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Senate Roll Call 373, 96th Congress · October 29, 1979

TO AMEND H.R. 3434, SOCIAL AND CHILD WELFARE BY PROVIDING ADOPTION ELIGIBILITY FOR SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME RECIPIENTS, TO DELETE THE MEANS TEST FOR ADOPTION ASSISTANCE, AND TO PROVIDE FULL MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR ADOPTED CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS UP TO AGE EIGHTEEN. (CONTINUED)

60 yea · 25 nay14 not voting or present
Democrat35 yea · 16 nay
Republican26 yea · 8 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3434

Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980

Policy area: Social Welfare — 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): A yes vote expands Medicaid coverage to adopted children with special needs up to age 18.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicaid

    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 (61)

Nay (25)

Not voting or present (14)

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