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Senate Roll Call 371, 109th Congress · February 2, 2006

To provide for necessary beneficiary protections in order to ensure access to coverage under the Medicare part D prescription drug program.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

52 yea · 45 nayMotion Rejected3 not voting or present
Democrat43 yea · 0 nay
Republican7 yea · 45 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4297 ↗

Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation 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(0.85): Providing protections ensuring access under Medicare Part D expands health coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare,prescription drug

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Measure addresses health care beneficiary access, 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 (52)

Nay (45)

Not voting or present (3)

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