Senate Roll Call 308, 96th Congress · September 24, 1979

TO INSIST ON SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 137 TO H.R. 4389, RESTRICTING MEDICAID FUNDING OF ABORTIONS TO CASES WHERE THE MOTHER'S LIFE IS ENDANGERED OR WHERE MEDICALLY NECESSARY, OR CASES OF RAPE OR INCEST. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 11

57 yea · 31 nay10 not voting or present

Democrat41 yea · 14 nay

Republican15 yea · 19 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 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 “Expand coverage”
model(0.85): Insisting on the Senate amendment retains broader Medicaid health coverage exceptions.
Tagged by: keyword:medicaid
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage
Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Expand access”
model(0.90): Insisting on the Senate amendment protects abortion access compared to the stricter House position.
Tagged by: keyword:abortions
Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access
Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Abortion funding riders are policy disputes, making fiscal impact incidental.
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 (57)

Nay (33)

Not voting or present (10)

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