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Senate Roll Call 297, 99th Congress · November 12, 1985

TO TABLE THE HEINZ, PA) AMENDMENT TO S 1730, TO ADD PROVISIONS TO THE BILL TO INCREASE SPENDING IN THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.

25 yea · 73 nay2 not voting or present
Democrat6 yea · 41 nay
Republican19 yea · 32 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 “Restrict coverage”

    model(0.90): Tabling an amendment to increase Medicaid spending restricts coverage expansion.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicaid

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.90): Tabling an amendment increasing Medicaid spending exercises fiscal restraint.

    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 (25)

Nay (73)

Not voting or present (2)

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