Mel Martinez on Education

RepublicanFL

Education16 votes · 29.6/100 consistent

Expand federal roleReduce federal role

39 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Education. 16 of them counted toward the score above: 8 toward “Expand federal role” and 8 toward “Reduce federal role”.

The other 23 did not count: 22 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 1 was one 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
2009-03-26	A bill entitled "The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, an Act to reauthorize and reform the national service laws."H.R. 1388 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expand federal role
2009-03-26	To prohibit ACORN, or organizations affiliated or co-located with ACORN, from receiving assistance under this Act.H.R. 1388 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-03-26	To express the sense of the Senate regarding the Federal income tax deduction for charitable giving.H.R. 1388 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-03-26	To express the sense of the Senate regarding the Federal income tax charitable giving.H.R. 1388 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-03-25	To clarify that nonprofit organizations assisted under the Nonprofit Capacity Building Program include certain crisis pregnancy centers, and organizations that serve battered women or victims of rape or incest.H.R. 1388 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-03-25	To increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and for other purposes.H.R. 1388 · 111th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-03-23	A bill to reauthorize and reform the national service laws.H.R. 1388 · 111th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2008-07-31	A bill to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.H.R. 4137 · 110th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Expand federal role
2008-03-13	To put children ahead of millionaires and billionaires by restoring the pre-2001 top income tax rate for people earning over $1 million, and use this revenue to invest in LIHEAP; IDEA; Head Start; Child Care; nutrition; school construction and deficit reduction.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
2008-03-13	To protect families, family farms and small businesses by extending the income tax rate structure, raising the death tax exemption to $5 million and reducing the maximum death tax rate to no more than 35%; to keep education affordable by extending the college tuition deduction; and to protect senior citizens from higher taxes on their retirement income, maintain U.S. financial market competitiveness, and promote economic growth by extending the lower tax rates on dividends and capital gains.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand federal role
2007-11-14	A bill to reauthorize the Head Start Act, to improve program quality, to expand access, and for other purposes.H.R. 1429 · 110th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Expand federal role
2007-09-07	A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 601 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Expand federal role
2007-07-24	A bill to extend the authorization of programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.S. 1642 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expand federal role
2007-07-24	To provide for a demonstration and certification regarding the use of certain Federal funds.S. 1642 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-07-23	To provide for a Federal supplemental loan program.S. 1642 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
2007-07-20	A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 601 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Reduce federal role
2007-07-20	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the individual alternative minimum tax.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-07-20	A sense of the Senate relative to the Alternative Minimum Tax.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-07-19	To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require individuals voting in person to present photo identification.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-07-19	To repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect to the expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-07-19	A sense of the Senate relative to the adoption tax creditH.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-07-19	To provide interim relief for shortages in employment-based visas for aliens with extraordinary ability and advanced degrees and for nurses.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-07-19	To permanently extend certain education-related tax incentives.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Expand federal role
2007-07-19	A sense of the Senate relative to tax policy.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-07-19	To reduce document fraud, prevent identity theft, and preserve the integrity of the Social Security system, by ensuring that individuals are not able to receive Social Security benefits as a result of unlawful activity.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-07-19	Relative to illegal aliens qualifying for Social Security benefits; and Relative to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-07-19	To provide limited immunity for reports of suspicious behavior and response.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-07-19	To amend the National Labor Relations Act to ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-07-19	To express the sense of the Senate on the detainees of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-07-19	To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-07-19	To strike the provisions relating to loan forgiveness for public service employees.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Reduce federal role
2007-07-19	To amend the special allowance payments.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2007-07-19	To amend the amounts appropriated for Promise Grants for fiscal years 2014 through 2017.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-07-19	To increase the amount appropriated for the college access partnership grant program.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
2007-07-18	A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 601 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Direction not readable
2007-03-21	To protect families, family farms and small businesses by raising the death tax exemption to $5 million and reducing the maximum death tax rate to no more than 35%, to extend college tuition deduction, to extend the student loan interest deduction, to extend the teacher classroom deduction, to protect senior citizens from higher taxes on their retirement income, to maintain U.S. financial market competitiveness, and to promote economic growth by extending the lower tax rates on dividends and capital gains.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand federal role
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	Nay	Reduce federal role
2005-10-26	To increase appropriations for Head Start programs.H.R. 3010 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Reduce federal role
2005-10-25	To increase the maximum Federal Pell Grant award by $200 to $4,250.H.R. 3010 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Reduce federal role

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Expand federal role / Reduce federal role 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.