Key Votes
S AMDT 2371 - Medicare Prescription Drug Amendment - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Mitch McConnell voted Nay (Motion 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 - Motion Rejected (Senate) (51-48) - Nov. 3, 2005 (Key vote)
Title: Medicare Prescription Drug Amendment
Vote on a motion to waive the Budget Act, in order to adopt an amendment that grants the Secretary of Health and Human Services authority to negotiate contracts with drug manufactures for lower prices on bulk prescription drugs for Medicare.
NOTE: A MOTION TO WAIVE THE BUDGET ACT, IF ADOPTED, TEMPORARILY SETS ASIDE A SPECIFIC PROVISION OF THE BUDGET ACT OF 1974 SO THAT AN AMENDMENT THAT VIOLATES THE ACT MAY BE CONSIDERED. A 3/5 MAJORITY IS REQUIRED FOR ADOPTION.
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Nov. 3, 2005
Title: Medicare Prescription Drug Amendment
Sponsors
- Olympia Jean Snowe (ME - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Christopher J. 'Chris' Dodd (CT - D) (Out Of Office)
- John Forbes Kerry (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- John Sidney McCain III (AZ - R)
- Debbie Ann Stabenow (MI - D)
- Ron Wyden (OR - D)
