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Senate · Roll call 143 · 1st session · April 14, 2015 A vote to agree to a motion on H.R. 2, the bill to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program.

Motion Agreed to71–29 Motion Party-line vote
Question
On the Motion
Official record
Senate roll call 143, 114th Congress, 1st session
Capitol Lens ID
114-s143, used in this page's address. It numbers every Senate roll call of the 114th Congress in order, so it differs from the official number, which restarts each session.
Bill
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015
Details
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and strengthen Medicare access by improving physician payments and making other improvements, to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 44 · No 0
Republicans
Yes 25 · No 29
Independent
Yes 2 · No 0

Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.

About this vote

H.R. 2 is described as a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and strengthen Medicare access by improving physician payments and making other improvements, to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes. A Yes vote is a vote to agree to the motion.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.) Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 TITLE I--SGR REPEAL AND MEDICARE PROVIDER PAYMENT MODERNIZATION (Sec.

How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Dan SullivanAKRepublicanNo
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanYes
Jeff SessionsALRepublicanNo
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanNo
John BoozmanARRepublicanYes
Tom CottonARRepublicanNo
Jeff FlakeAZRepublicanYes
John McCainAZRepublicanYes
Barbara BoxerCADemocratYes
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratYes
Cory GardnerCORepublicanNo
Michael F. BennetCODemocratYes
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratYes
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratYes
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratYes
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratYes
Bill NelsonFLDemocratYes
Marco RubioFLRepublicanNo
David PerdueGARepublicanNo
Johnny IsaksonGARepublicanYes
Brian SchatzHIDemocratYes
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratYes
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanNo
Joni ErnstIARepublicanNo
James E. RischIDRepublicanNo
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanNo
Mark KirkILRepublicanYes
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratYes
Daniel CoatsINRepublicanNo
Joe DonnellyINDemocratYes
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanYes
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanYes
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanYes
Rand PaulKYRepublicanYes
Bill CassidyLARepublicanYes
David VitterLARepublicanNo
Edward J. MarkeyMADemocratYes
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratYes
Barbara A. MikulskiMDDemocratYes
Benjamin L. CardinMDDemocratYes
Angus S. King, Jr.MEIndependentYes
Susan M. CollinsMERepublicanYes
Debbie StabenowMIDemocratYes
Gary C. PetersMIDemocratYes
Al FrankenMNDemocratYes
Amy KlobucharMNDemocratYes
Claire McCaskillMODemocratYes
Roy BluntMORepublicanYes
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanYes
Thad CochranMSRepublicanYes
Jon TesterMTDemocratYes
Steve DainesMTRepublicanNo
Richard BurrNCRepublicanYes
Thom TillisNCRepublicanYes
Heidi HeitkampNDDemocratYes
John HoevenNDRepublicanNo
Ben SasseNERepublicanNo
Deb FischerNERepublicanNo
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratYes
Kelly AyotteNHRepublicanNo
Cory A. BookerNJDemocratYes
Robert MenendezNJDemocratYes
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratYes
Tom UdallNMDemocratYes
Dean HellerNVRepublicanYes
Harry ReidNVDemocratYes
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratYes
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratYes
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanNo
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratYes
James LankfordOKRepublicanNo
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanNo
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratYes
Ron WydenORDemocratYes
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanNo
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratYes
Jack ReedRIDemocratYes
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratYes
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanYes
Tim ScottSCRepublicanNo
John ThuneSDRepublicanNo
Mike RoundsSDRepublicanYes
Bob CorkerTNRepublicanYes
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanYes
John CornynTXRepublicanYes
Ted CruzTXRepublicanNo
Mike LeeUTRepublicanNo
Orrin G. HatchUTRepublicanYes
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratYes
Tim KaineVADemocratYes
Bernard SandersVTIndependentYes
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratYes
Maria CantwellWADemocratYes
Patty MurrayWADemocratYes
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanNo
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratYes
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratYes
Shelley Moore CapitoWVRepublicanYes
John BarrassoWYRepublicanNo
Michael B. EnziWYRepublicanNo