TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT TO THE MODIFIED HOUSE AMENDMENT (SEE RC 610) 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 1978. THE BROOKE AMENDMENT MODIFIES THE WORDING OF THE BILL SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF HEW FUNDS FOR ABORTIONS ONLY IF THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER WOULD BE ENDANGERED BY THE PREGNANCY "AND" IF THERE WOULD BE SEVERE AND LONG-LASTING PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO THE MOTHER IF THE PREGNANCY WERE CARRIED TO TERM.

The measure

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(0.85): Changing 'or' to 'and' narrows the health exceptions for funded abortions, restricting access.

  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 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.