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Senate Roll Call 336, 98th Congress · November 9, 1983

TO AFFIRM THE RULING OF THE CHAIR IN SUSTAINING A POINT OF ORDER AGAINST THE DENTON AMENDMENT TO S.J.RES. 194, CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL 1984, AS BEING LEGISLATION ON AN APPROPRIATIONS BILL. THE DENTON AMENDMENT PROHIBITS THE USE OF FUNDS TO MAKE PAYMENTS RELATING TO ANY ABORTION. (RULING REJECTED)

46 yea · 46 nay3 not voting or present
Democrat29 yea · 16 nay
Republican20 yea · 32 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 “Expand access”

    model(0.90): Affirming a point of order against an anti-abortion amendment blocks abortion restrictions.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Procedural ruling on an abortion rider is not a direct vote on overall spending.

    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 (49)

Nay (48)

Not voting or present (3)

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