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House Roll Call 1150, 105th Congress · October 14, 1998

Add Bronchiolo-Alveolar Carcinoma to Service-Connected Diseases — H.R.559 BY SMITH, CHRISTOPHER (R-NJ) -- VETERANS' BENEFITS, TITLE 38 U.S.C., AMENDMENT (HOUSE VOTED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 559, TO AMEND TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE, TO ADD BRONCHIOLO-ALVEOLAR CARCINOMA TO THE LIST OF DISEASES PRESUMED TO BE SERVICE-CONNECTED FOR CERTAIN RADIATION-EXPOSED VETERANS.)

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

400 yea · 0 nayPassed34 not voting or present
Democrat184 yea · 0 nay
Republican215 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 559

To amend title 38, United States Code, to add bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma to the list of diseases presumed to be service-connected for certain radiation-exposed veterans.

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 (0.95) Expanding veterans' disability benefits does not alter military force size 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 (400)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (34)

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