An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104(a) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE AGREED TO A MOTION TO WAIVE SECTION 313(B)(1)(A) OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF SECTION 5611 OF THE BILL, PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE ELIGIBILITY AGE FOR MEDICARE FROM AGE 65 TO 67.)

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 CareA yea counts toward “Restrict coverage”

  model(0.85): Waiving budget rules to allow raising the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67 restricts coverage.

  Tagged by: keyword:medicare

  Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

• Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

  model(0.85): Waiving budget rules to permit raising the Medicare eligibility age reduces government entitlement 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.