Jeff Sessions on Health Care

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Health Care296 votes · 79.1/100 consistent

Expand coverageRestrict coverage

512 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Health Care. 296 of them counted toward the score above: 103 toward “Expand coverage” and 193 toward “Restrict coverage”.

The other 216 did not count: 199 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 17 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
1997-06-25	An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104(a) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE AGREED TO WAIVE SECTION 313(B)(1)(A) OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF SECTION 5001 OF THE BILL, PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MEDICARE CHOICE PROGRAM.)S. 947 · 105th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Expand coverage
1997-06-25	To extend premium protection for low-income medicare beneficiaries under the medicaid program. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE FAILED TO AGREE TO A MOTION TO WAIVE THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF DOMENICI (FOR SPECTER) AMENDMENT NO. 469, TO EXTEND PREMIUM PROTECTION FOR LOW-INCOME MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.)S. 947 · 105th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
1997-06-25	To allow medicare beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE AGREED TO A MOTION TO WAIVE SECTION 305(B)(2) OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF DOMENICI (FOR KYL) AMENDMENT NO. 468, TO ALLOW MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES TO ENTER INTO PRIVATE CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES.)S. 947 · 105th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
1997-06-25	To provide for medicaid eligibility of disabled children who lose SSI benefits. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO WAIVE SECTION 310 OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF LAUTENBERG (FOR DODD/CONRAD) AMENDMENT NO. 479, TO PROVIDE FOR MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY OF DISABLED CHILDREN WHO LOSE SSI BENEFITS.)S. 947 · 105th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
1997-06-25	To improve health care quality and reduce health care costs by establishing a National Fund for Health Research that would significantly expand the Nation's investment in medical research. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO WAIVE SECTION 305(B)(2) OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF D'AMATO/HARKIN AMENDMENT NO. 451, TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE QUALITY AND REDUCE HEALTH CARE COSTS BY ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL FUND FOR HEALTH RESEARCH.)S. 947 · 105th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
1997-06-24	(1)To strike income-relating of the medicare part B premiums and deductibles; (2) To delay the effective date of income-relating of the medicare part B premiums and deductibles; and (3) To means-test Senatorial health benefits in the same way as the bill means-tests medicare part B premiums and deductibles. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO WAIVE SECTION 310(D) OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF DIVISION 1 OF KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 440, TO DELAY THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF INCOME-RELATING OF THE MEDICARE PART B PREMIUMS AND DEDUCTIBLES. SUBSEQUENTLY, A POINT OF ORDER THAT THIS DIVISION OF THE AMENDMENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT WAS SUSTAINED.)S. 947 · 105th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Restrict coverage
1997-06-24	(1)To strike income-relating of the medicare part B premiums and deductibles; (2) To delay the effective date of income-relating of the medicare part B premiums and deductibles; and (3) To means-test Senatorial health benefits in the same way as the bill means-tests medicare part B premiums and deductibles. — (SENATE AGREED TO A MOTION TO TABLE THE KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 440, TO STRIKE INCOME-RELATING OF THE MEDICARE PART B PREMIUMS AND DEDUCTIBLES.)S. 947 · 105th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Restrict coverage
1997-06-24	An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104(a) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE AGREED TO A MOTION TO WAIVE SECTION 313(B)(1)(A) OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF SECTION 5611 OF THE BILL, PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE ELIGIBILITY AGE FOR MEDICARE FROM AGE 65 TO 67.)S. 947 · 105th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Restrict coverage
1997-05-22	To ensure that the Medicare cuts that will be enacted are not used to pay for tax cuts and that instead the tax cuts are completely paid for by the closure of tax loopholes. — (SENATE TABLED BUMPERS AMENDMENT NO. 331, TO ENSURE THAT THE MEDICARE CUTS THAT WILL BE ENACTED ARE NOT USED TO PAY TAX CUTS AND THAT INSTEAD THE TAX CUTS ARE COMPLETELY PAID FOR BY THE CLOSURE OF TAX LOOPHOLES.)S.Con.Res. 27 · 105th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Restrict coverage
1997-05-21	To provide affordable health coverage for low- and moderate-income children and for additional deficit reduction, financed by an increase in the tobacco tax; in addition to the amounts included in the bi-partisan budget agreement for one or both of the following: (1) Medicaid, including outreach activities to identify and enroll eligible children and providing 12-month continuous eligibility; and also to restore Medicaid for current disabled children losing SSI because of the new, more strict definition of childhood eligibility; and (2) a program of capped mandatory grants to States to finance health insurance coverage for uninsured children. — (SENATE TABLED HATCH/KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 297, TO INCREASE THE EXCISE TAXES ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HEALTH COVERAGE FOR LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME UNINSURED CHILDREN AND FOR ADDITIONAL DEFICIT REDUCTION.)S.Con.Res. 27 · 105th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Restrict coverage
1997-04-16	A bill to clarify Federal law with respect to restricting the use of Federal funds in support of assisted suicide. — (SENATE PASSED H.R. 1003, TO CLARIFY FEDERAL LAW WITH RESPECT TO RESTRICTING THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS IN SUPPORT OF ASSISTED SUICIDE.)H.R. 1003 · 105th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Restrict coverage
1997-02-04	A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the need for accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for women between the ages of 40 and 49. — (SENATE AGREED TO S.RES. 47, EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING THE NEED FOR ACCURATE GUIDELINES FOR BREAST CANCER SCREENING FOR WOMEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 40 AND 49.)S.Res. 47 · 105th Congress · On the Resolution	Yea	Direction not readable

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Expand coverage / Restrict coverage axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.