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House Roll Call 311, 96th Congress · July 17, 1979

TO AMEND H.R. 4580, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS, BY PROHIBITING THE DENIAL OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED IN THE BILL FOR THE MEDICAL EXPENSES NECESSARY TO SAVING THE LIFE OF A PREGNANT WOMAN ENTITLED TO RECEIVE MEDICAL BENEFITS. (MOTION PASSED)

309 yea · 112 nay9 not voting or present
Democrat168 yea · 95 nay
Republican142 yea · 17 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4580

District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1980

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.

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Abortion policy exceptions on appropriations are social policy fights 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 (311)

Nay (114)

Not voting or present (9)

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