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Senate Roll Call 117, 107th Congress · May 21, 2001

To delay the reduction of the top income tax rate for individuals until a real Medicare prescription drug benefit is enacted.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

48 yea · 51 nayMotion Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat45 yea · 5 nay
Republican1 yea · 46 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1836 ↗

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001

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): Delays tax cuts to condition them on enacting Medicare prescription drug coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare,prescription drug

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Raise revenue”

    model(0.90): Delaying income tax cuts maintains higher revenue levels.

    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 (48)

Nay (51)

Not voting or present (1)

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