House Roll Call 852, 98th Congress · September 19, 1984

TO AMEND H.R. 5290, A BILL ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY PROGRAM UNDER WHICH PARENTERAL DIACETYLMORPHINE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH QUALIFIED PHARMACIES FOR THE RELIEF OF INTRACTABLE PAIN DUE TO CANCER. THE HUGHES AMENDMENT STRENGTHENS THE CRIMINAL AND REGULATORY PROVISIONS OF THE BILL TO PREVENT THE DIVERSION OF HEROIN. (MOTION FAILED)

178 yea · 232 nay22 not voting or present

Democrat158 yea · 88 nay

Republican18 yea · 143 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5290 ↗

Compassionate Pain Relief Act

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 CareA yea counts toward “Restrict coverage”
model(0.85): Strengthening regulatory and criminal provisions restricts medical access to diacetylmorphine for cancer pain.
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 (178)

Nay (232)

Not voting or present (22)

William Vollie Alexander Jr.Did not vote
Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr.Did not vote
William Hill BonerDid not vote
John B. BreauxDid not vote
Richard Bruce CheneyDid not vote
James Andrew CourterDid not vote
Geraldine Anne FerraroDid not vote
Don FuquaDid not vote
Phil GrammDid not vote
Richard Henry LehmanDid not vote
William LehmanDid not vote
Edward J. MarkeyDid not vote
Raymond Joseph McGrathDid not vote
Carlos John MoorheadDid not vote
Bruce Andrew MorrisonDid not vote
James Michael ShannonDid not vote
Richard C. ShelbyDid not vote
Paul Martin SimonDid not vote
Samuel Studdiford StrattonDid not vote
Gerry Eastman StuddsDid not vote
Lyle WilliamsDid not vote
Chalmers Pangburn WylieDid not vote

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