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Senate Roll Call 31, 111th Congress · January 29, 2009

A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

66 yea · 32 nayBill Passed1 not voting or present
Democrat56 yea · 0 nay
Republican8 yea · 32 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2

Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009

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): Extending and improving the Children's Health Insurance Program 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.

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