PORKEROpen the app

House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

To provide for substantial reductions in the price of prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries.

H.R. 4646Introduced Sep 26, 1998Policy area: Health
Sponsor: Rep. Jim Turner D-TX
Open in Bill Explorer →

Where it went

Latest action: Sep 30, 1998 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

64 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 61 Democrats, 1 independent

0 of 64 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Marion Berry (D-AR), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Lois Capps (D-CA), Julia Carson (D-IN), Bob Clement (D-TN), Gary Condit (D-CA), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Sam Farr (D-CA), Harold Ford (D-TN), Martin Frost (D-TX), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Gene Green (D-TX), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Christopher John (D-LA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX) and 34 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Turner.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-2 district

Open in Bill Explorer →

Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.