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Senate Roll Call 495, 106th Congress · June 8, 2000

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 the Motion to Table

51 yea · 48 nayMotion to Table Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat0 yea · 44 nay
Republican50 yea · 3 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 2549

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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(0.90): Tabling a bill protecting consumers in health plans kills the expansion of health care protections.

    Tagged by: keyword:public health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Health care regulatory protections are not a direct tax cut or revenue measure.

    Tagged by: keyword:internal revenue code

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Managed care consumer protections are unrelated to defense and war powers.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

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

Yea (51)

Nay (48)

Not voting or present (1)

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