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House Roll Call 806, 105th Congress · May 21, 1998

(HOUSE AGREED TO THE THORNBERRY AMENDMENT THAT AUTHORIZES DOD TO CONDUCT A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR ENROLLING MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE MILITARY RETIREES IN THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

420 yea · 1 nayAgreed to12 not voting or present
Democrat197 yea · 0 nay
Republican222 yea · 1 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3616 ↗

Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999

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(0.95): Authorizing a health benefit demonstration program expands health coverage options for military retirees.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Military retiree health care benefits do not impact military deployment 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 (420)

Nay (1)

Not voting or present (12)

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