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Senate Roll Call 460, 104th Congress · September 22, 1995

To express the sense of the Senate on tax cuts and medicare. — S.1244 BY JEFFORDS (R-VT) -- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 (SENATE TABLED DORGAN AMENDMENT NO. 2770, TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND THE SENATE SHOULD APPROVE NO TAX LEGISLATION WHICH REDUCES TAXES FOR THOSE MAKING OVER $101,000 PER YEAR, AND THE SAVINGS FROM LIMITING ANY TAX REDUCTIONS IN THIS WAY SHOULD BE USED TO REDUCE ANY CUTS IN PROJECTED MEDICARE SPENDING.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

54 yea · 43 nayMotion to Table Agreed to3 not voting or present
Democrat2 yea · 43 nay
Republican50 yea · 0 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1244

An original bill making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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 CareDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Non-binding sense-of-the-Senate resolutions are floor expressions with unclear direct effect.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Non-binding sense-of-the-Senate resolutions do not directly alter spending.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

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

Yea (54)

Nay (43)

Not voting or present (3)

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