Senate Roll Call 20, 115th Congress · January 11, 2017
To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to lower prescription drug prices for Americans by importing drugs from Canada.
Question before the chamber: On the Amendment
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026.
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(0.85): Allowing prescription drug imports to lower prices expands healthcare access.
Tagged by: keyword:prescription drug
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage
- Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Deficit-neutral reserve funds are budget-neutral by definition.
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)
- Tammy Baldwin
- Richard Blumenthal
- John Boozman
- Sherrod Brown
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Susan M. Collins
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Ted Cruz
- Tammy Duckworth
- Richard J. Durbin
- Jeff Flake
- Al Franken
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Chuck Grassley
- Kamala D. Harris
- Margaret Wood Hassan
- Dean Heller
- Mazie K. Hirono
- Tim Kaine
- John Kennedy
- Angus S. King, Jr.
- Amy Klobuchar
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Mike Lee
- Joe Manchin, III
- Edward J. Markey
- John McCain
- Claire McCaskill
- Jeff Merkley
- Lisa Murkowski
- Christopher Murphy
- Bill Nelson
- Rand Paul
- Gary C. Peters
- Jack Reed
- Bernard Sanders
- Brian Schatz
- Charles E. Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Debbie Stabenow
- John Thune
- Tom Udall
- Chris Van Hollen
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay (52)
- Lamar Alexander
- John Barrasso
- Michael F. Bennet
- Roy Blunt
- Cory A. Booker
- Richard Burr
- Maria Cantwell
- Shelley Moore Capito
- Thomas R. Carper
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Bill Cassidy
- Thad Cochran
- Christopher A. Coons
- Bob Corker
- John Cornyn
- Tom Cotton
- Mike Crapo
- Steve Daines
- Joe Donnelly
- Michael B. Enzi
- Joni Ernst
- Deb Fischer
- Cory Gardner
- Lindsey Graham
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Martin Heinrich
- Heidi Heitkamp
- John Hoeven
- James M. Inhofe
- Johnny Isakson
- Ron Johnson
- James Lankford
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Menendez
- Jerry Moran
- Patty Murray
- David Perdue
- Rob Portman
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- Mike Rounds
- Marco Rubio
- Ben Sasse
- Tim Scott
- Richard C. Shelby
- Dan Sullivan
- Jon Tester
- Thom Tillis
- Patrick J. Toomey
- Mark R. Warner
- Roger F. Wicker
- Todd Young
Not voting or present (2)
- Dianne FeinsteinDid not vote
- Jeff SessionsDid not vote
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