House Roll Call 656, 108th Congress · November 21, 2003

Veterans Health Care, Capital Asset, and Business Improvement Act

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

423 yea · 2 nayPassed10 not voting or present

Democrat197 yea · 0 nay

Republican225 yea · 2 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1156 ↗

Veterans Health Care, Capital Asset, and Business Improvement Act of 2003

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(0.90): Expands veterans' health care services, facilities, and coverage.
Tagged by: keyword:health care
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage
Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Veterans health care is a benefits issue, not a military posture or war powers measure.
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 (423)

Nay (2)

Not voting or present (10)

Howard L. BermanDid not vote
Barbara L. CubinDid not vote
Ernest Lee FletcherDid not vote
Richard Andrew GephardtDid not vote
Gene GreenDid not vote
J. Dennis HastertDid not vote
Dennis J. KucinichDid not vote
Jack QuinnDid not vote
C. A. Dutch RuppersbergerDid not vote
Albert Russell WynnDid not vote

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