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Senate Roll Call 101, 101st Congress · June 23, 1989

To replace the tax credit for health insurance premiums with an increase in the earned income tax credit. — TO AMEND S 5, ACT FOR BETTER CHILD CARE, TO SUPERSEDE THE HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS TAX CREDITS WITH INCREASES IN THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

44 yea · 53 nayAmendment Rejected2 not voting or present
Democrat2 yea · 51 nay
Republican42 yea · 1 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 5

Act for Better Child Care Services of 1989

Policy area: Families — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Health CareA yea counts toward “Restrict coverage”

    model(0.85): Replacing health insurance premium tax credits with income credits removes a specific health coverage incentive.

    Tagged by: keyword:health insurance

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Swapping one tax credit for another has an unclear net impact on total tax revenues.

    Tagged by: keyword:income tax,tax credit

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (45)

Nay (53)

Not voting or present (2)

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