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Senate Roll Call 520, 109th Congress · May 25, 2006

To limit the application of the Earned Income Tax Credit.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

37 yea · 60 nayAmendment Rejected3 not voting or present
Democrat4 yea · 38 nay
Republican33 yea · 20 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 2611 ↗

Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006

Policy area: Immigration — 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.

  • ImmigrationA yea counts toward “Restrictive”

    model(0.85): Limits tax credit eligibility for immigrants adjusting status.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Immigration

    Axis: Expansive ← → Restrictive

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Raise revenue”

    model(0.85): Limiting refundable tax credits reduces expenditures, increasing net revenue.

    Tagged by: keyword:income tax,tax credit

    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 (37)

Nay (60)

Not voting or present (3)

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