NayPN252Roll Call VoteScott Mayer, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2029; and Mary Anne Carter, of Tennessee, to be Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts for a term of four years; and Christopher Yeaw, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Stability); and Tammy Bruce, of California, to be the Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations,...December 18, 2025
NayPN2529Roll Call VoteScott Mayer, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2029; and Mary Anne Carter, of Tennessee, to be Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts for a term of four years; and Christopher Yeaw, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Stability); and Tammy Bruce, of California, to be the Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations,...December 17, 2025
YeaS326ClotureA bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a study and clinical trials on the effects of cannabis on certain health outcomes of veterans with chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes.April 26, 2023
YeaHR3967Final PassageA bill to improve health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances, and for other purposes.June 16, 2022
YeaHR3967Cloture MotionA bill to improve health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances, and for other purposes.June 15, 2022
YeaHR3967Cloture MotionA bill to improve health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances, and for other purposes.June 13, 2022
YeaHR3967Cloture MotionA bill to improve health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances, and for other purposes.June 7, 2022
YeaS4049Amendment VoteTo reduce the bloated Pentagon budget by 10 percent and invest that money in jobs, education, health care, and housing in communities in the United States in which the poverty rate is not less than 25 percent.July 22, 2020
YeaS2943Amendment VoteTo provide that certain provisions in this Act relating to limitations, transparency, and oversight regarding medical research conducted by the Department of Defense shall have mo force or effect.June 7, 2016
YeaS2943Amendment VoteTo modify the requirement that the Secretary of Defense implement measures to maintain the critical wartime medical readiness skills and core competencies of health care providers within the Armed Forces.June 6, 2016
YeaHR3236Final PassageA bill to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, to provide resource flexibility to the Department of Veterans Affairs for health care services, and for other purposes.July 30, 2015
YeaHR22Cloture MotionA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.July 29, 2015
YeaHR22Motion VoteA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.July 27, 2015
Not VotingHR22Motion to ProceedA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.July 24, 2015
NayHR22ClotureA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.July 22, 2015
NayHR22ClotureA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.July 21, 2015
YeaHR203Final PassageA bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the conduct of annual evaluations of mental health care and suicide prevention programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to require a pilot program on loan repayment for psychiatrists who agree to serve in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.February 3, 2015
YeaHR3474Cloture MotionA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.May 13, 2014
YeaS1963Final PassageA bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide assistance to caregivers of veterans, to improve the provision of health care to veterans, and for other purposes.November 19, 2009
YeaSCONRES83Amendment VoteTo provide an assured stream of funding for veteran's health care that will take into account the annual changes in the veteran's population and inflation to be paid for by restoring the pre-2001 top rate for income over $1 million, closing corporate tax loopholes and delaying tax cuts for the wealthy.March 16, 2006
YeaSCONRES83Amendment VoteTo provide increased funding for veterans health programs, and to negate the need for enrollment fees and increase in pharmacy co-payments.March 14, 2006
YeaHR2863Roll Call VoteTo ensure that future funding for health care for former members of the Armed Forces takes into account changes in population and inflation.October 5, 2005
YeaS2400Motion VoteTo assure that funding is provided for veterans health care each fiscal year to cover increases in population and inflation.June 23, 2004
