House Roll Call 1124, 96th Congress · September 3, 1980

TO AMEND H.R. 8061, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, BY PROHIBITING USE OF ANY OF THESE FUNDS TO PAY FOR ABORTIONS. (MOTION FAILED)

182 yea · 192 nay47 not voting or present

Democrat85 yea · 154 nay

Republican102 yea · 41 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 8061 ↗

District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1981

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics — 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): Prohibiting federal funds for abortions restricts access to reproductive services.
Tagged by: keyword:abortions
Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access
Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.90) An abortion funding prohibition rider is a policy restriction where monetary 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 (188)

Nay (197)

Not voting or present (47)

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