House Roll Call 17, 102nd Congress · January 30, 1991

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PHYSICIANS’ AND DENTISTS’ COMPENSATION AND LABOR RELATIONS ACT OF 1991 — H.R.598 BY MONTGOMERY (D-MS) -- DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH-CARE PERSONNEL ACT OF 1991 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PHYSICIAN AND DENTIST RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION ACT OF 1991 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS LABOR RELATIONS IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1991 (PUB. L. 102-40, APPROVED 5/7/91) (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 598, AMENDED, TO AMEND TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE, TO IMPROVE THE CAPABILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS THROUGH INCREASES IN SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES, AND TO AUTHORIZE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING OVER CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR HEALTH-CARE EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

399 yea · 0 nayPassed35 not voting or present

Democrat228 yea · 0 nay

Republican168 yea · 0 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 598 ↗

Department of Veterans Affairs Health-Care Personnel Act of 1991

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): Increasing pay to recruit and retain VA doctors expands healthcare capability.
Tagged by: keyword:health care
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage
Labor & WagesA yea counts toward “Worker priority”
model(0.90): Increasing compensation and addressing labor relations favors worker priorities.
Tagged by: keyword:collective bargaining
Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority
Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Veterans Affairs medical personnel compensation does not involve defense 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 (399)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (35)

Gary L. AckermanDid not vote
Thomas Hiram AndrewsDid not vote
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr.Did not vote
Barbara BoxerDid not vote
Gary ConditDid not vote
Philip M. CraneDid not vote
Ronald Vernie DellumsDid not vote
Brian Joseph DonnellyDid not vote
William Donlon EdwardsDid not vote
Thomas Michael FogliettaDid not vote
Joseph Matthew GaydosDid not vote
Sam GejdensonDid not vote
Willie Gathrel HefnerDid not vote
Joseph Patrick Kennedy IIDid not vote
Marilyn Laird LloydDid not vote
Nita M. LoweyDid not vote
David Keith McCurdyDid not vote
Jim McDermottDid not vote
Robert Jan MrazekDid not vote
Douglas Wayne OwensDid not vote
Nancy PelosiDid not vote
John Edward PorterDid not vote
Nick J. Rahall IIDid not vote
Daniel David RostenkowskiDid not vote
Richard Taylor SchulzeDid not vote
Neal Edward SmithDid not vote
Olympia J. SnoweDid not vote
Harley Orrin Staggers Jr.Did not vote
Michael Lynn SynarDid not vote
William J. TauzinDid not vote
Morris King UdallDid not vote
Jolene UnsoeldDid not vote
Theodore S. WeissDid not vote
Howard Eliot Wolpe IIIDid not vote
Sidney Richard YatesDid not vote

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