Jack Reed on Taxes

DemocratRI

Taxes432 votes · 71.1/100 consistent

Raise revenueCut taxes

720 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Taxes. 432 of them counted toward the score above: 249 toward “Raise revenue” and 183 toward “Cut taxes”.

The other 288 did not count: 287 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
2001-05-21	To limit the reduction in the 39.6% rate to 38% and to replace the estate tax repeal with increases in the unified credit and the family-owned business exclusion so that the savings may be used for Federal debt reduction and improvements to the Nation's nontransportation infrastructure.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Raise revenue
2001-05-21	To strike all marginal rate tax cuts except for the establishment of the 10 percent rate and strike all estate and gift tax provisions taking effect after 2006 in order to provide funds to strengthen social security, extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds, maintain progressivity in the social security benefit system, continue to lift more seniors out of poverty, extend the solvency of the Medicare Trust Funds, and provide prescription drug benefits.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Raise revenue
2001-05-21	To establish a reserve account to provide funds for Federal education programs.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-05-21	To provide a reduction in State estate tax revenues in proportion to the reduction in Federal estate tax revenues.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Cut taxes
2001-05-21	To provide for a substitute amendment which amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a 10-percent income tax bracket.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Cut taxes
2001-05-21	To preserve and protect the surpluses by providing a trigger to delay tax reductions and mandatory spending increases and limit discretionary spending if certain deficit targets are not met over the next 10 years.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Raise revenue
2001-05-21	To delay the reduction of the top income tax rate for individuals until a real Medicare prescription drug benefit is enacted.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Raise revenue
2001-05-21	To provide a marginal tax rate reduction for all taxpayers.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Cut taxes
2001-05-21	To provide a temporary reduction in the maximum capital gains rate from 20 percent to 15 percent.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Raise revenue
2001-05-17	To increase the deduction for higher education expenses for certain taxpayers and to increase the tax credit for student loan interest.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Cut taxes
2001-05-17	To begin the phase-in of the elimination of the marriage penalty in the standard deduction in 2002 and to offset the revenue loss.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-05-17	To accelerate the elimination of the marriage penalty in the standard deduction and 15-percent bracket and to modify the reduction in the marginal rate of tax.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Cut taxes
2001-04-05	To provide for a tax cut accelerator.H.Con.Res. 83 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Raise revenue
2000-07-21	A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 103(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2001.H.R. 4810 · 106th Congress · On the Conference Report	Nay	Raise revenue
2000-07-18	A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 103(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2001.H.R. 4810 · 106th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Raise revenue
2000-07-18	To provide a substitute.H.R. 4810 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2000-07-18	To pay down the debt by striking the tax cuts.H.R. 4810 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Raise revenue
2000-07-18	To repeal the modification of the installment method.H.R. 4810 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Cut taxes
2000-07-17	To make the bill effective upon enactment of a Medicare prescription drug benefit.H.R. 4810 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-07-17	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow small business employers a credit against income tax for employee health insurance expenses paid or incurred by the employer.H.R. 4810 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Cut taxes
2000-07-17	To amend title XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to permit States to expand coverage under the medicaid program and SCHIP to parents of enrolled children, and for other purposes.H.R. 4810 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-07-17	To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex.H.R. 4810 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-07-17	To provide a nonrefundable credit against tax for costs of COBRA continuation insurance and allow extended COBRA coverage for qualified retirees, and for other purposes.H.R. 4810 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Cut taxes
2000-07-17	To strike the adjustment to the rate brackets and to further adjust the standard deduction.H.R. 4810 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-07-17	To provide a complete substitute.H.R. 4810 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-07-17	To strike sunset provision; and To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide marriage tax relief by adjusting the standard deduction, 15-percent and 28-percent rate brackets, and earned income credit, and for other purposes; and A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 103(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2001.H.R. 4810 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Raise revenue
2000-07-17	A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 103(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2001.H.R. 4810 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-07-14	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phaseout the estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period.H.R. 8 · 106th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Raise revenue
2000-07-14	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phaseout the estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period.H.R. 8 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Raise revenue
2000-07-14	To preserve budget surplus funds so that they might be available to extend the life of Social Security and Medicare.H.R. 8 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Raise revenue
2000-07-14	To provide tax relief by providing modifications to education individual retirement accounts.H.R. 8 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Raise revenue
