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House Roll Call 491, 98th Congress · November 17, 1983

TO PASS AN AMENDMENT TO THE SHELBY SUBSTITUTE TO H. RES. 2350, HEALTH RESEARCH EXTENSION ACT, WHICH WOULD REMOVE THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PLACE IT IN THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. (MOTION FAILED)

186 yea · 206 nay42 not voting or present
Democrat166 yea · 65 nay
Republican17 yea · 141 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2350

Health Research Extension Act of 1983

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) Reorganizing an agency between CDC and NIH does not expand or restrict 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 (186)

Nay (206)

Not voting or present (42)

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