Senate Roll Call Vote #00046

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2799: Harkin Amdt. No. 2799; To provide for increased resources for medical research, disease control, wellness, tobacco cessation and preventative health efforts including substance abuse and mental health services, establishing a fund for this purpose, offset by an increase in the cigarette tax to $1 and proportional increases in other tobacco excise taxes and deficit reduction.
Result: Rejected (32-64, 4 members not voting, 1/2 threshold)
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