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House Roll Call 672, 105th Congress · March 10, 1998

To provide surveillance, research, and services aimed at prevention of birth defects, and for other purposes. — S.419 BY BOND (R-MO) -- BIRTH DEFECTS PREVENTION ACT OF 1998 (PUB. L. 105-168, APPROVED 4/21/98) (HOUSE VOTED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS S. 419, TO PROVIDE SURVEILLANCE, RESEARCH, AND SERVICES AIMED AT PREVENTION OF BIRTH DEFECTS. .)

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

405 yea · 2 nayPassed23 not voting or present
Democrat189 yea · 0 nay
Republican215 yea · 2 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 419 ↗

Birth Defects Prevention Act of 1998

Policy area: Health — 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): Providing services, surveillance, and prevention programs for birth defects expands healthcare services and coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

Who voted which way

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

Yea (405)

Nay (2)

Not voting or present (23)

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