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Senate Roll Call 437, 109th Congress · March 16, 2006

To establish a reserve fund to allow for deficit-neutral legislation that would provide seniors with a prescription drug benefit option that is affordable, user-friendly, and administered directly by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

39 yea · 60 nayAmendment Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat38 yea · 6 nay
Republican0 yea · 53 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.Con.Res. 83 ↗

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2007 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2006 and 2008 through 2011.

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): Creating a reserve fund for prescription drug benefits moves toward expanded healthcare coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:prescription drug

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Establishing a spending reserve fund for new benefits expands fiscal 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 (39)

Nay (60)

Not voting or present (1)

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