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House Roll Call 808, 100th Congress · September 22, 1988

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS HR 5114, VETERANS' HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS, TO SUPPORT IMPROVED PROGRAMS TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN NURSES AT VETERANS'S HOSPITALS AND TO CONTINUE PROGRAMS WITH OTHER FACILITIES FOR VETERANS WHO NEED SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT. MOTION PASSED; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT VOTING IN FAVOR.

406 yea · 0 nay25 not voting or present
Democrat230 yea · 0 nay
Republican174 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5114

Veterans' Health-Care Programs Amendments 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(0.90): Passing the bill expands veterans' health care services and recruitment programs.

    Tagged by: keyword:health care

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Veterans health care programs do not 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 (406)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (25)

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