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Senate Roll Call 521, 109th Congress · May 25, 2006

To ensure the integrity of the Earned Income Tax Credit program by reducing the potential for fraud and to ensure that aliens who receive an adjustment of this status under this bill meet their obligation to pay back taxes without creating a burden on the American public.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

50 yea · 47 nayAmendment Agreed to3 not voting or present
Democrat7 yea · 35 nay
Republican43 yea · 10 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): Adds back-tax obligations and fraud checks on aliens seeking status adjustment.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Immigration

    Axis: Expansive ← → Restrictive

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Raise revenue”

    model(0.85): Requiring back-tax payments and reducing credit payouts raises federal 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 (50)

Nay (47)

Not voting or present (3)

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