To allow increased tobacco tax revenues to be used as an offset for the Medicare prescription drug benefit provided for in section 209.

The 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 CareA yea counts toward “Expand coverage”

  model(0.85): Funding the Medicare prescription drug benefit supports expanding health coverage.

  Tagged by: keyword:medicare,prescription drug

  Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

• Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

  model(0.85): Funding a Medicare prescription drug benefit increases federal spending.

  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.