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Senate Roll Call 93, 110th Congress · March 22, 2007

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

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

44 yea · 52 nayAmendment Rejected4 not voting or present
Democrat0 yea · 48 nay
Republican44 yea · 2 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.Con.Res. 21 ↗

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012.

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(0.80): A yes vote requires wealthy beneficiaries to pay higher premiums, reducing federal coverage subsidies.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.85): A yes vote reduces federal outlays by requiring wealthy beneficiaries to pay higher Medicare premiums.

    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 (44)

Nay (52)

Not voting or present (4)

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