HRES 400 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Commemorating 50 years since the creation of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs.

Introduced Jul 29, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ

Fact sheet

Latest action · Aug 3, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedJul 29, 2015
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that:

  • all efforts to improve Medicare and Medicaid under titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act must support and build upon President Johnson's vision "to assure the availability of and accessibility to the best health care to all Americans, regardless of age or geography or economic status";
  • Medicare should not be transformed into a voucher program, leaving seniors and people with disabilities vulnerable to higher out-of-pocket costs; and
  • Medicaid should not be dismantled by policies that slash funding, shift costs to states, reduce benefits, and erode the safety net relied on by over millions of individuals.

Cosponsors 161

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 29, 2015 to Jan 13, 2016, with 154 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-FLAlan GraysonOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-ILBill FosterOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalJul 29, 2015
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalJul 29, 2015
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalJul 29, 2015
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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 3, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jul 31, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Jul 29, 2015Introduced in House
  4. Jul 29, 2015Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
SRES 25A resolution commemorating 50 years since the creation of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs.Related billJan 8, 2015

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

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  1. Jul 29, 2015Introduced in House

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