Peter J. Visclosky on Health Care

DemocratIN

Health Care287 votes · 74.3/100 consistent

Expand coverageRestrict coverage

812 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Health Care. 287 of them counted toward the score above: 232 toward “Expand coverage” and 55 toward “Restrict coverage”.

The other 525 did not count: 516 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 9 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
1986-03-05	TO PASS HR 2418 TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES ACT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AID TO COMMUNITY AND MIGRANT HEALTH CENTERS THROUGH 1988 AND TO DISPENSE WITH THE OPTIONAL PRIMARY CARE BLOCK GRANT.H.R. 2418 · 99th Congress	Yea	Expand coverage
1986-03-05	TO AMEND HR 2418 TO LIMIT 1987 AND 1988 AUTHORIZATIONS FOR AID TO HEALTH CENTERS TO 1986 LEVELS: $400 MILLION EACH YEAR TO COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS AND $45 MILLION TO MIGRANT HEALTH CENTERS.H.R. 2418 · 99th Congress	Yea	Restrict coverage
1986-03-05	TO OFFER A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE WAXMAN, CALIF. AMENDMENT TO HR 2418 TO FREEZE 1987 AND 1988 AID TO COMMUNITY AND MIGRANT HEALTH CENTERS AT CURRENT LEVELS AND TO KEEP PRIMARY CARE BLOCK GRANT AUTHORITY. STATES CAN OPT FOR THE PRIMARY CARE BLOCK GRANT INSTEAD OF RECEIVING AID TO THEIR HEALTH CLINICS.H.R. 2418 · 99th Congress	Nay	Expand coverage
1986-03-05	TO AGREE TO H RES 289, THE RULE ALLOWING FLOOR CONSIDERATION OF HR 2418, A BILL TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT TO RE-ALLOCATE COMMUNITY AND MIGRANT HEALTH CENTER AID THROUGH FISCAL 1988.H.R. 2418 · 99th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1986-02-19	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS HR 2418, A BILL TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT TO CONTINUE FEDERAL AID THROUGH FISCAL 1988 FOR COMMUNITY AND MIGRANT HEALTH SERVICES. MOTION FAILED; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT NOT VOTING IN FAVOR.H.R. 2418 · 99th Congress	Yea	Expand coverage
1986-02-04	TO PASS HR 3010, A BILL TO AMEND THE THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT, EARMARKING $28.1 MILLION OVER FISCAL 1986 FOR AID TO HEALTH PLANNING AGENCIES.H.R. 3010 · 99th Congress	Yea	Expand coverage
1985-12-19	TO ADOPT THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO H R 3718 TO WAIVE THE PERIOD OF CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, SIBLEY HOSPITAL AND GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY.H.R. 3718 · 99th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1985-11-12	TO APPROVE H R 2409 HEALTH RESEARCH EXTENSION ACT, A BILL THAT EXTENDS FUNDING FOR CERTAIN TYPES RESEARCH AND CREATES NEW INSTITUTES. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 2409 · 99th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1985-10-23	TO ADOPT THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H R 2409 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AUTHORIZATIONS. THE ADOPTION OF THIS REPORT CLEARS THE LEGISLATION FOR THE PRESIDENT. THE REPORT EXTENDS FUNDING THAT IS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE FOR AUTHORITIES IN N.I.H., INCREASES FUNDING FOR SOME ON-GOING RESEARCH (INCLUDING BIOMMEDICAL RESEARCH), AND CREATES NEW PROGRAMS FOR REASEARCH (INCLUDING RESEARCH INTO LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS). THE REPORT ALSO ESTABLISHES A CENTER FOR NURSING RESEARCH AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASE. THE LEGISLATION APPROPRIATES $7.7 BILLION BETWEEN 1986 AND 1988 FOR THESE PROJECTS.H.R. 2409 · 99th Congress	Yea	Expand coverage
1985-06-18	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H R 2290, A BILL AMENDING THE ORPHAN DRUG PROVISIONS OF THE FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT AND RELATED LAWS. (MOTION PASSED;2/3 REQUIRED) (S. 1147, A SIMILAR SENATE-PASSED BILL, WAS PASSED IN LIEU AFTER BEING AMENDED TO CONTAIN THE LANGUAGE OF THE HOUSE BILL AS PASSED.)H.R. 2290 · 99th Congress	Yea	Expand coverage
1985-06-18	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H R 2417, A BILL AMENDING THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT TO REVISE AND EXTEND THE PROGRAM OF ASSISTANCE FOR HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS. (MOTION PASSED;2/3 REQUIRED)H.R. 2417 · 99th Congress	Yea	Expand coverage
1985-06-18	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H R 2369, A BILL REVISING AND EXTENDING THE PROGRAMS OF ASSISTANCE UNDER TITLE X OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT. (MOTION FAILED;2/3 REQUIRED)H.R. 2369 · 99th Congress	Yea	Expand coverage

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.