To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for hospital care and medical services under chapter 17 of that title to veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart, and for other purposes.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

144 cosponsors — 64 Republicans, 79 Democrats, 1 independent

83 of 144 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), John Baldacci (D-ME), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Marion Berry (D-AR), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Richard Burr (R-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Charles Canady (R-FL), Julia Carson (D-IN), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Merrill Cook (R-UT), John Cooksey (R-LA), William Coyne (D-PA), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Randy Cunningham (R-CA) and 114 more.

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Sponsor’s state and district

Nebraska in Congress · NE-2 district