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House Roll Call 959, 105th Congress · July 24, 1998

H.R.4250 BY GINGRICH (R-GA) -- PATIENT PROTECTION ACT OF 1998 (HOUSE REJECTED THE DINGELL AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SOUGHT TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS TO PROTECT ACCESS TO CARE AND CONTAIN THE TEXT OF H.R. 3605, PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS ACT. .)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

212 yea · 217 nayFailed6 not voting or present
Democrat199 yea · 0 nay
Republican12 yea · 217 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4250 ↗

Patient Protection 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(0.95): A yes vote adopts a Patient's Bill of Rights substitute that expands healthcare coverage protections.

    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 (212)

Nay (217)

Not voting or present (6)

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