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Senate Roll Call 251, 109th Congress · October 5, 2005

To ensure that future funding for health care for former members of the Armed Forces takes into account changes in population and inflation.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

48 yea · 51 nayMotion Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat42 yea · 1 nay
Republican4 yea · 50 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2863 ↗

Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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(0.90): Adjusting veterans health care funding for population and inflation protects and expands coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:health care

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Veterans health care funding concerns benefit programs rather than military expansion or restraint.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (48)

Nay (51)

Not voting or present (1)

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