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Senate Roll Call 4, 115th Congress · January 9, 2017

To protect the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

49 yea · 47 nayMotion Rejected4 not voting or present
Democrat44 yea · 0 nay
Republican2 yea · 47 nay
Independent3 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.Con.Res. 3 ↗

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(0.90): Motion aims to protect and preserve Medicare and Medicaid coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare,medicaid

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Protecting entitlement programs preserves and expands federal healthcare 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.

Yea (49)

Nay (47)

Not voting or present (4)

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