The “Common Sense Savings Act of 2016” is a budget-minded measure supported by Republican leadership that passed on a party-line 28-19 vote in the full committee. The package contains $25 billion in health cuts and is seen as an attempt to garner conservative support for a larger GOP budget.
During the markup, an amendment was offered by Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.) to strike the section of the bill that cut provider assessments. The amendment garnered the support of all Democrats on the committee as well as Reps. Larry Buschon and Susan Brooks, both Republicans from Indiana.
AHCA Senior Vice President for Government Relations Clifton J. Porter II said in a statement following the passage of the package, “Contrary to its name, this bill as it stands today does not take a common sense approach to saving dollars.”
“It cuts a lifeline for millions that is already underfunded — the Medicaid program,” Porter continued.
The package will inform upcoming House budget negotiations as Republican leadership continues seek agreement within their caucus on an official budget recommendation. The Senate has indicated it currently has no plans to pursue a budget in 2016.
House Energy & Commerce Committee Voting Record on HR 4725:
First
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Last
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Final Vote
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Party
|
State
|
Joe
|
Barton
|
y
|
REP
|
TX
|
Gus
|
Bilirakis
|
y
|
REP
|
FL
|
Marsha
|
Blackburn
|
Absent
|
REP
|
TN
|
Susan
|
Brooks
|
y
|
REP
|
IN
|
Larry
|
Bucshon
|
y
|
REP
|
IN
|
Michael
|
Burgess
|
y
|
REP
|
TX
|
G.K.
|
Butterfield
|
n
|
DEM
|
NC
|
Lois
|
Capps
|
n
|
DEM
|
CA
|
Tony
|
Cardenas
|
n
|
DEM
|
CA
|
Kathy
|
Castor
|
n
|
DEM
|
FL
|
Yvette
|
Clarke
|
n
|
DEM
|
NY
|
Chris
|
Collins
|
y
|
REP
|
NY
|
Kevin
|
Cramer
|
y
|
REP
|
ND
|
Diana
|
DeGette
|
Absent
|
DEM
|
CO
|
Mike
|
Doyle
|
n
|
DEM
|
PA
|
Renee
|
Ellmers
|
Absent
|
REP
|
NC
|
Eliot
|
Engel
|
Absent
|
DEM
|
NY
|
Anna
|
Eshoo
|
Absent
|
DEM
|
CA
|
Bill
|
Flores
|
y
|
REP
|
TX
|
Gene
|
Green
|
n
|
DEM
|
TX
|
Morgan
|
Griffith
|
y
|
REP
|
VA
|
Brett
|
Guthrie
|
y
|
REP
|
KY
|
Gregg
|
Harper
|
Absent
|
REP
|
MS
|
Richard
|
Hudson
|
y
|
REP
|
NC
|
Bill
|
Johnson
|
y
|
REP
|
OH
|
Joseph
|
Kennedy
|
n
|
DEM
|
MA
|
Adam
|
Kinzinger
|
y
|
REP
|
IL
|
Leonard
|
Lance
|
y
|
REP
|
NJ
|
Bob
|
Latta
|
y
|
REP
|
OH
|
Dave
|
Loebsack
|
n
|
DEM
|
IA
|
Billy
|
Long
|
y
|
REP
|
MO
|
Ben
|
Lujan
|
n
|
DEM
|
NM
|
Doris
|
Matsui
|
n
|
DEM
|
CA
|
David
|
McKinley
|
y
|
REP
|
WV
|
Cathy
|
McMorris Rodgers
|
y
|
REP
|
WA
|
Jerry
|
McNerney
|
n
|
DEM
|
CA
|
Markwayne
|
Mullin
|
y
|
REP
|
OK
|
Tim
|
Murphy
|
y
|
REP
|
PA
|
Pete
|
Olson
|
y
|
REP
|
TX
|
Frank
|
Pallone
|
n
|
DEM
|
NJ
|
Joe
|
Pitts
|
y
|
REP
|
PA
|
Mike
|
Pompeo
|
y
|
REP
|
KS
|
Bobby
|
Rush
|
Absent
|
DEM
|
IL
|
John
|
Sarbanes
|
n
|
DEM
|
MD
|
Steve
|
Scalise
|
y
|
REP
|
LA
|
Jan
|
Schakowsky
|
n
|
DEM
|
IL
|
Kurt
|
Schrader
|
n
|
DEM
|
OR
|
John
|
Shimkus
|
y
|
REP
|
IL
|
Paul
|
Tonko
|
n
|
DEM
|
NY
|
Fred
|
Upton
|
y
|
REP
|
MI
|
Greg
|
Walden
|
y
|
REP
|
OR
|
Peter
|
Welch
|
n
|
DEM
|
VT
|
Edward
|
Whitfield
|
y
|
REP
|
KY
|
John
|
Yarmuth
|
n
|
DEM
|
KY
|
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