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Senate Roll Call 610, 95th Congress · November 3, 1977

THAT THE SENATE CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOUSE AMENDMENT (SEE RC 583) TO SENATE AMENDMENT #82 (SEE RC 337) TO H.R. 7555, THE BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, AND OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1978. THE BILL AS MODIFIED BY THE MAGNUSON AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT THE AUTHORIZED FUNDS MAY BE USED FOR MEDICAL PROCEDURES NECESSARY FOR THE TREATMENT OF VICTIMS OF RAPE AND INCEST, AND FOR ABORTIONS IN CASES WHERE THE MOTHER'S LIFE WOULD BE ENDANGERED BY THE PREGNANCY "OR" AND LONG-LASTING PHYSICAL HEALTH DAMAGE TO THE MOTHER WOULD RESULT IF THE PREGNANCY WERE CARRIED TO TERM."

59 yea · 29 nay8 not voting or present
Democrat43 yea · 14 nay
Republican18 yea · 16 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 7555

Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act

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 “Expand access”

    model(0.85): Concurring in the amendment expands exceptions allowing federal funding for abortions.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Abortion policy riders on appropriations bills are social policy fights, unclear on fiscal spending axis.

    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 (62)

Nay (30)

Not voting or present (8)

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