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Senate · Roll call 154 · 2nd session · Nov. 29, 2016 A vote to pass S. 2873, the Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act.

Bill Passed97–0 Passage
Question
On Passage of the Bill
Official record
Senate roll call 154, 114th Congress, 2nd session
Capitol Lens ID
114-s493, 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
S. 2873, Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 44 · No 0
Republicans
Yes 52 · No 0 · Did not vote 2
Independent
Yes 1 · No 0 · Did not vote 1

About this vote

This is the Senate vote on passage of S. 2873, the Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act. The bill would require studies and reports examining the use of, and opportunities to use, technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building models to improve programs of the Department of Health and Human Services. A Yes vote approves the bill in the Senate; a No vote rejects it.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on November 29, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act or the ECHO Act (Sec.

How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Dan SullivanAKRepublicanYes
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanYes
Jeff SessionsALRepublicanYes
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanYes
John BoozmanARRepublicanYes
Tom CottonARRepublicanYes
Jeff FlakeAZRepublicanYes
John McCainAZRepublicanYes
Barbara BoxerCADemocratYes
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratYes
Cory GardnerCORepublicanDid not vote
Michael F. BennetCODemocratYes
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratYes
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratYes
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratYes
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratYes
Bill NelsonFLDemocratYes
Marco RubioFLRepublicanYes
David PerdueGARepublicanYes
Johnny IsaksonGARepublicanYes
Brian SchatzHIDemocratYes
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratYes
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanYes
Joni ErnstIARepublicanYes
James E. RischIDRepublicanYes
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanYes
Mark KirkILRepublicanYes
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratYes
Daniel CoatsINRepublicanYes
Joe DonnellyINDemocratYes
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanYes
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanYes
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanYes
Rand PaulKYRepublicanYes
Bill CassidyLARepublicanYes
David VitterLARepublicanYes
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 DainesMTRepublicanYes
Richard BurrNCRepublicanYes
Thom TillisNCRepublicanYes
Heidi HeitkampNDDemocratYes
John HoevenNDRepublicanYes
Ben SasseNERepublicanYes
Deb FischerNERepublicanYes
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratYes
Kelly AyotteNHRepublicanYes
Cory A. BookerNJDemocratYes
Robert MenendezNJDemocratYes
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratYes
Tom UdallNMDemocratYes
Dean HellerNVRepublicanYes
Harry ReidNVDemocratYes
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratYes
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratYes
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanYes
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratYes
James LankfordOKRepublicanYes
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanYes
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratYes
Ron WydenORDemocratYes
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanYes
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratYes
Jack ReedRIDemocratYes
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratYes
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanYes
Tim ScottSCRepublicanYes
John ThuneSDRepublicanYes
Mike RoundsSDRepublicanYes
Bob CorkerTNRepublicanDid not vote
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanYes
John CornynTXRepublicanYes
Ted CruzTXRepublicanYes
Mike LeeUTRepublicanYes
Orrin G. HatchUTRepublicanYes
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratYes
Tim KaineVADemocratYes
Bernard SandersVTIndependentDid not vote
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratYes
Maria CantwellWADemocratYes
Patty MurrayWADemocratYes
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanYes
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratYes
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratYes
Shelley Moore CapitoWVRepublicanYes
John BarrassoWYRepublicanYes
Michael B. EnziWYRepublicanYes