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House Roll Call 818, 100th Congress · September 23, 1988

TO RECOMMIT TO THE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE HR 5142, AIDS FEDERAL POLICY, WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO ADD A REQUIREMENT THAT DOCTORS MUST NOTIFY THE SPOUSES OF THOSE PEOPLE INFECTED WITH THE AIDS VIRUS.

105 yea · 279 nay38 not voting or present
Democrat9 yea · 216 nay
Republican101 yea · 65 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5142

AIDS Federal Policy Act of 1988

Policy area: Health — 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 (0.90) Mandatory spouse notification requirement does not directly affect health care coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    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 (110)

Nay (283)

Not voting or present (38)

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