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Their Record

House Roll Call 1223, 95th Congress · July 25, 1978

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 11889, A BILL THAT INCREASES THE MONTHLY PENSION BENEFIT PAYABLE TO HOLDERS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR FROM $100 TO $200.

394 yea · 4 nay32 not voting or present
Democrat256 yea · 4 nay
Republican137 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 11889 ↗

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase from $100 to $200 the monthly rate of special pension payable to each person who has been awarded the Medal of Honor.

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.

  • Defense & War PowersA yea counts toward “Military expansion”

    model(0.90): Increasing monthly pensions for military medal holders expands military benefits.

    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 (396)

Nay (4)

Not voting or present (32)

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