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Senate Roll Call 151, 97th Congress · June 16, 1981

TO AMEND S.921, THE SENATE COMPANION BILL TO H.R. 3499, WHICH IMPROVES CERTAIN PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO VETERANS, BY PROVIDING CERTAIN HEALTH-CARE ELIGIBILITY AND OUTPATIENT CARE PRIORITY TO VETERANS FOR DISABILITIES LINKED TO THEIR EXPOSURE TO AGENT ORANGE OR OTHER TOXIC SUBSTANCES IN VIETNAM, OR TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS TEST RADIATION. (MOTION PASSED)

98 yea · 0 nay2 not voting or present
Democrat46 yea · 0 nay
Republican51 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3499

Veterans' Health Care, Training, and Small Business Loan Act of 1981

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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): Providing healthcare eligibility and priority care expands healthcare coverage for eligible veterans.

    Tagged by: keyword:health care

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Defense & War PowersA yea counts toward “Military expansion”

    model(0.75): Expanding healthcare eligibility and priority care for veterans enhances support for military service members.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (98)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (2)

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