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H.R. 2048119th CongressSocial Welfare
Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act
Sponsored by Rep. Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY) · 271 active : 78 Republicans, 192 Democrats, 1 Independent
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Where it standsBefore the House4 representatives score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- House: next
- Senate: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govMetastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act
This bill expedites payment of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits and eligibility for Medicare coverage for those with metastatic breast cancer (i.e., breast cancer that has spread to other sites in the body).
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Specifically, the bill eliminates the 5-month waiting period for SSDI benefits and the subsequent 24-month waiting period for Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer. Under current law, individuals generally must wait 5 months after the onset of disability to begin receiving SSDI benefits and an additional 24 months to become eligible for Medicare.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Ways and Means · HouseReferred to
Subjects
No legislative subjects recorded yet. Similar-vote matching falls back to the policy area.
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
271 activeShow all 271 cosponsors
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)
- Judy Chu (D-CA-28)
- Kathy Castor (D-FL-14)
- Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2)
- Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS-AL)
- Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24)
- Betty McCollum (D-MN-4)
- Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4)
- Brad Finstad (R-MN-1)
- Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10)
- Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6)
- Darin LaHood (R-IL-16)
- David G. Valadao (R-CA-22)
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6)
- Don Bacon (R-NE-2)
- Ed Case (D-HI-1)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC-AL)
- Frank J. Mrvan
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
