How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week Among other legislation, the House agreed to the Senate amendment to the Medicare Sequester Act to exempt Medicare from pay-as-you-go budget limits in the most recent COVID-19 stimulus spending law. Targeted News Service HOUSE VOTES MEDICARE AND STIMULUS SPENDING: The House has agreed to the Senate amendment to the Medicare Sequester Act (H.R. 1868), sponsored by Rep. John A. Yarmuth, D-Ky., to exempt Medicare from pay-as-you-go budget limits in the most recent COVID-19 stimulus spending law, and provide higher Medicaid payments to California’s public hospitals. Yarmuth said the exemption “will ensure our healthcare providers–who have been on the front lines of this pandemic–are supported during this difficult time.” The vote, on April 13, was 384 yeas to 38 nays.