House Roll Call 312, 96th Congress · July 17, 1979

TO AGREE TO A SUBSTITUTE TO THE DORNAN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4580 (SEE RC 343). THE WILSON AMENDMENT SOUGHT TO PROHIBIT USE OF FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL PAYMENT IN THE BILL TO PERFORM ABORTIONS. (MOTION FAILED)

200 yea · 217 nay12 not voting or present

Democrat168 yea · 92 nay

Republican33 yea · 126 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 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.

Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Expand access”
model(0.80): Limiting the funding ban to federal payments preserved DC local tax funds for abortion access.
Tagged by: keyword:abortions
Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

Who voted which way

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

Yea (203)

Nay (219)

Not voting or present (12)

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