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Senate Roll Call 555, 110th Congress · April 24, 2008

A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment.

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

95 yea · 0 nayBill Passed5 not voting or present
Democrat48 yea · 0 nay
Republican45 yea · 0 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 493 ↗

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008

Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues — 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): Prohibiting genetic discrimination in health insurance expands coverage protections for consumers.

    Tagged by: keyword:health insurance

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Civil RightsA yea counts toward “Broaden protections”

    model(0.95): Prohibiting genetic discrimination broadens civil rights and legal protections.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

Who voted which way

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

Yea (95)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (5)

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