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House Roll Call 1237, 104th Congress · July 30, 1996

Veterans Health Care Eligibility Act — H.R.3118 BY STUMP (R-AZ) -- VETERANS' HEALTH CARE ELIGIBILITY REFORM ACT OF 199 (PUB.L. 104-262, APPROVED 10/9/96)6 (HOUSE VOTED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 3118, AMENDED, TO AMEND TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE, TO REFORM ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.)

Question before the chamber: Suspend the rules and pass, as amended

416 yea · 0 nayPassed17 not voting or present
Democrat187 yea · 0 nay
Republican228 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3118 ↗

Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996

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): Reforms and expands eligibility for veterans to receive VA health care services.

    Tagged by: keyword:health care

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Veterans health care reform is a domestic benefit issue, not military force expansion.

    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 (416)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (17)

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