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Senate Roll Call 285, 109th Congress · November 3, 2005

To provide emergency health care and other relief for survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

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

S. 1932 ↗

Deficit Reduction Act of 2005

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): Providing emergency health care expands coverage for survivors.

    Tagged by: keyword:health care

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Providing emergency relief expands federal 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 (48)

Nay (51)

Not voting or present (1)

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