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Senate Roll Call 241, 99th Congress · October 22, 1985

TO TABLE THE MITCHELL, ME) AMENDMENT TO S 1730, TO CHANGE THE DATE ON WHICH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MUST BEGIN COVERING THEIR CURRENT EMPLOYEES UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1987.

66 yea · 25 nay9 not voting or present
Democrat22 yea · 21 nay
Republican44 yea · 4 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1730

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985

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): Tabling an amendment that postpones mandatory Medicare coverage prevents delaying the expansion of coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.85): Tabling an amendment to delay Medicare coverage prevents a delay in mandatory program 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 (66)

Nay (25)

Not voting or present (9)

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