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Senate Roll Call 280, 99th Congress · November 5, 1985

TO TABLE THE CHHILES, FL) AMENDMENT TO THE PACKWOOD, O AMENDMENT TO HJ RES 372, TO DESIGNATE MEDICARE AS AN INDEXED PROGRAM, THEREBY AVOIDING AUTOMATIC SPENDING REDUCTIONS.

54 yea · 44 nay2 not voting or present
Democrat9 yea · 38 nay
Republican45 yea · 6 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 “Restrict coverage”

    model(0.90): Tabling the amendment prevents Medicare from being protected against automatic spending cuts.

    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 (54)

Nay (44)

Not voting or present (2)

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