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House Roll Call 550, 95th Congress · September 27, 1977

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE TO H. RES. 780, A RESOLUTION INSTRUCTING THE HOUSE CONFEREES ON H.R. 7555, THE BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, AND OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE, TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT #82 TO THE BILL. AMENDMENT #82 PROHIBITS THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR ABORTION EXCEPT WHEN THE MOTHER'S LIFE IS ENDANGERED, WHEN MEDICALLY NECESSARY, OR IN CASES OF RAPE OR INCEST.

164 yea · 252 nay9 not voting or present
Democrat139 yea · 138 nay
Republican28 yea · 117 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Res. 780 ↗

Resolution to instruct the conferees on H.R. 7555.

Policy area: Congress — 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(0.90): Restricting federal funding for abortion restricts reproductive healthcare access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Policy riders restricting funding for specific procedures are policy disputes where fiscal impact is incidental.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations

    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 (169)

Nay (256)

Not voting or present (9)

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