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House Roll Call 171, 97th Congress · July 30, 1981

TO AMEND H.R. 4121, TREASURY AND POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS, BY PROHIBITING THE USE OF FUNDS, EXCEPT WHERE THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER IS ENDANGERED, TO PAY FOR AN ABORTION OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES CONNECTED WITH ANY HEALTH PLAN UNDER THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM WHICH COVERS ABORTION. (MOTION AGREED TO)

253 yea · 167 nay14 not voting or present
Democrat97 yea · 126 nay
Republican155 yea · 40 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4121 ↗

Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1982

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics — 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.

  • Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Restrict access”

    model(0.95): Prohibiting federal health plans from covering abortions restricts access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) An abortion policy rider is a social policy vote, making fiscal direction unclear.

    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 (253)

Nay (167)

Not voting or present (14)

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