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Carl Levin on Health Care

DemocratMI

Health Care412 votes · 77.7/100 consistent
Expand coverageRestrict coverage

704 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Health Care. 412 of them counted toward the score above: 305 toward “Expand coverage” and 107 toward “Restrict coverage”.

The other 292 did not count: 289 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 3 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

DateWhat was voted onVotedCounted as
1979-05-16TO AMEND THE PRESSLER AMENDMENT (SEE RC 99) TO S. 7, A VETERANS HEALTH CARE BILL. THE HEINZ AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT AUTHORIZATION TO REIMBURSE OR CONTRACT FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES OUTSIDE VA FACILITIES SHALL BE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE VA ADMINISTRATION. (MOTION FAILED)S. 7 · 96th CongressYeaDirection not readable
1979-05-16TO AMEND THE MATSUNAGA AMENDMENT TO S. 7, A BILL DEALING WITH VETERANS HEALTH CARE. THE CRANSTON AMENDMENT LIMITS THE AUTHORITY GRANTED TO THE VA BY THE MATSUNAGA AMENDMENT, WHICH PERMITS THE VA TO CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE FACILITIES FOR READJUSTMENT COUNSELING AND RELATED SERVICES FOR VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS. (MOTION PASSED)S. 7 · 96th CongressYeaRestrict coverage
1979-05-16TO AGREE TO A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE PROXMIRE AMENDMENT TO S. 7, A BILL TO REVISE AND IMPROVE CERTAIN HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS OF THE VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION. THE CRANSTON AMENDMENT REQUIRES A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE BY MARCH 15 TO APPROVE MAJOR VA MEDICAL FACILITY CONSTRUCTION ON ACQUISITION PROJECTS BEFORE APPROPRIATIONS MAY BE MADE THEREFORE. THE PROXMIRE AMENDMENT (SUBSEQUENTLY PASSED ON VOICE VOTE) DELETES THE REQUIREMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS COMMITTEE'S RESOLUTIONS APPROVING MAJOR VA MEDICAL FACILITY CONSTRUCTION OR ACQUISITION BEFORE APPROPRIATIONS MAY BE MADE. (MOTION FAILED)S. 7 · 96th CongressNayDirection not readable
1979-05-07TO TABLE THE MODIFIED THURMOND AMENDMENT TO S. 440, A BILL AUTHORIZING FUNDS THROUGH FISCAL 1982 FOR A PROGRAM TO AID IN THE PREVENTION AND SPREAD OF ALCOHOLISM. THE THURMOND AMENDMENT REQUIRES A HEALTH WARNING ON THE LABELS OF BOTTLES CONTAINING CERTAIN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. (MOTION FAILED)S. 440 · 96th CongressYeaDirection not readable

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Expand coverage / Restrict coverage axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.