S. 1776 — 111th Congress

Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009

Originated in the Senate · Introduced Oct 13, 2009 · Health

Latest action

Oct 21, 2009

Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 53. Record Vote Number: 325. (consideration: CR S10613-10614; text: CR S10613-10614)

CRS summary

As of Oct 13, 2009

Introduced in Senate

Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require an update of 0% to the single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule for 2010 and following years.

Sunsets as of the end of 2008 the mandatory annual publication in the Federal Register of the sustainable growth rate for all physicians' services for a fiscal year (which is an element in the formula for calculating the update adjustment factor as well as other factors in the determination of the Medicare physician fee schedule).

Congressional Research Service, via api.congress.gov (public domain)

Roll-call votes

1 on record

Oct 21, 2009 · On the Cloture Motion

Full roll call

Cloture Motion Rejected (47–53)

33 of 100 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.

Yea47: 33 D · 1 I

MemberPartyState
INOUYE, Daniel KenHI
LAUTENBERG, Frank RaleighNJ
BINGAMAN, Jesse Francis (Jeff), Jr.NM
KIRK, Paul G., Jr.MA
SPECTER, ArlenPA
DODD, Christopher JohnCT
BAUCUS, Max SiebenMT
BURRIS, RolandIL
NELSON, Earl BenjaminNE
KERRY, John ForbesMA
LINCOLN, Blanche LambertAR
KAUFMAN, Edward E.DE
AKAKA, Daniel KahikinaHI
Mark BegichDemocratAK
Mark L. PryorDemocratAR
Barbara BoxerDemocratCA
Dianne FeinsteinDemocratCA
Mark UdallDemocratCO
Michael F. BennetDemocratCO
Thomas R. CarperDemocratDE
Tom HarkinDemocratIA
Richard J. DurbinDemocratIL
Mary L. LandrieuDemocratLA
Barbara A. MikulskiDemocratMD
Benjamin L. CardinDemocratMD
Carl LevinDemocratMI
Debbie StabenowDemocratMI
Al FrankenDemocratMN
Amy KlobucharDemocratMN
Kay R. HaganDemocratNC
Jeanne ShaheenDemocratNH
Robert MenendezDemocratNJ
Tom UdallDemocratNM
Harry ReidDemocratNV
Charles E. SchumerDemocratNY
Kirsten E. GillibrandDemocratNY
Sherrod BrownDemocratOH
Jeff MerkleyDemocratOR
Robert P. Casey, Jr.DemocratPA
Jack ReedDemocratRI
Sheldon WhitehouseDemocratRI
Tim JohnsonDemocratSD
Patrick J. LeahyDemocratVT
Maria CantwellDemocratWA
Patty MurrayDemocratWA
John D. Rockefeller, IVDemocratWV
Bernard SandersIndependentVT

Nay53: 28 R · 5 D

MemberPartyState
VOINOVICH, George VictorOH
LUGAR, Richard GreenIN
WEBB, James H.VA
BUNNING, James Paul DavidKY
BROWNBACK, Sam DaleKS
FEINGOLD, Russell DanaWI
LIEBERMAN, Joseph I.CT
BYRD, Robert CarlyleWV
ENSIGN, John EricNV
GREGG, Judd AlanNH
DORGAN, Byron LeslieND
BOND, Christopher SamuelMO
SNOWE, Olympia JeanME
HUTCHISON, Kathryn Ann BaileyTX
BAYH, EvanIN
DeMINT, James W.SC
KOHL, Herbert H.WI
BENNETT, Robert FosterUT
LEMIEUX, George S.FL
CONRAD, KentND
Bill NelsonDemocratFL
Claire McCaskillDemocratMO
Jon TesterDemocratMT
Ron WydenDemocratOR
Mark R. WarnerDemocratVA
Lisa MurkowskiRepublicanAK
Jeff SessionsRepublicanAL
Richard C. ShelbyRepublicanAL
John McCainRepublicanAZ
Jon KylRepublicanAZ
Johnny IsaksonRepublicanGA
Saxby ChamblissRepublicanGA
Chuck GrassleyRepublicanIA
James E. RischRepublicanID
Mike CrapoRepublicanID
Pat RobertsRepublicanKS
Mitch McConnellRepublicanKY
David VitterRepublicanLA
Susan M. CollinsRepublicanME
Roger F. WickerRepublicanMS
Thad CochranRepublicanMS
Richard BurrRepublicanNC
Mike JohannsRepublicanNE
James M. InhofeRepublicanOK
Tom CoburnRepublicanOK
Lindsey GrahamRepublicanSC
John ThuneRepublicanSD
Bob CorkerRepublicanTN
Lamar AlexanderRepublicanTN
John CornynRepublicanTX
Orrin G. HatchRepublicanUT
John BarrassoRepublicanWY
Michael B. EnziRepublicanWY

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