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Senate Roll Call 12, 103rd Congress · February 18, 1993

To provide that the current list of communicable diseases of public health significance remain in place for a 90-day period and to require that a careful review of potential costs to the U.S. health care system take place before any change in the list. — S.1 BY KENNEDY, EDWARD (D-MA) -- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH REVITALIZATION ACT OF 1993 (PUB. L. 103-43, APPROVED 6/10/93) (SENATE REJECTED THE KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 40, TO PROVIDE THAT THE CURRENT LIST OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE REMAIN IN PLACE FOR A 90-DAY PERIOD AND TO REQUIRE THAT A CAREFUL REVIEW OF POTENTIAL COSTS TO THE UNITED STATES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM TAKE PLACE BEFORE ANY CHANGE IN THE LIST.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

42 yea · 56 nayAmendment Rejected2 not voting or present
Democrat36 yea · 17 nay
Republican4 yea · 39 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1 ↗

National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993

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 (0.80) Communicable disease listing rules do not directly expand or restrict health coverage.

    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 (42)

Nay (56)

Not voting or present (2)

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