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Senate Roll Call 694, 99th Congress · October 2, 1986

TO RULE ON THE GERMANENESS OF THE HELMS, NC) AMENDMENT TO HJ RES 738, THE CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS BILL, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE THAT NONE OF THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED UNDER THE ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SHALL BE USED TO PROVIDE CONTRACEPTIVE DRUGS OR DEVICES, OR PRESCRIPTIONS FOR SUCH DRUGS OR DEVICES, TO AN UNEMANCIPATED MINOR WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF SUCH MINOR'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN.

34 yea · 65 nay1 not voting or present
Democrat8 yea · 40 nay
Republican26 yea · 25 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.

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Rulings on germaneness are procedural votes.

    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 (34)

Nay (65)

Not voting or present (1)

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