To improve health care quality and reduce health care costs by establishing a National Fund for Health Research that would significantly expand the Nation's investment in medical research. — (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 D'AMATO/HARKIN AMENDMENT NO. 451, TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE QUALITY AND REDUCE HEALTH CARE COSTS BY ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL FUND FOR HEALTH RESEARCH.)

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 (0.80) Medical research funding does not directly alter health care coverage or insurance eligibility.

  Tagged by: keyword:health care

  Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

• Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

  model(0.90): Waiving budget rules to establish and fund a National Fund for Health Research expands 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.