dc area congressional votes
For the Record
Here's how some major bills fared recently in Congress and how local congressional members voted, as provided by Thomas Voting Reports. The District's congressional delegate is not permitted to vote on final passage of legislation. "NV" means "not voting."
House votes
Health-care bill
For: 220/Against: 215
The House passed a bill (HR 3962) that would aim to provide affordable medical insurance to about 36 million uncovered U.S. residents while overhauling insurance-industry practices in ways that benefit the sick, the well, the uninsured and the insured. The bill, which awaits Senate action, would extend coverage to about 96 percent of the non-elderly population by 2019 while not adding to the national debt.
The bill would expand Medicaid to cover an additional 15 million people, require employers with payrolls above $500,000 to provide insurance for their workers and establish an exchange for delivering coverage to individuals who do not receive insurance at work or through Medicaid or Medicare. The exchange, or marketplace, would offer private policies alongside a government-run "public option" and would provide subsidies to help low- and middle-income individuals meet premium costs. The public option, a Medicare-style plan in which the government would negotiate rates with doctors and hospitals, would serve an estimated 6 million people.
Roughly half of the bill's projected cost of $900 billion or more over ten years would be financed through measures that slow the growth rate of Medicare. Additionally, the bill would raise about $460 billion through a 5.4 percent surtax on individuals with adjusted gross incomes over $500,000 and couples earning over $1 million. (Surtaxes are figured on taxes owed, not adjusted gross incomes.) The bill also would levy a 2.5 percent excise tax on medical devices, among other revenue-raisers.
A yes vote was to pass the bill.
MARYLAND
Y
N
NV
Source: Washington Post
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