Date Bill Title Vote Outcome 08/05/2010 Aid To States for Medicaid, Teacher Employment, and Other Purposes N Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate 04/15/2010 Unemployment Benefits Extension N Bill Passed - Senate 03/25/2010 Health Care Reconciliation Act N Bill Passed - Senate 12/24/2009 Health Care and Insurance Law Amendments N Bill Passed - Senate 12/23/2009 Health Care and Insurance Law Amendments N Cloture Invoked - Senate 12/22/2009 Senate Health Care Bill Amendments N Amendment Adopted - Senate 12/15/2009 Authorizing Importation of Prescription Drugs Y Amendment Rejected - Senate 12/08/2009 Prohibiting Federally Funded Abortion Services N Amendment Tabled - Senate 12/03/2009 Preventive Services Coverage Requirements N Amendment Adopted - Senate 10/21/2009 Eliminating Adjustments to Medicare Rates of Payment N Cloture Not Invoked - Senate 06/11/2009 FDA Oversight of Tobacco Products N Bill Passed - Senate 02/13/2009 Appropriations, Tax Law Amendments, and Unemployment Benefit Amendments ("Stimulus Bill") N Conference Report Adopted - Senate 02/10/2009 Appropriations, Tax Law Amendments, and Unemployment Benefit Amendments ("Stimulus Bill") N Bill Passed - Senate 01/29/2009 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization and Expansion N Bill Passed - Senate 07/31/2008 Consumer Product Safety Commission Bill N Conference Report Adopted - Senate 07/16/2008 Funding Amendment to AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Bill Y Amendment Rejected - Senate 07/16/2008 Funding to Combat AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis N Bill Passed - Senate 07/15/2008 Limiting Countries for HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Funding N Amendment Tabled - Senate 07/15/2008 Medicare Bill N Veto Override Passed - Senate 07/09/2008 Medicare Bill N Cloture Invoked - Senate 06/18/2008 Second Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007 (Farm Bill) N Veto Override Passed - Senate 05/22/2008 Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007 (Farm Bill) NV Veto Override Passed - Senate 05/15/2008 Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007 (Farm Bill) N Conference Report Adopted - Senate 03/14/2008 Concurrent Budget Resolution N Resolution Passed - Senate 03/14/2008 Expressing the Sense of the Senate on the Legalization of Importing Certain Prescription Drugs Y Amendment Adopted - Senate 03/14/2008 Codifying the Definition of a Child Eligible for SCHIP Y Amendment Rejected - Senate 03/06/2008 Consumer Product Safety Commission Bill N Bill Passed - Senate 02/26/2008 Health Care for Indigenous Peoples N Bill Passed - Senate 12/18/2007 Inclusion of Consolidated Appropriations N Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate 12/14/2007 Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007 (Farm Bill) N Bill Passed - Senate 12/11/2007 Government Sponsored Farm Insurance Policies Y Amendment Rejected - Senate 11/07/2007 Appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies N Bill Passed - Senate 11/01/2007 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 (CHIP) N Bill Passed - Senate 10/23/2007 Appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies N Bill Passed - Senate 10/18/2007 Prohibiting Funds for Groups that Perform Abortions Y Amendment Rejected - Senate 10/01/2007 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 Y Bill Passed - Senate 09/27/2007 State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization N Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate 08/02/2007 State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization N Bill Passed - Senate 05/07/2007 FDA Drug Import Certification Amendment N Amendment Adopted - Senate 12/07/2006 Andrew von Eschenbach, Commissioner of Food and Drugs N Nomination Confirmed - Senate 09/13/2006 National Security Amendment N Motion Rejected - Senate 07/25/2006 Teen Pregnancy Education Amendment N Amendment Rejected - Senate 06/15/2006 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2006 Y Conference Report Adopted - Senate 05/18/2006 "State Criminal Alien Assistance Program" Amendment N Amendment Rejected - Senate 05/04/2006 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2006 N Bill Passed - Senate 05/03/2006 Influenza Vaccine Injury Compensation Amendment N Amendment Adopted - Senate 03/16/2006 2007 Budget Resolution Y Resolution Passed - Senate 02/02/2006 Medicare Part D Amendment N Motion Rejected - Senate 11/03/2005 Medicaid Generic Drug Amendment N Amendment Rejected - Senate 11/03/2005 Medical Assistance and Prescription Drug Amendment N Amendment Adopted - Senate 11/03/2005 Medicare Premiums Amendment N Amendment Rejected - Senate 11/03/2005 Hurricane Health Care for Survivors Amendment N Motion Rejected - Senate 10/27/2005 AIDS Drug Assistance Program Amendment N Motion Rejected - Senate 03/17/2005 Medicaid Amendment Y Amendment Rejected - Senate 05/12/2004 Medical Malpractice Liability Limitation Bill NV Bill Passed - House 05/12/2004 Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2004 NV Bill Passed - House 03/24/2004 Child Nutrition Improvement and Integrity Act Y Bill Passed - House 07/25/2003 Imports of Prescription Drugs bill Y Bill Passed - House 06/27/2003 Medicare Prescription Drug bill N Bill Passed - House 05/01/2003 AIDS Assistance bill Y Bill Passed - House 03/31/2003 Vaccine Compensation bill NV Bill Failed - House 07/27/2002 Andean Trade Preference Act Extension Y Conference Report Adopted - House 06/28/2002 Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act Y Bill Passed - House 10/11/2001 Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations Act, 2002 N Bill Passed - House 08/02/2001 Bipartisan Patient Protection Act Y Bill Passed - House 08/02/2001 Amendment to the Bipartisan Patient Protection Act Y Amendment Adopted - House 06/28/2000 Medicare Rx bill Y Bill Passed - House 10/27/1999 Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999 Y Bill Passed - House 10/07/1999 Patient Protection bill N Bill Passed - House 10/07/1999 Patient Protection Substitute Amendment Y Amendment Rejected - House 10/06/1999 Patients' Bill of Rights bill Y Bill Passed - House
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