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Senate Roll Call 113, 105th Congress · June 24, 1997

(1)To strike income-relating of the medicare part B premiums and deductibles; (2) To delay the effective date of income-relating of the medicare part B premiums and deductibles; and (3) To means-test Senatorial health benefits in the same way as the bill means-tests medicare part B premiums and deductibles. — (SENATE AGREED TO A MOTION TO TABLE THE KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 440, TO STRIKE INCOME-RELATING OF THE MEDICARE PART B PREMIUMS AND DEDUCTIBLES.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

70 yea · 30 nayMotion to Table Agreed to
Democrat20 yea · 25 nay
Republican48 yea · 5 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 947

Balanced Budget Act of 1997

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(0.85): Tabling the amendment preserves higher premiums and deductibles for higher-income beneficiaries.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.85): Tabling the amendment preserves income-relating of Medicare premiums, maintaining government spending cuts.

    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 (70)

Nay (30)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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