAMAGE WOULD OCCUR TO THE MOTHER IF THE PREGNANCY WERE CARRIED TO TERM, OR WHEN THE MOTHER IS THE VICTIM OF RAPE OR INCEST AND HAS REPORTED THE INCIDENT PROMPTLY TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

188 yea · 216 nay17 not voting or present
Democrat161 yea · 106 nay
Republican30 yea · 113 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 12929

Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriations Act, 1979

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): Restricts federal funding for abortions to narrow exceptions.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Social policy rider on abortion funding attached to an appropriations measure.

    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 (193)

Nay (220)

Not voting or present (17)

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