To increase the deduction for self-employed health insurance costs, and for other purposes. — (SENATE AGREED TO THE NICKLES MODIFIED AMENDMENT NO. 551, TO PROVIDE FOR AN INCREASE IN DEDUCTION FOR HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS OF SELF-EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS, AND TO MODIFY RULES FOR ALLOCATING INTEREST EXPENSE TO TAX-EXEMPT INTEREST.)

The measure

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(0.90): Increasing the tax deduction for health insurance costs helps self-employed individuals obtain and keep coverage.

  Tagged by: keyword:health insurance

  Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

• TaxesA yea counts toward “Cut taxes”

  model(0.95): Increasing a tax deduction reduces overall tax revenue.

  Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation

  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.