Donald Wilbur Stewart on Health Care

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Health Care8 votes

Expand coverageRestrict coverage

16 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Health Care. 8 of them counted toward the score above: 6 toward “Expand coverage” and 2 toward “Restrict coverage”.

The other 8 did not count: 5 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.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
1980-09-29	TO TABLE WEICKER AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 610, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS THROUGH 12/15/80, THAT PROVIDES THAT NO FUNDS BE USED TO PERFORM ABORTIONS EXCEPT WHERE THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER BE ENDANGERED, OR EXCEPT FOR SUCH MEDICAL PROCEDURES NECESSARY FOR VICTIMS OF RAPE OR INCEST WHEN IT HAD BEEN REPORTED PROMPTLY TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. (MOTION FAILED)96th Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1980-07-24	TO PASS S. 1177, MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS. (MOTION PASSED)S. 1177 · 96th Congress	Yea	Expand coverage
1980-07-24	TO AMEND S. 1177, ESTABLISHING A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATES IN THE PLANNING AND PROVISIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, BY AUTHORIZING AN ADVOCACY PROGRAM TO BE RUN BY THE INDIVIDUAL STATES AND REQUIRING IT FOR THOSE STATES WHICH ESTABLISH A STATE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM PURSUANT TO THIS ACT. (MOTION PASSED)S. 1177 · 96th Congress	Yea	Expand coverage
1980-06-19	TO PASS S. 988, PROVIDING FOR HEALTH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. (CONTINUED) (MOTION PASSED)S. 988 · 96th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1979-10-29	TO AMEND H.R. 3434, SOCIAL AND CHILD WELFARE BY PROVIDING ADOPTION ELIGIBILITY FOR SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME RECIPIENTS, TO DELETE THE MEANS TEST FOR ADOPTION ASSISTANCE, AND TO PROVIDE FULL MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR ADOPTED CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS UP TO AGE EIGHTEEN. (CONTINUED)H.R. 3434 · 96th Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1979-09-24	TO INSIST ON SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 137 TO H.R. 4389, RESTRICTING MEDICAID FUNDING OF ABORTIONS TO CASES WHERE THE MOTHER'S LIFE IS ENDANGERED OR WHERE MEDICALLY NECESSARY, OR CASES OF RAPE OR INCEST. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 11H.R. 4389 · 96th Congress	Yea	Expand coverage
1979-09-24	TO RECEDE FROM SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 137 TO H.R. 4389 AND ACCEPT THE HOUSE LANGUAGE ON MEDICAID FUNDING OF ABORTIONS, PROHIBITING USE OF FUNDS EXCEPT WHERE THE MOTHER'S LIFE WOULD BE ENDANGERED IF THE FETUS WERE CARRIED TO TERM. SEE NOTE(S) 11H.R. 4389 · 96th Congress	Nay	Expand coverage
1979-07-27	TO AMEND H.R. 4580, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS, BY CONFORMING FUNDING OF ABORTIONS IN D.C. TO THOSE FUNDED UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 4580 · 96th Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1979-05-23	TO PASS S. 292, A BILL REDUCING FROM $800 MILLION TO $750 MILLION THE 1980 ENTITLEMENT FUNDING LEVEL FOR THE SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM. (MOTION PASSED)S. 292 · 96th Congress	Yea	Restrict coverage
1979-05-23	TO AMEND S. 292, DEALING WITH SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAMS, BY AUTHORIZING WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS FROM STATES WHICH FAIL TO PROPERLY ADMINISTER CHILD FEEDING PROGRAMS. (MOTION PASSES. 292 · 96th Congress	Nay	Expand coverage
1979-05-23	TO TABLE THE EAGLETON AMENDMENT TO S. 292, DEALING WITH SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAMS. (SEE RC 110) (MOTION FAILED)S. 292 · 96th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1979-05-16	TO AMEND S. 7, A VETERANS HEALTH CARE BILL, BY ALLOWING VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS WHO NEED READJUSTMENT COUNSELING AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO OBTAIN THEM FROM COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS UNDER THE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER ACT. (MOTION PASSED)S. 7 · 96th Congress	Yea	Expand coverage
1979-05-16	TO 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 Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1979-05-16	TO 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 Congress	Yea	Restrict coverage
1979-05-16	TO 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 Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1979-05-07	TO 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 Congress	Nay	Direction not readable

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