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Senate Roll Call 730, 104th Congress · May 16, 1996

To restore $50 billion in excessive Medicare cuts designed to pay for new tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans, offset by the extension of expired tax provisions or corporate and business tax reforms; to protect seniors against unjustified increases in premiums and other out-of-pocket costs; to prevent the closing of rural hospitals and other excessive provider cuts that erode access to needed medical services; to prevent the implementation of policies designed to force seniors to give up their own doctors to join private health plans; and to protect Medicare against policies that will cause it to wither on the vine. — (SENATE TABLED ROCKEFELLER MODIFIED AMENDMENT NO. 3979, TO RESTORE $50 BILLION IN EXCESSIVE MEDICARE CUTS, OFFSET BY THE EXTENSION OF EXPIRED TAX PROVISIONS OR CORPORATE AND BUSINESS TAX REFORMS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

55 yea · 43 nayMotion to Table Agreed to2 not voting or present
Democrat4 yea · 42 nay
Republican50 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.Con.Res. 57 ↗

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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): Tabling kills the amendment restoring Medicare spending and protecting coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.90): Tabling kills an amendment restoring $50 billion in Medicare spending.

    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.

Yea (55)

Nay (43)

Not voting or present (2)

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