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Senate Roll Call 70, 98th Congress · May 4, 1983

TO AMEND S. CON.RES.27 BY ADDING FUNDS FOR MEDICARE. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 4

45 yea · 50 nay5 not voting or present
Democrat41 yea · 3 nay
Republican4 yea · 47 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

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(0.95): Adding funds for Medicare expands health care funding and coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (45)

Nay (50)

Not voting or present (5)

Vote records come from Voteview (voteview.com); bill titles and policy areas from the congress.gov API. See methodology for how the record was built.