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Senate Roll Call 132, 97th Congress · May 21, 1981

TO AMEND H. R. 3512 BY TABLING THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO USE FEDERAL FUNDS TO PAY FOR ABORTIONS. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 5

52 yea · 43 nay3 not voting or present
Democrat20 yea · 25 nay
Republican33 yea · 18 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3512

Supplemental Appropriations and Recission Act, 1981

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.

  • Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Restrict access”

    model(0.95): Tabling an amendment allowing federal funds for abortions restricts access to funding for abortions.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.80): Tabling an amendment that expands funding for abortions prevents additional federal expenditure.

    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 (53)

Nay (44)

Not voting or present (3)

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