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Key Votes
S Amdt 1937 - Health Care for Veterans Amendment - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Ben Nelson voted Yea (Motion Vote) on this Legislation.
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Stages
Family
- HR 2863 - Defense Department FY2006 Appropriations Bill
- S Amdt 1937 - Health Care for Veterans Amendment
- S Amdt 2033 - Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Amendment
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Motion Rejected (Senate) (48-51) - Oct. 5, 2005(Key vote)
Title: Health Care for Veterans Amendment
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote on a motion to waive the Budget Act to allow for adoption of an amendment that increases funding for the Veterans Health Administration in order to account for inflation and changes in the number of veterans using the health services.
- Establishes all future discretionary appropriations for the Veterans Health Administration at the current FY 2005 discretionary funding level and creates a formula that adjusts for inflation and changes in the number of veterans using the health services.
- Creates a separate formula for all future mandatory appropriations for the Veterans Health Administration based on obligated FY 2004 funding levels.
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) - Oct. 5, 2005
Title: Health Care for Veterans Amendment
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka Sr. (HI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Max S. Baucus (MT - D) (Out Of Office)
- Evan Bayh (IN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph Robinette 'Joe' Biden Jr. (DE - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jeff Bingaman (NM - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jon Stevens Corzine (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mark Brandt Dayton (MN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Byron L. Dorgan (ND - D) (Out Of Office)
- James Merrill 'Jim' Jeffords (VT - I) (Out Of Office)
- Timothy Peter 'Tim' Johnson (SD - D) (Out Of Office)
- Edward M. 'Ted' Kennedy Sr. (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- John Forbes Kerry (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mary L. Landrieu (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Patty Murray (WA - D)
- William Clarence 'Bill' Nelson Sr. (FL - D)
- Ken Salazar (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- John R. Thune (SD - R)
