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    This page contains Congressional resolutions. Resolutions indicate the topics that legislators care about, btu cannot legislate about.

00-BDC2 on Jun 28, 2000

We strongly believe that Congress should enact a Medicare prescription drug benefit that is available, affordable, dependable and voluntary for all seniors. The Blue Dog Coalition supports proposals to provide prescription drug coverage through a defined Medicare benefit that is available to all Medicare beneficiaries. Given the shortcomings of existing private plans, we believe that relying on private sector insurance plans will leave many beneficiaries without adequate coverage.
    An effective prescription drug benefit must:
  1. provide a benefit which is available to all seniors, including those in rural areas;
  2. provide equal treatment for all seniors, without disparities in coverage between rural, urban and suburban regions;
  3. use market power of seniors to reduce costs through competition;
  4. help low and middle-income seniors afford prescription medicine costs;
  5. allow participation by local pharmacists, not just mail order pharmacies; and
  6. be consistent with Medicare modernization.
Providing prescription drug coverage as a Medicare defined benefit ensures that all seniors, regardless of where they live, will have access to the same benefit plan. The Coalition opposes H.R. 4680, unless it is modified to provide all seniors with the option of prescription drug coverage.

Relying on private sector plans to deliver prescription drug coverage will not achieve the goals outlined above. It will not be cost effective for private plans to offer coverage in rural areas, which will result in expensive government subsidies to attract plans to rural areas. Rural seniors should not be forced to pay higher premiums or have less generous benefits, simply because they live in areas that are not financially attractive to private insurance companies.”


  • Topic: Health Care
  • Headline: Prescription drug benefit within Medicare (Score: 0)
  • Key for participation codes:
  • Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
  • Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
  • Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
  • Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred



Democrats participating in 00-BDC2

Michael Arcuri s1aNew York Democrat
Joe Baca s1aCalifornia Democrat
John Barrow s1aGeorgia Democrat
Melissa Bean s1aIllinois Democrat
Marion Berry s1aArkansas Democrat
Sanford Bishop s1aGeorgia Democrat
Dan Boren s1aOklahoma Democrat
Leonard Boswell s1aIowa Democrat
Allen Boyd s1aFlorida Democrat
Dennis Cardoza s1aCalifornia Democrat
Chris Carney s1aPennsylvania Democrat
Ben Chandler s1aKentucky Democrat
Gary Condit s1aCalifornia Democrat
Jim Cooper s1aTennessee Democrat
Jim Costa s1aCalifornia Democrat
Bud Cramer s1aAlabama Democrat
Lincoln Davis s1aTennessee Democrat
Joe Donnelly s1aIndiana Democrat
Brad Ellsworth s1aIndiana Democrat
Harold Ford s1aTennessee Democrat
Gabby Giffords s1aArizona Democrat
Kirsten Gillibrand s1aNew York Democrat
Bart Gordon s1aTennessee Democrat
Ralph Moody Hall s1aTexas Democrat
Jane Harman s1aCalifornia Democrat
Stephanie Herseth s1aSouth Dakota Democratic Challenger
Baron Hill s1aIndiana Democrat (Re-elected 2006)
Tim Holden s1aPennsylvania Democrat
Steve Israel s1aNew York Democrat
Nicholas Lampson s1aTexas Democrat (Re-elected 2006)
William Lipinski s1aIllinois Democrat (Until 2004)
Ken Lucas s1aKentucky Democrat (Until 2004)
Tim Mahoney s1aFlorida Democrat
Jim Marshall s1aGeorgia Democrat
Jim Matheson s1aUtah Democrat
Mike McIntyre s1aNorth Carolina Democrat
Michael Michaud s1aMaine Democrat
Dennis Moore s1aKansas Democrat
Patrick Murphy s1aPennsylvania Democrat
Collin Peterson s1aMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
David Phelps s1aIllinois Democrat
Earl Pomeroy s1aNorth Dakota Democrat
Mike Ross s1aArkansas Democrat
John Salazar s1aColorado Democrat
Loretta Sanchez s1aCalifornia Democrat
Max Sandlin s1aTexas Democrat (Until 2004)
Adam Schiff s1aCalifornia Democrat
David Scott s1aGeorgia Democrat
Ronnie Shows s1aMississippi Democrat
Heath Shuler s1aNorth Carolina Democrat
Norman Sisisky s1aVirginia Democrat
Zack Space s1aOhio Democrat
Charles Stenholm s1aTexas Democrat
John Tanner s1aTennessee Democrat
Ellen Tauscher s1aCalifornia Democrat
Gene Taylor s1aMississippi Democrat
Mike Thompson s1aCalifornia Democrat
Jim Turner s1aTexas Democrat (Until 2004)
Charlie Wilson s1aOhio Democrat



Republicans participating in 00-BDC2



Independents participating in 00-BDC2

Brad Carson s1aOK 2004 former Democratic challenger; US Representative
Chris John s1aLA 2004 former Democratic challenger; US Representative



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 59
Republicans: 0
Independents: 2

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