Senate Vote116th Congress
Dec 2, 2020· Congress 116· Vote #250· 3/5 required
S. 578
Bill Passed
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] · RI
Summary
ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019
This bill eliminates the five-month waiting period for disability benefits under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a progressive neurodegenerative disease, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord). Under current law, individuals must wait five months after becoming disabled before their disability insurance benefit payments may begin.
96
Yea
1
Nay
—
Present
3
Absent
Yea 96 (96%)(1%) 1 Nay
3 present / not voting
Party Split
Democrat
45 Yea0 Nay1 Other
Republican
50 Yea1 Nay1 Other
Independent
1 Yea0 Nay1 Other
Member Votes100
Yes (96)
Leahy (D-VT)D-VT
Grassley (R-IA)R-IA
McConnell (R-KY)R-KY
Shelby (R-AL)R-AL
Feinstein (D-CA)D-CA
Murray (D-WA)D-WA
Inhofe (R-OK)R-OK
Wyden (D-OR)D-OR
Collins (R-ME)R-ME
Durbin (D-IL)D-IL
Enzi (R-WY)R-WY
Reed (D-RI)D-RI
Roberts (R-KS)R-KS
Crapo (R-ID)R-ID
Schumer (D-NY)D-NY
Cantwell (D-WA)D-WA
Carper (D-DE)D-DE
Stabenow (D-MI)D-MI
Cornyn (R-TX)R-TX
Murkowski (R-AK)R-AK
Alexander (R-TN)R-TN
Graham (R-SC)R-SC
Burr (R-NC)R-NC
Thune (R-SD)R-SD
Menendez (D-NJ)D-NJ
Brown (D-OH)D-OH
Cardin (D-MD)D-MD
Casey (D-PA)D-PA
Klobuchar (D-MN)D-MN
Tester (D-MT)D-MT
Whitehouse (D-RI)D-RI
Barrasso (R-WY)R-WY
Wicker (R-MS)R-MS
Merkley (D-OR)D-OR
Risch (R-ID)R-ID
Shaheen (D-NH)D-NH
Udall (D-NM)D-NM
Warner (D-VA)D-VA
Bennet (D-CO)D-CO
Gillibrand (D-NY)D-NY
Coons (D-DE)D-DE
Manchin (D-WV)D-WV
Blumenthal (D-CT)D-CT
Blunt (R-MO)R-MO
Boozman (R-AR)R-AR
Hoeven (R-ND)R-ND
Johnson (R-WI)R-WI
Moran (R-KS)R-KS
Paul (R-KY)R-KY
Portman (R-OH)R-OH
Rubio (R-FL)R-FL
Toomey (R-PA)R-PA
Schatz (D-HI)D-HI
Baldwin (D-WI)D-WI
Cruz (R-TX)R-TX
Fischer (R-NE)R-NE
Heinrich (D-NM)D-NM
Hirono (D-HI)D-HI
Kaine (D-VA)D-VA
King (I-ME)I-ME
Murphy (D-CT)D-CT
Scott (R-SC)R-SC
Warren (D-MA)D-MA
Markey (D-MA)D-MA
Booker (D-NJ)D-NJ
Capito (R-WV)R-WV
Cassidy (R-LA)R-LA
Cotton (R-AR)R-AR
Daines (R-MT)R-MT
Ernst (R-IA)R-IA
Gardner (R-CO)R-CO
Lankford (R-OK)R-OK
Perdue (R-GA)R-GA
Peters (D-MI)D-MI
Rounds (R-SD)R-SD
Sasse (R-NE)R-NE
Sullivan (R-AK)R-AK
Tillis (R-NC)R-NC
Cortez Masto (D-NV)D-NV
Duckworth (D-IL)D-IL
Hassan (D-NH)D-NH
Kennedy (R-LA)R-LA
Van Hollen (D-MD)D-MD
Young (R-IN)R-IN
Jones (D-AL)D-AL
Smith (D-MN)D-MN
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)R-MS
Blackburn (R-TN)R-TN
Braun (R-IN)R-IN
Cramer (R-ND)R-ND
Hawley (R-MO)R-MO
Romney (R-UT)R-UT
Rosen (D-NV)D-NV
Sinema (D-AZ)D-AZ
Scott (R-FL)R-FL
Kelly (D-AZ)D-AZ
Abstained (0)
None
No (1)
Lee (R-UT)R-UT
Absent (3)
Sanders (I-VT)I-VT
Harris (D-CA)D-CA
Loeffler (R-GA)R-GA