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Senate Roll Call 562, 107th Congress · July 18, 2002

To clarify that section 1927 of the Social Security Act does not prohibit a State from entering into drug rebate agreements in order to make outpatient prescription drugs accessible and affordable for residents of the State who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance under the medicaid program.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

56 yea · 43 nayAmendment Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat48 yea · 2 nay
Republican6 yea · 41 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 812

Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act of 2002

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(0.95): Allows state rebate agreements to expand prescription drug access.

    Tagged by: policy-area: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 (56)

Nay (43)

Not voting or present (1)

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