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Senate Roll Call 253, 105th Congress · September 23, 1997

To eliminate provisions relating to the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to track devices or to conduct postmarket surveillance of devices. — (SENATE REJECTED DURBIN AMENDMENT NO. 1139 TO AMENDMENT NO. 1130, TO ELIMINATE PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE DISCRETION OF THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO TRACK DEVICES OR TO CONDUCT POSTMARKET SURVEILLANCE OF DEVICES.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

39 yea · 61 nayAmendment Rejected
Democrat37 yea · 8 nay
Republican2 yea · 51 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 830 ↗

Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997

Policy area: Health — 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) Medical device surveillance regulations do not address health insurance coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

Who voted which way

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

Yea (39)

Nay (61)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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