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Senate Roll Call 616, 108th Congress · July 15, 2004

To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to eliminate the Federal quota and price support programs for tobacco, and to provide assistance to quota holders, tobacco producers, and tobacco-dependent communities.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

78 yea · 15 nayMotion Agreed to7 not voting or present
Democrat43 yea · 0 nay
Republican34 yea · 14 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4520

American Jobs Creation Act of 2004

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 CareDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Tobacco regulation does not alter health care coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:public health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Tobacco regulation and quota elimination is not a direct tax revenue measure.

    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 (78)

Nay (15)

Not voting or present (7)

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