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Their Record

House Roll Call 572, 98th Congress · April 12, 1984

TO RECOMMIT H.R. 5394 TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK FORTHWITH CONTAINING AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT WOULD PLACE A FREEZE ON PHYSICIANS' FEES FOR INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT MEDICARE SERVICES FOR ONE YEAR, AND WOULD DELAY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SPENDING INCREASES PROVIDED IN THIS BILL. (MOTION FAILED)

172 yea · 242 nay9 not voting or present
Democrat12 yea · 241 nay
Republican163 yea · 5 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5394

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1984

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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 “Restrict coverage”

    model(0.85): Motion delays spending increases and freezes physician fees.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.95): Motion freezes physician fees and delays spending increases.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

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

Yea (177)

Nay (247)

Not voting or present (9)

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