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Roll Call Vote #276 · 104th Congress · Session 2 · Sep 5, 1996, 10:21 PM (ET)

Whether the Amendment is Germane S.Amdt. 5190 to H.R. 3666 (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997)

Amendment S.Amdt. 5190 (To provide benefits for certain children of Vietnam veterans who are born with spina bifada, and to offset the cost of such benefits by requiring that there be an element of fault as a precondition for entitlement to compensation for a disability or death resulting from health care or certain other services furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs.)

Amendment Germane (62-35)
62 Yea
35 Nay
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How the Parties Voted

Republican 49 senators

12 Yea / 35 Nay

2 not voting or present

Majority position: Nay

Democrat 45 senators

44 Yea / 0 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Yea

Independent 1 senator

1 Yea / 0 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Independent Democrat 1 senator

1 Yea / 0 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Crossed Party Lines

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 62

Nay 35

Not Voting 3

Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).