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Detail for 2001 Senate Roll Call Vote 218

Vote Date
29-Jun-2001
Yeas : Nays
42 : 54

Our Congress Position Report shows how every member voted during this vote.

Information about the vote from special interest groups and other information providers in our Report Cards:

American Conservative Union

Waiver of the Right to Sue.

Kyl (R-AZ) amendment to the Patients’ Rights Bill that would allow health plan issuers to provide a lower cost health plan to participants who waive their right to sue. The amendment was rejected.

Republican Liberty Caucus (Civil Liberty)

Patients Bill of Rights/Waiver.

To allow lower-cost plans that allow participants to waive their right to sue.

Americans for Tax Reform

Patients' Rights.

The Senate defeated an amendment that would have allowed people to lower their insurance premiums by waiving their right to sue.
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