Detail for 2017 Senate Roll Call Vote 174

Vote Date: 27-Jul-2017
Yeas : Nays: 50 : 50

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Information about the vote from special interest groups and other information providers in our Report Cards:

Family Research Council

Amendment to Stop Obamacare’s Taxpayer Funding for Abortion.

Offered by Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.), this amendment (S.Amdt. 389 to S.Amdt. 267) to the American Health Care Act of 2017 (H.R. 1628) would have stopped Obamacare’s premium tax credits from being used to purchase health insurance plans that cover elective abortion. This vote was on a procedural motion, requiring 60 votes, to waive the Budget Act for this amendment.

NARAL Pro-Choice America

Abortion-Coverage Ban.

American Health Care Act of 2017, H.R.1628. Motion to waive the point of order that removes certain abortion-coverage restrictions in the budget reconciliation bill. This motion reinstates abortion restrictions on private insurance in the budget reconciliation bill. Failed.

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