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Senate Roll Call 256, 105th Congress · September 24, 1997

A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the regulation of food, drugs, devices, and biological products, and for other purposes. — (SENATE PASSED S. 830, TO AMEND THE FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT TO IMPROVE THE REGULATION OF FOOD, DRUGS, DEVICES, AND BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS, AS AMENDED. .)

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

98 yea · 2 nayBill Passed
Democrat43 yea · 2 nay
Republican53 yea · 0 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 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) FDA regulatory reform legislation does 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 (98)

Nay (2)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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