Senate Roll Call: Republican effort to restore $120 billion in cuts to Medicare Advantage
By APFriday, December 4, 2009
Senate Roll Call: GOP effort to restore cuts
The 57-41 roll call Friday by which the Senate turned back a Republican effort to restore $120 billion in cuts to Medicare Advantage, the private insurance plan within Medicare that provides seniors with better benefits than the traditional program.
A “yes” vote is a vote to the .
Voting yes were 2 Democrats and 39 Republicans.
Voting no were 55 Democrats, 0 Republicans and 2 independents.
| ALABAMA | 
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Sessions (R), Yes; Shelby (R), Yes.
| ALASKA | 
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Begich (D), No; Murkowski (R), Yes.
| ARIZONA | 
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Kyl (R), Yes; McCain (R), Yes.
| ARKANSAS | 
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Lincoln (D), No; Pryor (D), No.
| CALIFORNIA | 
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Boxer (D), No; Feinstein (D), No.
| COLORADO | 
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Bennet (D), No; Udall (D), No.
| CONNECTICUT | 
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Dodd (D), No; Lieberman (I), No.
| DELAWARE | 
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Carper (D), No; Kaufman (D), No.
| FLORIDA | 
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LeMieux (R), Yes; Nelson (D), No.
| GEORGIA | 
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Chambliss (R), Yes; Isakson (R), Yes.
| HAWAII | 
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Akaka (D), No; Inouye (D), No.
| IDAHO | 
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Crapo (R), Yes; Risch (R), Yes.
| ILLINOIS | 
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Burris (D), No; Durbin (D), No.
| INDIANA | 
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Bayh (D), No; Lugar (R), Yes.
| IOWA | 
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Grassley (R), Yes; Harkin (D), No.
| KANSAS | 
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Brownback (R), Yes; Roberts (R), Yes.
| KENTUCKY | 
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Bunning (R), Not Voting; McConnell (R), Yes.
| LOUISIANA | 
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Landrieu (D), No; Vitter (R), Yes.
| MAINE | 
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Collins (R), Yes; Snowe (R), Yes.
| MARYLAND | 
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Cardin (D), No; Mikulski (D), No.
| MASSACHUSETTS | 
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Kerry (D), No; Kirk (D), No.
| MICHIGAN | 
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Levin (D), No; Stabenow (D), No.
| MINNESOTA | 
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Franken (D), No; Klobuchar (D), No.
| MISSISSIPPI | 
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Cochran (R), Yes; Wicker (R), Yes.
| MISSOURI | 
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Bond (R), Yes; McCaskill (D), No.
| MONTANA | 
|---|
Baucus (D), No; Tester (D), No.
| NEBRASKA | 
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Johanns (R), Yes; Nelson (D), Yes.
| NEVADA | 
|---|
Ensign (R), Yes; Reid (D), No.
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | 
|---|
Gregg (R), Yes; Shaheen (D), No.
| NEW JERSEY | 
|---|
Lautenberg (D), No; Menendez (D), No.
| NEW MEXICO | 
|---|
Bingaman (D), No; Udall (D), No.
| NEW YORK | 
|---|
Gillibrand (D), No; Schumer (D), No.
| NORTH CAROLINA | 
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Burr (R), Yes; Hagan (D), No.
| NORTH DAKOTA | 
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Conrad (D), No; Dorgan (D), No.
| OHIO | 
|---|
Brown (D), No; Voinovich (R), Yes.
| OKLAHOMA | 
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Coburn (R), Yes; Inhofe (R), Yes.
| OREGON | 
|---|
Merkley (D), No; Wyden (D), No.
| PENNSYLVANIA | 
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Casey (D), No; Specter (D), No.
| RHODE ISLAND | 
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Reed (D), No; Whitehouse (D), No.
| SOUTH CAROLINA | 
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DeMint (R), Yes; Graham (R), Yes.
| SOUTH DAKOTA | 
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Johnson (D), No; Thune (R), Yes.
| TENNESSEE | 
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Alexander (R), Yes; Corker (R), Yes.
| TEXAS | 
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Cornyn (R), Yes; Hutchison (R), Yes.
| UTAH | 
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Bennett (R), Yes; Hatch (R), Yes.
| VERMONT | 
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Leahy (D), No; Sanders (I), No.
| VIRGINIA | 
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Warner (D), No; Webb (D), Yes.
| WASHINGTON | 
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Cantwell (D), No; Murray (D), No.
| WEST VIRGINIA | 
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Byrd (D), Not Voting; Rockefeller (D), No.
| WISCONSIN | 
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Feingold (D), No; Kohl (D), No.
| WYOMING | 
|---|
Barrasso (R), Yes; Enzi (R), Yes.
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