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Senate Roll Call 644, 99th Congress · September 16, 1986

TO ADOPT AN APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO HR 5175, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS BILL. THE AMENDMENT WOULD REPLACE LANGUAGE IN THE BILL THAT PROHIBITED ANY FEDERAL OR DISTRICT FUNDS FROM BEING USED FOR ABORTIONS, EXCEPT IN CASES ENDANGERING THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER WITH LANGUAGE WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT FEDERAL FUNDS FROM BEING SPENT ON ABORTIONS, EXCEPT WHEN THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER WOULD BE ENDANGERED IF THE FETUS WERE CARRIED TO TERM, OR IN CASES OF RAPE AND INCEST.

48 yea · 42 nay10 not voting or present
Democrat33 yea · 9 nay
Republican15 yea · 33 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5175

District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1987

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): Expanding abortion coverage exceptions protects access compared to a stricter ban.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.80) Abortion funding restrictions in an appropriations bill represent policy fights, not fiscal axis moves.

    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 (48)

Nay (42)

Not voting or present (10)

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