2000-07-14	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit exemption and the qualified family-owned business interest deduction and provide a long-term care credit, and for other purposes.H.R. 8 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Cut taxes
2000-07-14	To protect and provide resources for the Social Security System, to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the "motherhood penalty", increase the widow's and widower's benefit and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit exemption and the qualified family-owned business interest deduction, and for other purposes.H.R. 8 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Cut taxes
2000-07-14	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit exemption and the qualified family-owned business interest deduction, to increase, expand, and simplify the child and dependent care tax credit, to expand the adoption credit for special needs children, to provide incentives for employer-provided child care, and for other purposes.H.R. 8 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Cut taxes
2000-07-14	To provide for the designation of renewal communities and to provide tax incentives relating to such communities, to provide a tax credit to taxpayers investing in entities seeking to provide capital to create new markets in low-income communities, and to provide for the establishment of Individual Development Accounts (IDAs), and for other purposes.H.R. 8 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Raise revenue
2000-07-14	To establish a National Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States to provide for the development of decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families.H.R. 8 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-07-13	To repeal the increase in tax on Social Security benefits.H.R. 8 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Raise revenue
2000-07-13	To amend the internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit exemption and the qualified family-owned business interest deduction, to provide a refundable credit to certain individuals for elective deferrals and IRA contributions, and to provide an incentive to small businesses to establish and maintain qualified pension plans, to amend the Social Security Act to provide each American child with a KidSave Account, and for other purposes.H.R. 8 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Cut taxes
2000-07-13	To provide additional budget resources for a medicare prescription drug benefit program.H.R. 8 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-07-13	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone and other communication services.H.R. 8 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Cut taxes
2000-07-13	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit exemption and the qualified family-owned business interest deduction and expand education initiatives, and for other purposes.H.R. 8 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Cut taxes
2000-07-13	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily reduce the Federal fuels tax to zero.H.R. 8 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Raise revenue
2000-07-13	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit exemption and the qualified family-owned business interest deduction, to make higher education more affordable, to provide incentives for advanced teacher certification, and for other purposes.H.R. 8 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Cut taxes
2000-07-13	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a permanent extension of the credit for increasing research activities.H.R. 8 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Cut taxes
2000-07-13	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit exemption and the qualified family-owned business interest deduction, and for other purposes.H.R. 8 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Cut taxes
2000-07-11	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phaseout the estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period.H.R. 8 · 106th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Cut taxes
2000-06-29	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require 527 organizations to disclose their political activities.H.R. 4762 · 106th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-06-08	To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.S. 2549 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2000-04-27	To provide a committee amendment.H.R. 6 · 106th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2000-04-13	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the marriage penalty by providing that the income tax rate bracket amounts, and the amount of the standard deduction, for joint returns shall be twice the amounts applicable to unmarried individuals.H.R. 6 · 106th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Raise revenue
2000-04-13	To provide a committee amendment.H.R. 6 · 106th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2000-04-11	A bill instituting a Federal fuels tax holiday.S. 2285 · 106th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Raise revenue
2000-04-07	To reduce the GOP tax cut by less than 1 percent in FY2001, and 1.8 percent over 5 years, to increase the Pell grant maximum by a total of $400- raising the basic Pell grant from the current $3,300 to $3,700.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Raise revenue
2000-04-05	To condition Senate consideration of any tax cut reconciliation legislation on previous enactment of legislation to provide an outpatient prescription drug benefit under the medicare program that is consistent with medicare reform.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Raise revenue
2000-03-30	A bill instituting a Federal fuels tax holiday.S. 2285 · 106th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Cut taxes
2000-03-02	An original bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures from education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses, to increase the maximum annual amount of contributions to such accounts, and for other purposes.S. 1134 · 106th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Raise revenue
2000-03-02	To reduce violence in schools.S. 1134 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-03-02	To provide for achievement standards and assessment of student performance in meeting the standards.S. 1134 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2000-03-02	To provide a limitation regarding the policy of prohibiting social promotion.S. 1134 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-03-02	To increase funding for Federal Pell Grants.S. 1134 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-03-02	To express the sense of the Senate on improving the learning environment by ensuring safe schools.S. 1134 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-03-02	To express the sense of the Senate on improving the learning environment by ensuring safe schools.S. 1134 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-03-02	To express the sense of the Senate on improving the learning environment by ensuring safe schools.S. 1134 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-03-02	To establish programs to enable States and local educational agencies to place a qualified teacher in every classroom.S. 1134 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-03-02	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures from education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses, to increase the maximum annual amount of contributions to such accounts, and for other purposes.S. 1134 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Raise revenue
