To strike all marginal rate tax cuts except for the establishment of the 10 percent rate and strike all estate and gift tax provisions taking effect after 2006 in order to provide funds to strengthen social security, extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds, maintain progressivity in the social security benefit system, continue to lift more seniors out of poverty, extend the solvency of the Medicare Trust Funds, and provide prescription drug benefits.

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): Strikes tax cuts to fund Medicare solvency and prescription drug benefits.

  Tagged by: keyword:medicare,prescription drug

  Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

• TaxesA yea counts toward “Raise revenue”

  model(0.90): Striking tax rate reductions and estate tax cuts maintains higher 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.