Senate Roll Call 102, 101st Congress · June 23, 1989

To replace the tax credit for health insurance premiums with an increase in the dependent care tax credit. — TO TABLE THE HEINZ (R, PA) AMENDMENT TO S 5, ACT FOR BETTER CHILD CARE, TO SUPERSEDE THE HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS TAX CREDITS WITH INCREASES IN THE DEPENDENT CARE TAX CREDIT.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

53 yea · 40 nayMotion to Table Agreed to5 not voting or present

Democrat51 yea · 2 nay

Republican2 yea · 38 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 “Expand coverage”
model(0.85): Tabling the amendment preserves the health insurance premium tax credit, protecting health coverage incentives.
Tagged by: keyword:health insurance
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage
TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Exchanging one tax credit for another has an unclear net effect on overall tax revenue.
Tagged by: keyword: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 (54)

Nay (41)

Not voting or present (5)

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