YeaHCONRES83Amendment VoteTo amend the congressional budget to allow for the continued transformation of the military, to fulfill congressional commitments to provide quality health care for active and retired military families, and to continue improvements in compensation, housing, and other quality of life issues.April 4, 2001
NayS4Motion to TableTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a demonstration project to provide the Department of Veterans Affairs with medicare reimbursement for medicare health-care services provided to certain medicare-eligible vetreans.February 24, 1999
YeaS2057Roll Call Vote(SENATE REJECTED HARKIN AMENDMENT NO. 2982, TO AUTHORIZE A TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR HEALTH CARE. .)June 25, 1998
NayS936Motion to Table(SENATE TABLED WELLSTONE MODIFIED AMENDMENT NO. 668, TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO TRANSFER $400,000,000 TO THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR VETERANS' HEALTH CARE AND OTHER PURPOSES.)July 10, 1997
NayS495Final Passage(SENATE PASSED S. 495, AS MODIFIED, TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PENALTIES FOR THE UNLAWFUL ACQUISITION, TRANSFER, OR USE OF ANY CHEMICAL WEAPON OR BIOLOGICAL WEAPON, AND TO REDUCE THE THREAT OF ACTS OF TERRORISM OR ARMED AGGRESSION INVOLVING THE USE OF ANY SUCH WEAPON AGAINST THE UNITED STATES, ITS CITIZENS, OR ARMED FORCES, OR THOSE OF ANY ALLIED COUNTRY.)April 17, 1997
YeaHR3666Roll Call Vote(SENATE FAILED TO SUSTAIN A POINT OF ORDER THAT AMENDMENT NO. 5190, TO PROVIDE BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS WHO ARE BORN WITH SPINA BIFIDA, AND TO OFFSET THE COST OF SUCH BENEFITS BY REQUIRING THAT THERE BE AN ELEMENT OF FAULT AS A PRECONDITION FOR ENTITLEMENT TO COMPENSATION FOR A DISABILITY OR DEATH RESULTING FROM HEALTH CARE OF CERTAIN OTHER SERVICES FURNISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, WAS NOT GERMANE.)September 5, 1996
NayHR3666Amendment Vote(SENATE AGREED TO MCCAIN MODIFIED AMENDMENT NO. 5177, TO REQUIRE A PLAN FOR THE ALLOCATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE RESOURCES.)September 4, 1996
Not VotingHR3103Conference ReportH.R.3103 BY ARCHER (R-TX) -- HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996 (PUB. L. 104-191, APPROVED 8/21/96) (SENATE AGREED TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 3103, TO AMEND THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 TO IMPROVE PORTABILITY AND CONTINUITY OF HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE IN THE GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL MARKETS, TO COMBAT WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE IN HEALTH INSURANCE AND HEALTH CARE DELIVERY, TO PROMOTE THE USE OF MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES AND COVERAGE, AND TO SIMPLIFY THE ADMINISTRATION OF HEALTH INSURANCE.)August 2, 1996
YeaS1664Amendment Vote(SENATE REJECTED THE KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 3822 TO AMENDMENT NO. 3743, TO EXEMPT CHILDREN, VETERANS, AND PREGNANT MOTHERS FROM THE SPONSOR DEEMING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.)April 30, 1996
YeaHR3103Final PassageH.R.3103 BY ARCHER (R-TX) -- HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM ACT OF 1996 (SENATE PASSED H.R. 3103, TO AMEND THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 TO IMPROVE PORTABILITY AND CONTINUITY OF HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE IN THE GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL MARKETS, TO COMBAT WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE IN HEALTH INSURANCE AND HEALTH CARE DELIVERY, TO PROMOTE THE USE OF MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, TO PROMOTE THE USE OF MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES AND COVERAGE, AND TO SIMPLIFY THE ADMINISTRATION OF HEALTH INSURANCE.)April 23, 1996
YeaHR3019Amendment VoteH.R.3019 BY LIVINGSTON (R-LA) -- BALANCED BUDGET DOWN PAYMENT ACT, II DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 THE JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 PRISON LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 USEC PRIVATIZATION ACT FDA EXPORT REFORM AND ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 1996 DEBT COLLECTION IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1996 GREENS CREEK LAND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1996 (SENATE AGREED TO SPECTER AMENDMENT NO. 3473 TO AMENDMENT NO. 3467, TO REVISE PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION.)March 12, 1996
YeaS1357Motion Vote(THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO WAIVE SECTION 305(B)(2) OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF HARKIN AMENDMENT NO. 2970, TO STRENGTHEN EFFORTS TO COMBAT MEDICARE WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE. .)October 26, 1995