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Senate Roll Call 505, 110th Congress · March 13, 2008

To require wealthy Medicare beneficiaries to pay a greater share of their Medicare Part D premiums.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

42 yea · 56 nayAmendment Rejected2 not voting or present
Democrat2 yea · 47 nay
Republican40 yea · 7 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.Con.Res. 70 ↗

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.

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 “Restrict coverage”

    model(0.85): Requiring higher-income beneficiaries to pay a greater share reduces federal subsidy coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.90): Increasing beneficiary premium contributions reduces net federal outlay.

    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 (42)

Nay (56)

Not voting or present (2)

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