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House Roll Call 635, 96th Congress · December 11, 1979

TO RECOMMIT H.R. 4962 WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO ADD AN AMENDMENT REQUIRING PARENTAL CONSENT BEFORE FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES AND SUPPLIES COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO MINORS. (MOTION FAILED)

163 yea · 225 nay35 not voting or present
Democrat59 yea · 187 nay
Republican108 yea · 41 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 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 “Restrict coverage”

    model(0.90): Adding mandatory parental consent restricts health care service availability to minors.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Restrict access”

    model(0.95): Requiring parental consent restricts access to family planning services for minors.

    Tagged by: keyword:family planning

    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 (168)

Nay (230)

Not voting or present (35)

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