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Senate Roll Call 210, 106th Congress · July 15, 1999

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

53 yea · 47 nayBill Passed
Democrat1 yea · 44 nay
Republican51 yea · 2 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1344

Patients' Bill of Rights Plus Act

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 CareA yea counts toward “Expand coverage”

    model(0.90): Passing the Patients' Bill of Rights protects health care consumers and expands coverage rights.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) A health care patient protection bill does not directly raise revenue or cut taxes.

    Tagged by: keyword:internal revenue code

    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 (53)

Nay (47)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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