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Their Record

House Roll Call 78, 97th Congress · June 18, 1981

TO AMEND H.R. 3480 BY PROHIBITING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE RESPECTING A CLIENT'S RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES REGARDING ABORTION. (MOTION FAILED)

160 yea · 242 nay21 not voting or present
Democrat37 yea · 180 nay
Republican126 yea · 64 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3480

Legal Services Corporation Act Amendments of 1981

Policy area: Law — 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): Restricts Legal Services Corporation attorneys from providing legal advice regarding abortion.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion

    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 (164)

Nay (246)

Not voting or present (21)

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