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Senate Roll Call 452, 105th Congress · June 10, 1998

To eliminate the marriage penalty reflected in the standard deduction, to ensure the earned income credit takes into account the elimination of such penalty, and to provide a full deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals. — (SENATE FAILED TO TABLE GRAMM MODIFIED AMENDMENT NO. 2686 TO AMENDMENT NO. 2437, TO ELIMINATE THE MARRIAGE PENALTY REFLECTED IN THE STANDARD DEDUCTION, TO ENSURE THE EARNED INCOME CREDIT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE ELIMINATION OF SUCH PENALTY, AND TO PROVIDE A FULL DEDUCTION FOR HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS OF SELF-EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

48 yea · 50 nayMotion to Table Failed2 not voting or present
Democrat42 yea · 1 nay
Republican4 yea · 49 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1415 ↗

National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act

Policy area: Health — 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): Tabling kills a measure expanding health insurance tax deductions for self-employed individuals.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

Who voted which way

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

Yea (48)

Nay (50)

Not voting or present (2)

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