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House Roll Call 836, 108th Congress · May 12, 2004

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

202 yea · 224 nayFailed8 not voting or present
Democrat200 yea · 0 nay
Republican1 yea · 224 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4279 ↗

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system, and to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees.

Policy area: Taxation — 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.

  • TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Motion to recommit lacks specific text of the instructions.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

Who voted which way

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

Yea (202)

Nay (224)

Not voting or present (8)

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