Key Votes
S AMDT 2357 - Medicare Premiums Amendment - Key Vote
National Key Votes
John Kerry voted Yea (Amendment Vote) on this legislation.
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Stages
Family
- S 1932 - Budget Reconciliation Bill
- S AMDT 2348 - Medicaid Generic Drug Amendment
- S AMDT 2351 - Pay As You Go Amendment
- S AMDT 2356 - Hurricane Health Care for Survivors Amendment
- S AMDT 2357 - Medicare Premiums Amendment
- S AMDT 2358 - ANWR Amendment
- S AMDT 2365 - Medical Assistance and Prescription Drug Amendment
- S AMDT 2371 - Medicare Prescription Drug Amendment
- S AMDT 2381 - Prescription Drug Plan Amendment
- S AMDT 2400 - Alaska Judicial Review of Oil Revenue Amendment
- S AMDT 2409 - Targeted Case Management Amendment
- HB 161 - Relating to Taxation
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Amendment Rejected (Senate) (49-50) - Nov. 3, 2005 (Key vote)
Title: Medicare Premiums Amendment
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt an amendment that the 2007 monthly premium for Medicare Part B is not subject to the increase established in the bill.
Highlights:
-Gives States the option of directly collecting rebates for outpatient dispensed by the managed care organization or allowing the managed care organization dispensing drugs to collect rebates in return for reducing individual enrollees' prepaid payments
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Maria Cantwell (WA - D)
- Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mark Dayton (MN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Russell D. 'Russ' Feingold (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Edward M. 'Ted' Kennedy Sr. (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- John Forbes Kerry (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Herbert H. 'Herb' Kohl (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara A. Mikulski (MD - D)
- Patty Murray (WA - D)
- Barack Hussein Obama II (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Harry M. Reid (NV - D)