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House Roll Call 629, 96th Congress · December 6, 1979

TO AMEND THE VOLKMER SUBSTITUTE TO H.R. 4962 BY PERMITTING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO TERMINATE A PREGNANCY RESULTING FROM RAPE OR INCEST. (SEE RC 709) (MOTION FAILED)

180 yea · 209 nay42 not voting or present
Democrat146 yea · 95 nay
Republican32 yea · 115 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4962

Child Health Assurance Act of 1979

Policy area: Health — 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.

  • Health CareA yea counts toward “Expand coverage”

    model(0.85): Permitting coverage for pregnancy termination under medical assistance expands available healthcare coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

Who voted which way

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

Yea (180)

Nay (211)

Not voting or present (42)

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