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Senate Roll Call 156, 108th Congress · May 15, 2003

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services in rural areas under the medicare program.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

86 yea · 12 nayAmendment Agreed to2 not voting or present
Democrat36 yea · 10 nay
Republican48 yea · 2 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1054 ↗

Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003

Policy area: Taxation — 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): Enhancing beneficiary access to Medicare services expands healthcare coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare,health care

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Medicare spending and beneficiary access does not affect the tax axis.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation

    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 (86)

Nay (12)

Not voting or present (2)

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