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Senate Roll Call 90, 114th Congress · March 25, 2015

To create a point of order against legislation that would privatize Medicare, cut guaranteed benefits, increase out-of-pocket spending, or turn Medicare into a premium support plan.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

46 yea · 53 nayMotion Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat41 yea · 2 nay
Republican2 yea · 51 nay
Independent3 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.Con.Res. 11 ↗

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025.

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 “Expand coverage”

    model(0.95): Blocking cuts or privatization of Medicare protects and maintains healthcare coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Preventing cuts to Medicare maintains entitlement program expenditure.

    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 (46)

Nay (53)

Not voting or present (1)

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