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House Roll Call 736, 95th Congress · February 6, 1978

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 9434, THE BILL RAISING THE FISCAL 1978 CEILINGS ON FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE MEDICAID PROGRAMS OF PUERTO RICO, GUAM AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.

253 yea · 106 nay68 not voting or present
Democrat202 yea · 32 nay
Republican52 yea · 75 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 9434

A bill to amend the Social Security Act to increase the dollar limitations and Federal medical assistance percentages applicable to the medicaid programs of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.

Policy area: Health — 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): Raising federal spending caps for Medicaid in U.S. territories expands health care coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    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 (256)

Nay (108)

Not voting or present (68)

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