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Senate Roll Call 830, 104th Congress · July 23, 1996

To maintain the eligibility for medicaid for any individual who is receiving medicaid based on their receipt of AFDC, foster care or adoption assistance, and to provide transitional medicaid for families moving from welfare to work. — (SENATE REJECTED ROTH AMENDMENT NO. 4932 TO AMENDMENT NO. 4931, TO MAINTAIN THE ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAID FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS RECEIVING MEDICAID BASED ON THEIR RECEIPT OF AFDC, FOSTER CARE OR ADOPTION ASSISTANCE, AND TO PROVIDE TRANSITIONAL MEDICAID FOR FAMILIES MOVING FROM WELFARE TO WORK.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

31 yea · 68 nayAmendment Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat0 yea · 47 nay
Republican31 yea · 19 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1956 ↗

Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity, and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996

Policy area: Social Welfare — 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 “Expand coverage”

    model(0.95): Maintaining Medicaid eligibility and providing transitional Medicaid expands coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicaid

    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 (31)

Nay (68)

Not voting or present (1)

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