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Senate Roll Call 355, 96th Congress · October 12, 1979

TO AGREE TO THE HOUSE ABORTION AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 412, CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS. (MOTION PASSED)

43 yea · 41 nay13 not voting or present
Democrat29 yea · 18 nay
Republican14 yea · 25 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

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 “Restrict access”

    model(0.90): Agreeing to the House amendment restricts abortion funding access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Abortion funding rider is a policy fight, making spending impact incidental.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations

    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 (44)

Nay (43)

Not voting or present (13)

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