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Senate Roll Call 77, 113th Congress · March 23, 2013

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to achieve savings by prohibiting illegal immigrants or illegal immigrants granted legal status from qualifying for federally subsidized health care.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

43 yea · 56 nayAmendment Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat0 yea · 51 nay
Republican43 yea · 2 nay
Independent0 yea · 3 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.Con.Res. 8

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023.

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(0.90): Prohibiting illegal immigrants from health care subsidies restricts coverage eligibility.

    Tagged by: keyword:health care

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.90): Prohibiting government subsidies reduces federal spending.

    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.

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