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Senate Roll Call 162, 102nd Congress · July 30, 1991

To protect health care professionals from infection with the etiologic agent for the human immunodeficiency virus. — (SENATE FAILED TO TABLE HELMS AMENDMENT NO. 939 (TO COMMITTEE AMENDMENT BEGINNING ON PAGE 9, LINE 5), PROTECTING LICENSED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS FROM CONTRACTING THE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AND THE HEPATITIS B VIRUS DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF EXPOSURE PRONE INVASIVE PROCEDURES.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

44 yea · 55 nayMotion to Table Failed1 not voting or present
Democrat35 yea · 20 nay
Republican7 yea · 35 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2608

Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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 (0.80) Safety regulations for healthcare workers regarding HIV/HBV do not directly alter health coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:health care

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) A medical safety regulatory provision is a policy measure where spending is incidental.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

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

Yea (44)

Nay (55)

Not voting or present (1)

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