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Senate Roll Call 309, 102nd Congress · February 21, 1992

To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from furnishing, or from obligating funds available to the Department of Veterans Affairs to furnish, health care in Department of Veterans Affairs facilities under a rural health care sharing program to persons not eligible for such care under chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code. — S.1150 BY PELL (D-RI) -- HIGHER EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1992 ALTERNATIVE ROUTES TO TEACHERS CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE ACT OF 1992 HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES ACT OF 1992 DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1992 HIGHER EDUCATION TRIBAL GRANT AUTHORIZATION ACT CRITICAL NEEDS FOR TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT ACT TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT STUDENT ASSISTANCE ACT NATIONAL INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES DISCOVERY ACT (PUB. L. 102-325, APPROVED 7/23/92) (SENATE AGREED TO THE SPECTER/SHELBY AMENDMENT NO. 1691, TO PROHIBIT THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FROM FURNISHING, OR FROM OBLIGATING FUNDS AVAILABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO FURNISH, HEALTH CARE IN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FACILITIES UNDER A RURAL HEALTH CARE SHARING PROGRAM TO PERSONS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH CARE UNDER CHAPTER 17 OF TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

91 yea · 3 nayAmendment Agreed to6 not voting or present
Democrat50 yea · 1 nay
Republican39 yea · 2 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1150 ↗

Higher Education Amendments of 1992

Policy area: Education — 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 “Restrict coverage”

    model(0.90): Prohibits non-eligible individuals from receiving VA health care, restricting eligibility.

    Tagged by: keyword:health care

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • EducationDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) The amendment addresses VA health care rules, not federal education policy.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Education

    Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

Who voted which way

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

Yea (91)

Nay (3)

Not voting or present (6)

Vote records come from Voteview (voteview.com); bill titles and policy areas from the congress.gov API. See methodology for how the record was built.