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House Roll Call 558, 100th Congress · April 27, 1988

TO ADOPT THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON HR 2616, VA HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS, A BILL TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS OF VETERANS.

416 yea · 0 nay14 not voting or present
Democrat237 yea · 0 nay
Republican177 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2616

Veterans' Benefits and Services Act of 1988

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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 “Expand coverage”

    model(0.95): Improving and expanding VA health care programs broadens health care coverage for veterans.

    Tagged by: keyword:health care

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Veterans health care services do not directly expand or restrain military forces or war powers.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

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

Yea (417)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (14)

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