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           HEALTH CARE REFORM VOTES, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

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                         HON. ROBERT H. MICHEL

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 30, 1994

  Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, I submit for the Record the rollcall votes 
on health care reform which took place in the Ways and Means Committee 
on June 29, 1994.
       The following recorded votes were taken on June 29, 1994 in 
     the Committee on Ways and Means during consideration of 
     Acting Chairman Gibbons' substitute proposal for H.R. 3600, 
     The Health Security Act of 1994:
       An ``en bloc'' amendment offered by Mr. Rostenkowski, Mr. 
     Pickle, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Payne, Mr. Jefferson and 
     Mr. Brewster consisting of several members proposals. The 
     amendment reduced the 100% health insurance deduction for 
     self-employed individuals (to be phased in by 1998) in the 
     Chairman's Mark to an 80% deduction. It used that revenue to 
     (a) preserve the tax-exemp status of certain nursing 
     facilities accepting a high proportion of medicaid patients, 
     (b) a special tax deduction for one insurance company, Group 
     Health Insurance, (c) a tax-exemption for some unidentified 
     ``high-risk health insurance pools,'' (d) tax incentives for 
     providers in medically underserved areas (similar to those in 
     the Clinton health plan), (e) special ``capital financial 
     assistance'' for ``certain academic health centers,'' and (f) 
     a new ``Undergraduate Medical Education Trust Fund.'' The 
     spending proposals passed by voice vote. A separate vote was 
     requested on the funding item, the reduction in the health 
     insurance deduction for the self-employed. Passed 22-15.


                               democrats

       Mr. Gibbons, yea.
       Mr. Rostenkowski, yea.
       Mr. Pickle, yea.
       Mr. Rangel, yea.
       Mr. Stark, yea.
       Mr. Jacobs
       Mr. Ford of Tennessee, yea.
       Mr. Matsui, yea.
       Mrs. Kennelly, yea by proxy.
       Mr. Coyne, yea.
       Mr. Andrews of Texas, yea.
       Mr. Levin, yea.
       Mr. Cardin, yea.
       Mr. McDermott, yea.
       Mr. Kleczka, yea.
       Mr. Lewis of Georgia, yea.
       Mr. Payne of Virginia, yea.
       Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, yea.
       Mr. Hoagland, yea.
       Mr. McNulty, yea.
       Mr. Kopetski, nay.
       Mr. Jefferson, yea.
       Mr. Brewster, yea.
       Mr. Reynolds, yea by proxy.


                              republicans

       Mr. Archer, nay.
       Mr. Crane, nay.
       Mr. Thomas of California, nay.
       Mr. Shaw, nay.
       Mr. Sundquist, nay.
       Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, nay.
       Mr. Bunning, nay.
       Mr. Grandy, nay.
       Mr. Hougton, nay.
       Mr. Herger, nay.
       Mr. McCrery, nay.
       Mr. Hancock, nay.
       Mr. Santorum, nay.
       Mr. Camp, nay.
       The amendment offered by Mr. Andrews (along with Mr. Ford, 
     Mr. Jacobs, Mr. Lewis & Mr. McDermott) to raise the cigarette 
     tax by $1.25 per pack with similar increases for other 
     tobacco products. The additional revenue funds (a) a tobacco 
     farmer relief fund, (b) various public health initiatives, 
     (c) additional long-term care, and (d) additional medicare 
     payments for certain tobacco related illnesses. Defeated 31-
     7.


                               democrats

       Mr. Gibbons, nay.
       Mr. Rostenkowski, nay.
       Mr. Pickle, nay.
       Mr. Rangel, nay.
       Mr. Stark, nay.
       Mr. Jacobs, yea.
       Mr. Ford of Tennessee, yea.
       Mr. Matsui, nay.
       Mrs. Kennelly, nay.
       Mr. Coyne, nay.
       Mr. Andrews of Texas, yea.
       Mr. Levin, nay.
       Mr. Cardin, yea.
       Mr. McDermott, yea.
       Mr. Kleczka, nay.
       Mr. Lewis of Georgia, yea.
       Mr. Payne of Virginia, nay.
       Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, nay.
       Mr. Hoagland, nay.
       Mr. McNulty, nay.
       Mr. Kopetski, nay.
       Mr. Jefferson, nay.
       Mr. Brewster, nay.
       Mr. Reynolds, nay by proxy.


                              republicans

       Mr. Archer, nay.
       Mr. Crane, nay.
       Mr. Thomas of California, nay.
       Mr. Shaw, nay.
       Mr. Sunquist, nay.
       Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, yea.
       Mr. Bunning, nay.
       Mr. Grandy, nay.
       Mr. Houghton, nay by proxy.
       Mr. Herger, nay.
       Mr. McCrery, nay.
       Mr. Hancock, nay.
       Mr. Santorum, nay.
       Mr. Camp, nay.
       The amendment offered by Mr. Bunning to delete the 45 cents 
     per pack cigarette tax and other related tobacco taxes in the 
     Chairman's Mark. Defeated 26-12.


