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Senate Roll Call 207, 111th Congress · June 11, 2009

To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes.

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

79 yea · 17 nayBill Passed3 not voting or present
Democrat54 yea · 1 nay
Republican23 yea · 16 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1256 ↗

To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes.

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 CareDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) FDA tobacco regulation is distinct from health coverage expansion or restriction.

    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 (79)

Nay (17)

Not voting or present (3)

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