House Roll Call 1194, 95th Congress · July 18, 1978

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 12011, THE BILL INDEFINITELY EXTENDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION TO HAVE CONTRACTS WITH PRIVATE HOSPITAL FACILITIES FOR THE CARE OF VETERANS LIVING IN ALASKA, HAWAII, AND OTHER U.S. TERRITORIES NOT CONTIGUOUS TO THE UNITED STATES.

415 yea · 0 nay17 not voting or present

Democrat273 yea · 0 nay

Republican139 yea · 0 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 12011 ↗

A bill to amend section 601 of title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide for a continuation of the authority of the Administrator to furnish hospital care to certain veterans living in a State, territory, commonwealth, or possession of the United States not contiguous to the 48 contiguous States.

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): Extends healthcare access by allowing private hospital contracts for veterans in US territories.
Tagged by: keyword:hospital
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage
Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Extending VA healthcare contracts in territories does not directly alter military size or posture.
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 (415)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (17)

Joseph Patrick AddabboDid not vote
William Vollie Alexander Jr.Did not vote
Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr.Did not vote
John Milan AshbrookDid not vote
Delwin Morgan ClawsonDid not vote
Paul FindleyDid not vote
John James Flynt Jr.Did not vote
Louis Frey Jr.Did not vote
Sam Melville GibbonsDid not vote
Jack English HightowerDid not vote
Robert Walter Kasten Jr.Did not vote
Joseph Anthony LeFanteDid not vote
Philip Edward RuppeDid not vote
George Edward ShipleyDid not vote
Newton Ivan Steers Jr.Did not vote
Paul Efthemios TsongasDid not vote
Charles William Whalen Jr.Did not vote

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