2000-03-02	To reinstate certain revenue raisers.S. 1134 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Cut taxes
2000-03-02	To eliminate the marriage penalty in the reduction in permitted contributions to education individual retirement accounts.S. 1134 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Raise revenue
2000-03-01	To provide for class size reduction programs.S. 1134 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-03-01	To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on the extent and severity of child poverty.S. 1134 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-03-01	To ensure accountability in programs for disadvantaged children and provide funds to turn around failing schools.S. 1134 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2000-03-01	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the deduction for computer donations to schools and to allow a tax credit for donated computers, and for other purposes.S. 1134 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Cut taxes
2000-03-01	To eliminate the use of education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses and to expand the incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools.S. 1134 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Raise revenue
2000-02-29	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the 2-percent floor on miscellaneous itemized deductions for qualified professional development expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers and to allow a credit against income tax to elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials.S. 1134 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Cut taxes
2000-02-29	To increase funding for part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.S. 1134 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
1999-08-05	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce individual income tax rates, to provide marriage penalty relief, to reduce taxes on savings and investments, to provide estate and gift tax relief, to provide incentives for education savings and health care, and for other purposes.H.R. 2488 · 106th Congress · On the Conference Report	Nay	Raise revenue
1999-07-30	An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2000.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Raise revenue
1999-07-30	To strike the provision expanding tax credit to facilities that produce electricity from poultry waste.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Cut taxes
1999-07-30	An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2000.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
1999-07-30	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers a credit against income tax for information technology training expenses paid or incurred by the employer, and for other purposes.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Cut taxes
1999-07-30	An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2000.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
1999-07-30	An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2000.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit	Nay	Direction not readable
1999-07-30	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make higher education more affordable by providing a full tax deduction for higher education expenses and a tax credit for student education loans.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Cut taxes
1999-07-30	To provide a complete substitute.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
1999-07-30	To increase the Federal minimum wage.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
1999-07-30	To provide educational opportunities for disadvantaged children, and for other purposes.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
1999-07-30	An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2000.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit	Nay	Direction not readable
1999-07-30	An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2000.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit	Nay	Direction not readable
1999-07-30	To express the sense of the Senate on the Medicare Reserve Fund.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
1999-07-30	An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2000.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
1999-07-30	To provide relief for the marriage tax penalty beginning in the year 2001.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Cut taxes
1999-07-30	To express the sense of the Senate regarding investment in education.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
1999-07-29	An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2000.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
1999-07-29	To return to the taxpayers a portion of the budget surplus that they created with their tax payments.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Raise revenue
1999-07-29	To delay the effective dates of the provisions of, and amendments made by, the Act until the long-term solvency of social security and medicare programs is ensured.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
1999-07-29	An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2000.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
1999-07-29	To preserve and protect the surpluses of the social security trust funds by reaffirming the exclusion of receipts and disbursement from the budget, by setting a limit on the debt held by the public, and by amending the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide a process to reduce the limit on the debt held by the public.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
1999-07-28	To provide a complete substitute.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
1999-07-28	An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2000.S. 1429 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
1999-07-15	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.S. 1344 · 106th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Direction not readable
1999-06-22	To amend the Public Health Services Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.S. 1233 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	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.