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House Roll Call 131, 105th Congress · May 15, 1997

(HOUSE AGREED TO THE DIAZ-BALART AMENDMENT THAT POSTPONES THE TERMINATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME AND MEDICAID PAYMENTS TO LEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND RESCINDS $240 MILLION FROM THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND BASIC SKILLS PROGRAM TO OFFSET THE COST.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

345 yea · 74 nayAgreed to14 not voting or present
Democrat195 yea · 1 nay
Republican149 yea · 73 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1469 ↗

Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act of 1997

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 CareA yea counts toward “Expand coverage”

    model(0.92): Postponing the termination of Medicaid payments to legal immigrants maintains and expands healthcare coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicaid

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) The measure includes spending to extend benefits offset by $240 million in rescissions, making the net fiscal effect neutral.

    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 (345)

Nay (74)

Not voting or present (14)

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