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House Roll Call 478, 96th Congress · September 28, 1979

TO PASS H.R. 3642, EXTENDING FOR THREE FISCAL YEARS THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDED FOR IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT. (MOTION PASSED)

245 yea · 12 nay170 not voting or present
Democrat170 yea · 1 nay
Republican80 yea · 11 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3642

A bill to extend for three fiscal years the programs under section 789 and title XII of the Public Health Service Act relating to emergency medical services and to authorize assistance for poison control and assistance centers.

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): Extends emergency medical services programs, expanding health 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 (251)

Nay (12)

Not voting or present (170)

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