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Senate Roll Call 591, 110th Congress · June 12, 2008

A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.

Question before the chamber: On the Cloture Motion

54 yea · 39 nayCloture Motion Rejected7 not voting or present
Democrat44 yea · 1 nay
Republican8 yea · 38 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 3101 ↗

Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

Policy area: Health — 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): Improving access to Medicare services and extending benefits expands healthcare coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

Who voted which way

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

Yea (54)

Nay (39)

Not voting or present (7)

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