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Senate Roll Call 82, 108th Congress · March 25, 2003

To ensure that a prescription drug benefit is available to all medicare beneficiaries on an equal basis, including those who choose to remain in the current fee-for-service program.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

46 yea · 51 nayAmendment Rejected3 not voting or present
Democrat44 yea · 2 nay
Republican1 yea · 49 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.Con.Res. 23 ↗

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2004 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2003 and for fiscal years 2005 through 2013.

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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): Ensuring a prescription drug benefit for all beneficiaries expands Medicare coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare,prescription drug

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Providing a prescription drug benefit increases federal entitlement 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.

Yea (46)

Nay (51)

Not voting or present (3)

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