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Senate Roll Call 302, 109th Congress · November 3, 2005

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide the authority for negotiating fair prices for medicare prescription drugs.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

51 yea · 48 nayMotion Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat41 yea · 2 nay
Republican8 yea · 46 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(0.85): Authorizing Medicare drug price negotiation expands effective health coverage benefits.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.85): Negotiating lower Medicare drug prices reduces federal program outlays.

    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 (51)

Nay (48)

Not voting or present (1)

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