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House Roll Call 1401, 95th Congress · September 18, 1978

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS, AS AMENDED, H.R. 13097, THE MEDICARE AMENDMENTS OF 1978.

398 yea · 2 nay31 not voting or present
Democrat257 yea · 2 nay
Republican139 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 13097

Medicare Amendment

Policy area: Social Welfare — 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): A yes passes Medicare amendments, expanding healthcare coverage and programs.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

Who voted which way

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

Yea (399)

Nay (2)

Not voting or present (31)

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