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Roll Call Vote #60 · 109th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 17, 2005, 2:32 PM (ET)

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 214 to S.Con.Res. 18 (No short title on file)

Amendment S.Amdt. 214 (To ensure that any savings associated with legislation that provides the Secretary of Health and Human Services with the authority to participate in the negotiation of contracts with manufacturers of covered part D drugs to achieve the best possible prices for such drugs under part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act, that requires the Secretary to negotiate contracts with manufacturers of such drugs for each fallback prescription drug plan, and that requires the Secretary to participate in the negotiation for a contract for any such drug upon the request of a prescription drug plan or an MA-PD plan, is reserved for reducing expenditures under such part.)

Amendment Rejected (49-50)
49 Yea
50 Nay
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How the Parties Voted

Republican 46 senators

4 Yea / 41 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Nay

Democrat 37 senators

34 Yea / 3 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Independent 1 senator

1 Yea / 0 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Independent Democrat 1 senator

1 Yea / 0 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Crossed Party Lines

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 49

Nay 50

Not Voting 1

Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).