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Senate Roll Call 147, 101st Congress · July 27, 1989

To delay for 1 year the provisions of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988. — TO AMEND HR 2696, ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS, TO DELAY FOR ONE YEAR IMPLEMENTATION OF MOST OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE MEDICARE CATASTROPHIC COVERAGE ACT.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

40 yea · 58 nayMotion Rejected
Democrat13 yea · 41 nay
Republican29 yea · 15 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2696

Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1990

Policy area: Water Resources Development — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Health CareA yea counts toward “Restrict coverage”

    model(0.90): Delays implementation of catastrophic healthcare coverage expansion.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.85): Delaying implementation of Medicare expansion reduces near-term government spending.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (42)

Nay (58)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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