                               democrats

       Mr. Gibbons, nay.
       Mr. Rostenkowski, nay.
       Mr. Pickle, nay.
       Mr. Rangel, nay.
       Mr. Stark, nay.
       Mr. Jacobs, nay.
       Mr. Ford of Tennessee, nay.
       Mr. Matsui, nay.
       Mrs. Kennelly,. nay.
       Mr. Coyne, nay.
       Mr. Andrews of Texas, nay.
       Mr. Levin, nay.
       Mr. Cardin, nay.
       Mr. McDermott, nay.
       Mr. Kleczka, nay.
       Mr. Lewis of Georgia, nay.
       Mr. Payne of Virginia, yea.
       Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, nay.
       Mr. Hoagland, nay.
       Mr. McNulty, nay.
       Mr. Kopetski, nay.
       Mr. Jefferson, nay.
       Mr. Brewster, nay.
       Mr. Reynolds, nay by proxy.


                              republicans

       Mr. Archer, yea.
       Mr. Crane, yea.
       Mr. Thomas of California, yea.
       Mr. Shaw, nay.
       Mr. Sundquist, yea.
       Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, nay.
       Mr. Bunning, yea by proxy.
       Mr. Grandy, yea.
       Mr. Houghton, nay.
       Mr. Herger, yea.
       Mr. McCrery, yea.
       Mr. Hancock, yea.
       Mr. Santorum, yea.
       Mr. Camp, yea.
       The amendment offered by Mr. Grandy to provide a permanent 
     100% deduction for health insurance premiums paid by self-
     employed individuals, retroactive to January 1, 1994. The 
     amendment was funded by taxing the income porition of 
     workers' compensation payments similar to the current law 
     treatment of unemployment compensation and disability 
     payments. Defeated 25-13.


                               democrats

       Mr. Gibbons, nay.
       Mr. Rostenkowski, nay.
       Mr. Pickle, nay.
       Mr. Rangel, nay.
       Mr. Stark, nay.
       Mr. Jacobs, nay by proxy.
       Mr. Ford of Tennessee, nay by proxy.
       Mr. Matsui, nay.
       Mrs. Kennelly, nay.
       Mr. Coyne, nay.
       Mr. Andrews of Texas, nay.
       Mr. Levin, nay.
       Mr. Cardin, nay.
       Mr. McDermott, nay.
       Mr. Kleczka, nay by proxy.
       Mr. Lewis of Georgia, nay by proxy.
       Mr. Payne of Virginia, nay.
       Mr. Neal of (Mass), nay.
       Mr. Hoagland, nay.
       Mr. McNulty, yea.
       Mr. Kopetski, nay.
       Mr. Jefferson, nay.
       Mr. Brewster, yea.
       Mr. Reynolds, nay by proxy.


                              republicans

       Mr. Archer, yea.
       Mr. Crane, yea.
       Mr. Thomas of California, yea.
       Mr. Shaw, yea.
       Mr. Sundquist, yea.
       Mr. Johnson of Connecticut, yea.
       Mr. Bunning, yea.
       Mr. Grandy, yea.
       Mr. Houghton, yea.
       Mr. Herger, nay.
       Mr. McCreary, nay.
       Mr. Hancock, nay.
       Mr. Santorum, yea.
       Mr. Camp, ``yea.''
       An amendment offered by Mr. Archer to provide for medical 
     malpractice reform. A 100 percent tax on medical malpractice 
     recoveries that violate medical malpractice reform guidelines 
     (i.e., medical malpractice suits not complying with the 
     dispute resolution requirements in the amendment would be 
     imposed on non-economic damages in excess of $350,000 and 
     certain other types of punitive damages) and a refundable tax 
     credit to persons paying such recoveries. Defeated 23-15.


                               Democrats

       Mr. Gibbons, nay.
       Mr. Rostenkowski, nay by proxy.
       Mr. Pickle, nay.
       Mr. Rangel, nay.
       Mr. Stark, nay.
       Mr. Jacobs, nay.
       Mr. Ford of Tennessee, nay.
       Mr. Matsui, nay.
       Mrs. Kennelly, nay by proxy.
       Mr. Coyne, nay.
       Mr. Andrews of Texas, nay.
       Mr. Levin, nay.
       Mr. Cardin, nay.
       Mr. McDermott, nay.
       Mr. Kleczka, nay.
       Mr. Lewis of Georgia, nay.
       Mr. Payne of Virginia, nay.
       Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, nay.
       Mr. Hoagland, nay.
       Mr. McNulty, yea.
       Mr. Kopetski, nay.
       Mr. Jefferson, nay.
       Mr. Brewster, nay.
       Mr. Reynolds, nay by proxy.


                              republicans

       Mr. Archer, yea.
       Mr. Crane, yea by proxy.
       Mr. Thomas of California, yea.
       Mr. Shaw, yea.
       Mr. Sundquist, yea.
       Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, yea.
       Mr. Bunning, yea.
       Mr. Grandy, yea.
       Mr. Houghton, yea.
       Mr. Herger, yea.
       Mr. McCrery, yea.
       Mr. Hancock, yea.
       Mr. Santorum, yea.
       Mr. Camp, yea by proxy.

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