Voting Record
Complete voting history for Paul S. Sarbanes
Total Votes
1320
Yea Votes
909
69%
Nay Votes
387
29%
Bills Passed
660
50% success rate
Showing 50 of 1320 votes
Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003
On Passage of the Bill S. 1
To provide for an income-related increase in the part B premium for individuals with income in excess of $75,000 and married couples with income in excess of $150,000.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1060 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To provide Medicare beneficiaries with a drug discount card that ensures access to affordable prescription drugs.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1026 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To ensure that current retirees who have prescription drug coverage who will lose their prescription drug coverage as a result of the enactment of this legislation have the option of drug coverage under the Medicare fallback.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1111 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To permit the establishment of 2 new Medigap plans for Medicare beneficiaries enrolled for prescription drug coverage under part D.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1066 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To make all Medicare beneficiaries eligible for Medicare prescription drug coverage.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 975 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To express the sense of the Senate that the Committee on Finance should hold hearing regarding permitting States to provide health benefits to legal immigrants under Medicaid and SCHIP as part of the reauthorization of the temporary assistance for needy families program.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1011 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To evaluate alternative payment and delivery systems.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1092 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To reduce aggregate beneficiary obligations by $2,400,000,000 per year beginning in 2009.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1103 to S.Amdt. 1092 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To provide additional assistance for certain eligible beneficiaries under part D.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1108 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To protect seniors with cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or Alzheimer's disease.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1102 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To update, beginning in 2009, the asset or resource test used for purposes of determining the eligibility of low-income beneficiaries for premium and cost-sharing subsidies.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1065 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To eliminate the coverage gap for individuals with cancer.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1036 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To protect seniors who are diagnosed with cancer from high prescription drug costs
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1097 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To strengthen protections for consumers against misleading direct-to-consumer drug advertising.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1052 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To establish a demonstration project under the Medicaid program to encourage the provision of community-based services to individuals with disabilities.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 991 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To study the comparative effectiveness and safety of important Medicare covered drugs to ensure that consumers can make meaningful comparisons about the quality and efficacy.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1000 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 994 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To provide that an eligible beneficiary is not responsible for paying the applicable percent of the monthly national average premium while the beneficiary is in the coverage gap and to sunset the bill, and for other purposes.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 956 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To strengthen protections for consumers against misleading direct-to-consumer drug advertising.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 985 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To provide reimbursement for Federally qualified health centers participating in medicare manged care.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 972 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To modify the amount of the direct subsidy to be provided to qualified retiree prescription drug plans.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 998 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To provide 50 percent cost-sharing for a beneficiary whose income is at least 160 percent but not more thansa968 250 percent of the poverty line after the beneficiary has reached the initial coverage gap and before the beneficiary has reached the annual out-of pocket limit.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 970 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To make prescription drug coverage available beginning on July 1, 2004.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 982 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To allow Medicare beneficiaries who are enrolled in fallback plans to remain in such plans for two years by requiring the same contracting cycle for fallback plans as Medicare Prescription Drug plans.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1002 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To provide that prescription drug benefits for any Member of Congress who is enrolled in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, may not exceed the level of prescription drug benefits passed in the 1st session of the 108th Congress, and for other purposes.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 957 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To eliminate the coverage gap.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1001 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To provide equal access to competitive global prescription medicine prices for American purchasers.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 981 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To permit continuous open enrollment and disenrollment in Medicare Prescription Drug plans and MedicareAdvantage plans until 2008.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 969 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To treat costs for covered drugs as incurred costs without regard to whether the individual or another person, including a State program or other third-party coverage, has paid for such costs.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 976 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 946 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
American History and Civics Education Act of 2003
On Passage of the Bill S. 504
To ensure that there is competition in the pharmaceutical industry and increased access to affordable drugs.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 945 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To ensure that an affordable plan is available in all areas.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 939 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To improve disclosure requirements and to increase beneficiary choices.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 932 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
To require that the Medicare plan, to be known as the Medicare Guaranteed Option, be available to all eligible beneficiaries in every year.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 931 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
R. Hewitt Pate, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Charles A. James, Jr.
On the Nomination PN425
Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 2115
To require the Administrator of the FAA to conduct a study of safety standards at foreign repair stations.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 914 to S.Amdt. 905 to S. 824 (Aviation Investment and Revitalization Vision Act)
To establish age limitations for airmen.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 896 to S. 824 (Aviation Investment and Revitalization Vision Act)
To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from transfering certain air traffic control functions to nongovernmental entities.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 893 to S. 824 (Aviation Investment and Revitalization Vision Act)
To strike the provision requiring the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an inventory and analysis of oil and natural gas resources beneath all of the waters of the outer Continental Shelf.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 884 to S. 14 (Energy Policy Act of 2003)
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003
On Passage of the Bill S. 1215
To provide for a significant environmental review process associated with the development of Indian energy projects and to establish duties of the federal government to Indian tribes in implementing an energy development program, and for other purposes.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 881 to S. 14 (Energy Policy Act of 2003)
To tighten oversight of energy markets.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 876 to S. 14 (Energy Policy Act of 2003)
To strike the provision relating to deployment of new nuclear power plants.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 875 to S. 14 (Energy Policy Act of 2003)