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House Roll Call 1246, 96th Congress · December 1, 1980

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 5935, TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF MEDICAL INFORMATION MAINTAINED BY MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES. (MOTION FAILED; 2/3 REQUIRED)

97 yea · 259 nay75 not voting or present
Democrat90 yea · 122 nay
Republican7 yea · 135 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5935

Federal Privacy of Medical Information Act

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 CareDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Protecting medical privacy does not directly expand or restrict health insurance 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 (98)

Nay (259)

Not voting or present (75)

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