House Roll Call 612, 96th Congress · November 28, 1979

TO PASS H.R. 2222, AMENDING THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT TO CLARIFY THE SCOPE OF ITS COVERAGE REGARDING MEDICAL HOUSESTAFF. (MOTION FAILED)

167 yea · 227 nay33 not voting or present

Democrat149 yea · 97 nay

Republican20 yea · 131 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2222 ↗

A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to clarify the scope of its coverage.

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 (0.85) The measure concerns labor bargaining rights for hospital staff, not health insurance coverage.
Tagged by: policy-area:Health
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage
Labor & WagesA yea counts toward “Worker priority”
model(0.90): Extending NLRA collective bargaining rights to medical housestaff supports worker priority.
Tagged by: keyword:national labor relations
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 (170)

Nay (230)

Not voting or present (33)

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