To strengthen efforts to combat medicare waste, fraud and abuse. — (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 HARKIN AMENDMENT NO. 2970, TO STRENGTHEN EFFORTS TO COMBAT MEDICARE WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE. .)

The measure

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) Combating waste, fraud, and abuse does not directly expand or restrict health care coverage.

  Tagged by: keyword:medicare

  Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

• Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

  model(0.85): A yes vote advances efforts to combat waste and fraud, reducing government expenditures.

  Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

  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.