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Senate Roll Call 262, 108th Congress · June 26, 2003

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a voluntary prescription drug benefit under the Medicare program and to strengthen and improve the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

76 yea · 21 nayBill Passed3 not voting or present
Democrat36 yea · 11 nay
Republican39 yea · 10 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1 ↗

Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003

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): Passing a bill establishing the Medicare prescription drug benefit expands health coverage.

    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 (76)

Nay (21)

Not voting or present (3)

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