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House Roll Call 1516, 95th Congress · October 13, 1978

TO RECOMMIT H.R. 12370 TO THE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK FORTHWITH WITH AN AMENDMENT PROHIBITING THE USE OF THESE FUNDS FOR ANY PROGRAM PROVIDING ABORTIONS, ABORTION COUNSELING, OR ABORTION REFERRAL SERVICES.

137 yea · 232 nay46 not voting or present
Democrat63 yea · 190 nay
Republican80 yea · 48 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 12370

Health Services Amendments

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 funds for specific health services restricts health coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Restrict access”

    model(0.95): Prohibiting federal funding for abortion services restricts abortion access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion,abortions

    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 (144)

Nay (240)

Not voting or present (46)

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