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Senate Roll Call 579, 106th Congress · July 17, 2000

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow small business employers a credit against income tax for employee health insurance expenses paid or incurred by the employer.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

49 yea · 49 nayMotion Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat44 yea · 0 nay
Republican3 yea · 49 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4810

Marriage Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2000

Policy area: Taxation — 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): Providing tax credits for small business health insurance incentivizes and expands coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:health insurance

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Cut taxes”

    model(0.95): Creating a tax credit for health insurance lowers 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.

Yea (49)

Nay (49)

Not voting or present (1)

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