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Senate Roll Call 162, 101st Congress · August 3, 1989

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of presumptions of service-connection between certain diseases experienced by veterans who served in Vietnam era and exposure to certain toxic herbicide agents used in Vietnam; to provide for interim benefits for veterans of such service who have certain diseases; to improve the reporting requirements relating to the "Ranch Hand Study"; and for other purposes. — TO TABLE S 1153, VETERAN'S AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE AND SERVICE BENEFITS ACT.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

8 yea · 92 nayMotion to Table Failed
Democrat1 yea · 53 nay
Republican7 yea · 37 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1153

Veterans' Agent Orange Exposure and Vietnam Service Benefits Act of 1989

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.

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Veterans benefit legislation for Agent Orange exposure does not directly relate to military expansion or restraint.

    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 (8)

Nay (92)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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