Senate Roll Call 620, 97th Congress · May 19, 1982

TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 92 TO RESTORE FUNDS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 31

39 yea · 60 nay1 not voting or present

Democrat38 yea · 7 nay

Republican1 yea · 52 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the recommended congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1983, 1984, and 1985, and revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1982.

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): Restoring funds for Medicare and Medicaid protects and expands health care coverage.
Tagged by: keyword:medicare,medicaid
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage
Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”
model(0.95): Restoring Medicare and Medicaid funding increases federal outlays.
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 (39)

Nay (60)

Not voting or present (1)

John Cornelius StennisDid not vote

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