Robert Menendez on Taxes

DemocratNJ

Taxes295 votes · 75.4/100 consistent

Raise revenueCut taxes

548 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Taxes. 295 of them counted toward the score above: 164 toward “Raise revenue” and 131 toward “Cut taxes”.

The other 253 did not count: 239 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 14 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
2006-03-16	To restore the discretionary budget for the Department of Agriculture with an offset achieved by closing corporate tax loopholes.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Raise revenue
2006-03-16	To increase funding for Title I grants and reduce debt by closing corporate tax loopholes.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Raise revenue
2006-03-16	To provide an assured stream of funding for veteran's health care that will take into account the annual changes in the veteran's population and inflation to be paid for by restoring the pre-2001 top rate for income over $1 million, closing corporate tax loopholes and delaying tax cuts for the wealthy.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Raise revenue
2006-03-16	To increase funding by $1 billion for various tribal programs and provide necessary additional funding based on recommendations from Indian country, by closing corporate tax loopholes.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Raise revenue
2006-03-16	To restore funding for the civil works programs of the Corps of Engineers, the Federal Water Pollution Control State Revolving Fund, the National Park Service, the Forest Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Federal conservation programs, and other natural resource needs, through an offset achieved by closing corporate tax loopholes.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Raise revenue
2006-03-16	To increase funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program by $3,318,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, increasing the funds available to carry out that program to the fully authorized level of $5,100,000,000, to be paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Raise revenue
2006-03-15	To preserve a national intercity passenger rail system by providing adequate funding of $1.45 billion for Amtrak in Fiscal Year 2007 and to fully offset this additional funding by closing corporate tax loopholes.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Raise revenue
2006-03-14	To increase Veterans medical services funding by $1.5 billion in FY 2007 to be paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Raise revenue
2006-03-14	To support college access and job training by: (1) restoring program cuts slated for vocational education, TRIO, GEAR UP, Perkins Loans, and other student aid programs; (2) increasing investment in student aid programs, including increasing the maximum Pell Grant to $4,500; and (3) restoring cuts slated for job training programs; paid for by closing $6.3 billion in corporate tax loopholes.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Raise revenue
2006-03-09	To provide greater transparency with respect to lobbying activities, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 must register as political committees, and for other purposes.S. 2349 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2006-02-14	A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(b) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.H.R. 4297 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2006-02-14	A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(b) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.H.R. 4297 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2006-02-14	A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(b) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.H.R. 4297 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2006-02-14	A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(b) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.H.R. 4297 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2006-02-14	A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(b) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.H.R. 4297 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2006-02-13	A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(b) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.H.R. 4297 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Did not vote	Direction not readable
2006-02-13	A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(b) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.H.R. 4297 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Did not vote	Direction not readable
2006-02-02	A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(b) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.H.R. 4297 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Cut taxes
2006-02-02	To express the sense of the Senate that protecting middle-class families from the alternative minimum tax should be a higher priority for Congress in 2006 than extending a tax cut that does not expire until the end of 2008.H.R. 4297 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2006-02-02	To strengthen America's military, to repeal the extension of tax rates for capital gains and dividends, to reduce the deficit, and for other purposes.H.R. 4297 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Raise revenue
2006-02-02	To support the health needs of our veterans and military personnel and reduce the deficit by making tax rates fairer for all Americans.H.R. 4297 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Raise revenue
2006-02-02	To establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of the United States especially in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other areas impacted in the aftermath and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future.H.R. 4297 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2006-02-02	To provide for necessary beneficiary protections in order to ensure access to coverage under the Medicare part D prescription drug program.H.R. 4297 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2006-02-02	To express the sense of the Senate regarding the Medicare part D prescription drug program.H.R. 4297 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2006-02-02	To provide revenue provisions.H.R. 4297 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Raise revenue
2005-12-08	Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation ActH.R. 4297 · 109th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Raise revenue
2005-12-08	Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation ActH.R. 4297 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2005-12-08	Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005H.R. 4297 · 109th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2005-12-07	Gulf Opportunity Zone ActH.R. 4440 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Cut taxes
2005-12-07	Tax Revision ActH.R. 4388 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Cut taxes
2005-12-07	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend to 2006 the alternative minimum tax relief available in 2005 and to index such relief for inflationH.R. 4096 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Cut taxes
2005-04-13	Death Tax Repeal Permanency ActH.R. 8 · 109th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Raise revenue
2005-04-13	Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005H.R. 8 · 109th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2005-04-13	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8) to make the repeal of the estate tax permanentH.Res. 202 · 109th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	Direction not readable
2005-03-16	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rateH.R. 1270 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Raise revenue
2004-10-07	American Jobs Creation ActH.R. 4520 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Conference Report	Nay	Raise revenue
2004-09-29	American Jobs Creation ActH.R. 4520 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-09-23	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to end certain abusive tax practices, to provide tax relief and simplification, and for other purposes.H.R. 1308 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Conference Report	Nay	Raise revenue
2004-09-23	Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1308) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to accelerate the increase in the refundability of the child tax credit, and for other purposesH.Res. 794 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-09-23	Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1308) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to accelerate the increase in the refundability of the child tax credit, and for other purposesH.Res. 794 · 108th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-09-23	The Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee ActH.R. 1057 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Cut taxes
