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Senate Roll Call 299, 109th Congress · November 3, 2005

To strike the provisions increasing the Medicaid rebate for generic drugs.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

49 yea · 50 nayAmendment Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat43 yea · 0 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 CareDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.60) Striking Medicaid rebate increases alters drug manufacturer payments, not direct health coverage rules.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicaid

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.85): Striking Medicaid rebate increases reduces government savings, increasing net 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 (49)

Nay (50)

Not voting or present (1)

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