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House Roll Call 612, 105th Congress · November 8, 1997

Medal of Honor — H.R.2813 BY FOWLER (R-FL) -- PRIVATE RELIEF (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 2813, TO WAIVE TIME LIMITATIONS SPECIFIED BY LAW IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE MEDAL OF HONOR TO BE AWARDED TO ROBERT R. INGRAM OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, FOR ACTS OF VALOR WHILE A NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN IN THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM DURING THE VIETNAM CONFLICT. .)

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

412 yea · 0 nayPassed21 not voting or present
Democrat195 yea · 0 nay
Republican217 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2813 ↗

To waive time limitations specified by law in order to allow the Medal of Honor to be awarded to Robert R. Ingram of Jacksonville, Florida, for acts of valor while a Navy Hospital Corpsman in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam conflict.

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 CareDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Bill is about awarding a military medal, not health care coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:hospital

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Ceremonial award of Medal of Honor to an individual.

    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 (412)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (21)

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