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House Roll Call 262, 100th Congress · July 22, 1987

TO ADOPT H RES 227, A RULE TO PROVIDE FOR HOUSE FLOOR CONSIDERATION OF HR 2470, CATASTROPHIC HEALTH INSURANCE, A BILL TO EXPAND MEDICARE TO PROTECT BENEFICARIES FROM THE CATASTROPHIC COSTS OF HEALTH CARE.

248 yea · 174 nay8 not voting or present
Democrat228 yea · 14 nay
Republican21 yea · 159 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2470 ↗

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988

Policy area: Social Welfare — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

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.

  • Health CareDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Adopting a rule to consider a bill is a procedural vote.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare,health insurance,health care

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (250)

Nay (175)

Not voting or present (8)

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