Senate Roll Call 154, 105th Congress · June 27, 1997

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 THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF HARKIN AMENDMENT NO. 579, 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.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

51 yea · 48 nayMotion Rejected1 not voting or present

Democrat37 yea · 7 nay

Republican12 yea · 41 nay

Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 949 ↗

Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1997

Policy area: Taxation — 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 CareDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Expanding medical research funding does not directly expand or restrict health insurance coverage.
Tagged by: keyword:health care
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage
TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.90) The text describes medical research funding without specifying a tax policy mechanism.
Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation
Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (51)

Nay (48)

Not voting or present (1)

Ernest F. HollingsDid not vote

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