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Senate Roll Call 220, 115th Congress · October 18, 2017

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting Medicare and Medicaid.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

89 yea · 9 nayAmendment Agreed to2 not voting or present
Democrat37 yea · 7 nay
Republican50 yea · 1 nay
Independent2 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Con.Res. 71 ↗

Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027.

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): Establishing a reserve fund to protect Medicare and Medicaid supports maintaining healthcare coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare,medicaid

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Deficit-neutral reserve funds are fiscally neutral.

    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 (89)

Nay (9)

Not voting or present (2)

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