2004-09-09	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to end certain abusive tax practices, to provide tax relief and simplification, and for other purposes.H.R. 1308 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-07-22	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to end certain abusive tax practices, to provide tax relief and simplification, and for other purposes.H.R. 1308 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-07-21	Tax Simplification for America’s Job Creators Act of 2004H.R. 4840 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Cut taxes
2004-07-20	Stock Option Accounting Reform ActH.R. 3574 · 108th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-07-20	Stock Option Accounting Reform ActH.R. 3574 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-07-20	Stock Option Accounting Reform ActH.R. 3574 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-07-20	Stock Option Accounting Reform ActH.R. 3574 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-06-17	American Jobs Creation ActH.R. 4520 · 108th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Raise revenue
2004-06-17	American Jobs Creation ActH.R. 4520 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-06-17	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4520) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove impediments in such Code and make our manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses and workers more competitive and productive both at home and abroadH.Res. 681 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-06-17	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4520) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove impediments in such Code and make our manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses and workers more competitive and productive both at home and abroadH.Res. 681 · 108th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-06-02	Simple Tax for Seniors Act of 2004H.R. 4109 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-05-20	Child Credit Preservation and Expansion ActH.R. 4359 · 108th Congress · On Passage	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2004-05-20	Child Credit Preservation and Expansion Act of 2004H.R. 4359 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Did not vote	Direction not readable
2004-05-13	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 10-percent individual income tax rate bracketH.R. 4275 · 108th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Raise revenue
2004-05-13	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 10-percent individual income tax rate bracket.H.R. 4275 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-05-12	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangementsH.R. 4279 · 108th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Raise revenue
2004-05-12	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangementsH.R. 4279 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-05-12	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system, and to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees.H.R. 4279 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-05-12	Providing for the consideration of H.R. 4275, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 10-percent individual income tax rate bracketH.Res. 637 · 108th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-05-05	Middle-Class Alternative Minimum Tax Relief ActH.R. 4227 · 108th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Raise revenue
2004-05-05	Middle-Class Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2004H.R. 4227 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-04-28	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the increased standard deduction, and the 15-percent individual income tax rate bracket expansion, for married taxpayers filing joint returnsH.R. 4181 · 108th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Raise revenue
2004-04-28	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the increased standard deduction, and the 15-percent individual income tax rate bracket expansion, for married taxpayers filing joint returnsH.R. 4181 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-04-28	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the marriage penalty relief provided under the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.H.R. 4181 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-04-21	Guardsmen and Reservists Financial Relief ActH.R. 1779 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Cut taxes
2003-11-06	Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity ActH.R. 1308 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-10-28	Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity ActH.R. 1308 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-10-15	Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity ActH.R. 1308 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-10-01	Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity ActH.R. 1308 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-09-30	Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity ActH.R. 1308 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-09-23	Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity ActH.R. 1308 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-09-17	Charitable Giving ActH.R. 7 · 108th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Cut taxes
2003-09-17	Charitable Giving ActH.R. 7 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-09-17	Charitable Giving Act of 2003 H.R. 7 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-09-10	Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity ActH.R. 1308 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-09-10	Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity ActH.R. 1308 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-09-05	Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity ActH.R. 1308 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-07-25	Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity ActH.R. 1308 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-07-25	Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity ActH.R. 1308 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-07-25	Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity ActH.R. 1308 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-07-21	Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity ActH.R. 1308 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-07-18	Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity ActH.R. 1308 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-07-17	Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity ActH.R. 1308 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-07-16	Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity ActH.R. 1308 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-06-26	Health Savings and Affordability ActH.R. 2596 · 108th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Raise revenue
2003-06-19	Taxpayer Protection and IRS Accountability ActH.R. 1528 · 108th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Direction not readable
2003-06-19	Taxpayer Protection and IRS Accountability ActH.R. 1528 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-06-19	Tax Administration Good Government ActH.R. 1528 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-06-18	Death Tax Repeal Permanency ActH.R. 8 · 108th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Raise revenue
2003-06-18	Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2003H.R. 8 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-06-18	Providing for consideration of H.R. 8 to make the repeal of the estate tax permanent.H.Res. 281 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	Direction not readable
2003-06-18	Providing for consideration of H.R. 8 to make the repeal of the estate tax permanent.H.Res. 281 · 108th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	Direction not readable
2003-06-12	Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity ActH.R. 1308 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-06-12	Relating to consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill H.R. 1308 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to end certain abusive tax practices, to provide tax relief and simplification, and for other purposes.H.Res. 270 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	Direction not readable
2003-06-12	Relating to consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill H.R. 1308 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to end certain abusive tax practices, to provide tax relief and simplification, and for other purposes.H.Res. 270 · 108th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	Direction not readable
2003-05-23	Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax ActH.R. 2 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Conference Report	Nay	Raise revenue
2003-05-09	Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax ActH.R. 2 · 108th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Raise revenue
2003-05-09	Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax ActH.R. 2 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Raise revenue / Cut taxes axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.