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Senate Roll Call 121, 105th Congress · June 25, 1997

To extend premium protection for low-income medicare beneficiaries under the medicaid program. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE FAILED TO AGREE TO A MOTION TO WAIVE THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF DOMENICI (FOR SPECTER) AMENDMENT NO. 469, TO EXTEND PREMIUM PROTECTION FOR LOW-INCOME MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

52 yea · 48 nayMotion Rejected
Democrat45 yea · 0 nay
Republican5 yea · 48 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 “Expand coverage”

    model(0.90): A yes vote waives budget rules to extend Medicaid premium protection for low-income Medicare beneficiaries.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare,medicaid

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): A yes vote waives budget rules to allow spending to extend Medicare premium protection.

    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 (52)

Nay (48)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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