Date Bill Title Vote Outcome 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 Permitting Imported Prescription Drugs Y Amendment Rejected - Senate 12/08/2009 Prohibiting Federal Funds for 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 Y Bill Passed - Senate 02/13/2009 2009 Economic Package N Conference Report Adopted - Senate 02/10/2009 2009 Economic Package N Bill Passed - Senate 01/29/2009 CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2009 N Bill Passed - Senate 07/31/2008 Consumer Product Safety Commission Bill NV Conference Report Adopted - Senate 07/16/2008 Funding Amendment to AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Bill NV Amendment Rejected - Senate 07/16/2008 Funding to Combat AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis NV Bill Passed - Senate 07/15/2008 Limiting Countries for HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Funding NV Amendment Tabled - Senate 07/15/2008 Medicare Bill NV Veto Override Passed - Senate 07/09/2008 Medicare Bill NV Cloture Invoked - Senate 06/18/2008 Second Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007 (Farm Bill) NV 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) NV Conference Report Adopted - Senate 03/14/2008 Concurrent Budget Resolution NV Resolution Passed - Senate 03/14/2008 Expressing the Sense of the Senate on the Legalization of Importing Certain Prescription Drugs NV 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 NV Bill Passed - Senate 02/26/2008 Health Care for Indigenous Peoples NV Bill Passed - Senate 12/18/2007 Inclusion of Consolidated Appropriations NV Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate 12/14/2007 Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007 (Farm Bill) NV Bill Passed - Senate 12/11/2007 Government Sponsored Farm Insurance Policies NV Amendment Rejected - Senate 11/07/2007 Appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies NV Bill Passed - Senate 11/01/2007 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 (CHIP) NV Bill Passed - Senate 10/23/2007 Appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies NV 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 NV Bill Passed - Senate 09/27/2007 State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization NV 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 NV Amendment Adopted - Senate 12/07/2006 Andrew von Eschenbach, Commissioner of Food and Drugs NV 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 Y 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 06/27/2003 Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit bill N Bill Passed - Senate 08/01/2002 Andean Trade Preference Act Extension Y Conference Report Adopted - Senate 07/31/2002 Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act Y Bill Passed - Senate 11/06/2001 Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations Act, 2002 Y Bill Passed - Senate 06/29/2001 Patients' Bill of Rights Y Bill Passed - Senate 06/29/2000 Health Care Amendment N Amendment Adopted - Senate 06/29/2000 Off-budget Lockbox Amendment N Amendment Adopted - Senate 06/29/2000 Social Security and Medicare Surplus Amendment Y Amendment Adopted - Senate 06/22/2000 Outpatient Prescription Drugs Amendment N Amendment Rejected - Senate 07/15/1999 Patient Bill of Rights bill Y Bill Passed - Senate 07/15/1999 Patient Lawsuit Amendment Y Amendment Adopted - Senate 07/14/1999 Women's Health and Cancer Rights Amendment Y Amendment Adopted - Senate 06/22/1999 Patients' Bill of Rights Amendment Y Amendment Tabled - Senate 09/18/1998 Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion bill Y Veto Override Failed - Senate 11/08/1997 Appropriations bill FY98, Labor, HHS, Education NV Conference Report Adopted - Senate 10/28/1997 Interior Department FY98 Appropriations bill Y Conference Report Adopted - Senate 09/24/1997 Prescription Drug bill Y Bill Passed - Senate 07/22/1997 Abortion Funding Amendment Y Amendment Adopted - Senate 06/25/1997 Private Contracts Amendment Y Motion Agreed - Senate 05/20/1997 Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion bill Y Bill Passed - Senate 04/16/1997 Assisted Suicide Bill Y Bill Passed - Senate 08/02/1996 Health Insurance Portability bill Y Conference Report Adopted - Senate 08/02/1996 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1995 Y Conference Report Adopted - Senate 04/18/1996 Deletion of Medical Savings Accounts Amendment N Amendment Adopted - Senate 10/28/1995 Budget Reconciliation Bill Y Bill Passed - Senate 07/27/1995 Ryan White CARE Reauthorization Act of 1995 Y Bill Passed - Senate 06/22/1995 Foster Nomination Second Cloture Vote N Cloture Not Invoked - Senate 09/27/1994 Appropriations Bill FY95, Labor, HHS, Education Y Conference Report Adopted - Senate 08/10/1994 Appropriations Bill FY95, Labor, HHS, Education Y Bill Passed - Senate 11/10/1993 Defense Fiscal Year 1994 Appropriations Bill N Conference Report Adopted - Senate 10/18/1993 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Bill Y Conference Report Adopted - Senate 09/29/1993 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Bill N Bill Passed - Senate 09/07/1993 Dr. Elders as U.S. Surgeon General N Nomination Confirmed - Senate 02/18/1993 Prohibiting Immigrants with AIDS from entering the United States Y Amendment Adopted - Senate 04/02/1992 Prohibiting Federal Funding of Human Sexual Behavior Surveys Y Amendment Adopted - Senate
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