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Senate Roll Call 473, 109th Congress · May 3, 2006

To provide funding to compensate individuals harmed by pandemic influenza vaccine.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

53 yea · 46 nayAmendment Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat42 yea · 1 nay
Republican9 yea · 45 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4939 ↗

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006

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 (0.85) Vaccine injury compensation is financial relief, not direct health coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:pandemic,vaccine

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Providing additional funding for vaccine compensation increases 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 (53)

Nay (46)

Not voting or present (1)

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