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Senate Roll Call 81, 105th Congress · May 22, 1997

To ensure that the Medicare cuts that will be enacted are not used to pay for tax cuts and that instead the tax cuts are completely paid for by the closure of tax loopholes. — (SENATE TABLED BUMPERS AMENDMENT NO. 331, TO ENSURE THAT THE MEDICARE CUTS THAT WILL BE ENACTED ARE NOT USED TO PAY TAX CUTS AND THAT INSTEAD THE TAX CUTS ARE COMPLETELY PAID FOR BY THE CLOSURE OF TAX LOOPHOLES.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

73 yea · 26 nayMotion to Table Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat19 yea · 26 nay
Republican52 yea · 0 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.Con.Res. 27 ↗

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.

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 “Restrict coverage”

    model(0.80): Tabling an amendment to block Medicare cuts permits reductions in coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.80): Tabling an amendment blocking Medicare cuts permits outlay reductions.

    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 (73)

Nay (26)

Not voting or present (1)

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