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Senate Roll Call 306, 105th Congress · February 10, 1998

David Satcher, of Tennessee, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service for a term of four years — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE AGREED TO CLOSE FURTHER DEBATE ON THE NOMINATION.)

Question before the chamber: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed

75 yea · 23 nayCloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to2 not voting or present
Democrat44 yea · 0 nay
Republican29 yea · 23 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

PN623

No bill title on file from congress.gov for this 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 (0.95) Voting on executive nominations is procedural personnel action, not a direct health coverage policy.

    Tagged by: keyword:public 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 (75)

Nay (23)

Not voting or present (2)

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