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Senate Roll Call 866, 97th Congress · September 29, 1982

TO AMEND H. J. RES. 599, BY STATING THE SENSE OF CONGRESS TO OPPOSE ANY PROPOSAL TO IMPOSE A MEANS TEST ON ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICARE. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 41

70 yea · 28 nay
Democrat46 yea · 0 nay
Republican25 yea · 28 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 599

A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1983, and for other purposes.

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): Opposing means testing protects broad eligibility and coverage for Medicare recipients.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) This is a non-binding sense-of-Congress resolution.

    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 (72)

Nay (28)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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