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House vote: H.R. 3162 // August 1, 2007

Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007

Sponsor: JOHN DINGELL (D-MI)

Children's Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act of 2007 - Title I: Children's Health Insurance Program - (Sec. 100) States that it is the purpose of this title to provide dependable and stable funding for children's health insurance under titles XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP) (also known as SCHIP) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) in order to enroll all six million uninsured children who are eligible, but not enrolled, for coverage today. Subtitle A: Funding - (Sec.

Health Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service. CRS gives each bill one topic, based on the bill as introduced. This one carries 146 subject terms, so it spans well beyond that single label.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Nay

226 votes, representing 114,724,376 people50.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

202 votes, representing 108,892,550 people47.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.6% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
NayWon22650.5%
YeaLost20247.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.6%