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Senate Roll Call 342, 109th Congress · November 17, 2005

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide extended and additional protection to Medicare beneficiaries who enroll for the Medicare prescription drug benefit during 2006.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

51 yea · 47 nayMotion Rejected2 not voting or present
Democrat43 yea · 0 nay
Republican6 yea · 47 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 2020

Tax Relief Act of 2005

Policy area: Taxation — 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 extended and additional protections to Medicare drug benefit beneficiaries expands health coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare,prescription drug

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) This measure addresses Medicare prescription drug benefits, not tax policy.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

Who voted which way

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

Yea (51)

Nay (47)

Not voting or present (2)

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