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Their Record

Senate Roll Call 343, 112th Congress · May 24, 2012

To allow the importation by individuals of safe and affordable drugs from Canada.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

43 yea · 54 nayAmendment Rejected3 not voting or present
Democrat26 yea · 23 nay
Republican16 yea · 29 nay
Independent1 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 3187

Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act

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(0.85): Allowing prescription drug imports from Canada reduces costs, expanding healthcare access.

    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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