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House Roll Call 288, 96th Congress · July 11, 1979

TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY PROHIBITING THE USE OF FACILITIES UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT BY ANY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION WHICH USES MANDATORY STUDENT FEES TO PAY FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF ABORTIONS EXCEPT WHERE THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER WOULD BE ENDANGERED IF THE FETUS WERE CARRIED TO TERM. (MOTION PASSED)

257 yea · 149 nay26 not voting or present
Democrat118 yea · 132 nay
Republican138 yea · 17 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2444

Department of Education Organization Act

Policy area: Education — 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 facility use for institutions funding abortions limits reproductive rights access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • EducationDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) An abortion prohibition rider on educational facilities is a social issue, not federal education role.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Education

    Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (257)

Nay (151)

Not voting or present (26)

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