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Senate Roll Call 588, 98th Congress · August 8, 1984

TO TABLE THE HELMS AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6040. THE HELMS AMENDMENT EXPRESSES THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT THE PRESIDENT IS TO BE COMMENDED FOR HIS OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN CONDEMNING ABORTION AT HOME AND ABROAD AS A GRAVE INJUSTICE AGAINST UNBORN HUMAN BEINGS, AND THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO CONTINUE TO MODIFY THE DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICIES OF THE UNITED STATES TO PROTECT UNBORN HUMAN BEINGS FROM THE VIOLENCE OF ABORTION. (MOTION FAILED) (CONTINUED) SEE NOTE(S) 31

43 yea · 52 nay5 not voting or present
Democrat26 yea · 17 nay
Republican17 yea · 35 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 6040

Second Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1984

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(0.90): Tabling an anti-abortion resolution protects access by defeating a anti-abortion proposal.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (1.00) The resolution concerns abortion policy, not spending or budget policy.

    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 (43)

Nay (52)

Not voting or present (5)

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