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House Roll Call 521, 95th Congress · September 19, 1977

TO AMEND THE THOMPSON SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT TO THE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE BILL FOR H.R. 4544. THIS ERLENBORN AMENDMENT WOULD DELETE LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWS FOR REDUCTIONS IN UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION OR WORKERS' COMPENSATION OF A PERSON RECEIVING BLACK LUNG DISABILITY PAYMENTS IF THE OTHER COMPENSATION PAYMENTS ARE RECEIVED FOR REASONS RELATED TO THE SAME DISEASE.

106 yea · 268 nay39 not voting or present
Democrat15 yea · 241 nay
Republican98 yea · 39 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4544 ↗

Black Lung Benefits Reform Act of 1977

Policy area: Black lung — 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.

  • Labor & WagesA yea counts toward “Worker priority”

    model(0.85): Preventing reductions in disability payments benefits injured workers.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Black lung

    Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority

Who voted which way

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

Yea (115)

Nay (280)

Not voting or present (39)

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