Senate Roll Call 307, 96th Congress · September 24, 1979

TO RECEDE FROM SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 137 TO H.R. 4389 AND ACCEPT THE HOUSE LANGUAGE ON MEDICAID FUNDING OF ABORTIONS, PROHIBITING USE OF FUNDS EXCEPT WHERE THE MOTHER'S LIFE WOULD BE ENDANGERED IF THE FETUS WERE CARRIED TO TERM. SEE NOTE(S) 11

33 yea · 54 nay12 not voting or present

Democrat14 yea · 39 nay

Republican20 yea · 14 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4389 ↗

Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriations Act, 1980

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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): Restricting Medicaid abortion coverage reduces health coverage scope.
Tagged by: keyword:medicaid
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage
Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Restrict access”
model(0.95): Prohibiting Medicaid abortion funding restricts abortion access.
Tagged by: keyword:abortions
Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access
Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.90) An abortion policy rider on an appropriations bill is non-fiscal.
Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance
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 (34)

Nay (54)

Not voting or present (12)

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