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Senate Roll Call 237, 101st Congress · October 6, 1989

To modify various provisions of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988. — TO AMEND S 1726, CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE REFORM, TO MODIFY CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE MEDICARE CATASTROPHIC COVERAGE ACT OF 1988.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

37 yea · 62 nayAmendment Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat29 yea · 24 nay
Republican7 yea · 37 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1726 ↗

A bill to repeal medicare catastrophic coverage provisions effective in years after 1989 and the supplemental medicare premium, and for other purposes.

Policy area: Health — 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 CareDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Text specifies modifying provisions without indicating if coverage is expanded or restricted.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

Who voted which way

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

Yea (37)

Nay (62)

Not voting or present (1)

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