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House Roll Call 745, 98th Congress · June 27, 1984

TO AMEND H.R. 5798, A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, AND CERTAIN INDEPENDENT AGENCIES, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1985. THE BOXER AMENDMENT STRIKES LANGUAGE PROHIBITING THE USE OF FEDERAL HEALTH PLAN BENEFITS TO PAY FOR ABORTIONS. (MOTION FAILED)

156 yea · 261 nay14 not voting or present
Democrat133 yea · 121 nay
Republican22 yea · 140 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5798 ↗

Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1985

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 “Expand access”

    model(0.95): Striking the ban on federal health benefit abortion coverage protects access to reproductive care.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Policy amendment regarding abortion coverage where fiscal spending impact is 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 (157)

Nay (262)

Not voting or present (14)

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