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House Roll Call 309, 99th Congress · October 7, 1985

MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADOPT H R 3174 WHICH ALLOWS MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO ARE ON ACTIVE DUTY TO SUE THE GOVERNMENT FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL MALPRACTICE. (MOTION PASSED)

317 yea · 90 nay24 not voting or present
Democrat209 yea · 19 nay
Republican108 yea · 71 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3174 ↗

A bill to amend chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, to allow members of the Armed Forces to sue the United States for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care.

Policy area: Law — 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.

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Allowing active-duty service members to sue for malpractice is a legal remedy issue, not military expansion/restraint.

    Tagged by: keyword:armed forces

    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 (320)

Nay (90)

Not voting or present (24)

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