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House Roll Call 265, 100th Congress · July 22, 1987

TO RECOMMIT TO THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE HR 2470, CATASTROPHIC HEALTH INSURANCE, TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF ADDITIONAL TAXES IMPOSED OR ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS REQUIRED OF SENIOR CITIZENS AS A RESULT OF THE BENEFITS EXTENDED TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 65 WHO ARE FIGHTING THE ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME VIRUS.

187 yea · 244 nay2 not voting or present
Democrat24 yea · 222 nay
Republican162 yea · 20 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 CareA yea counts toward “Restrict coverage”

    model(0.90): Recommitting the bill delays or stops the expansion of catastrophic health coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:health insurance

    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 (187)

Nay (244)

Not voting or present (2)

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