To protect families, family farms and small businesses by extending the income tax rate structure, raising the death tax exemption to $5 million and reducing the maximum death tax rate to no more than 35%; to keep education affordable by extending the college tuition deduction; and to protect senior citizens from higher taxes on their retirement income, maintain U.S. financial market competitiveness, and promote economic growth by extending the lower tax rates on dividends and capital gains.

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.

• TaxesA yea counts toward “Cut taxes”

  model(0.95): Extending lower tax rates and exemptions reduces tax burdens and lowers revenue.

  Tagged by: keyword:income tax,capital gains

  Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

• EducationA yea counts toward “Expand federal role”

  model(0.90): Extending federal college tuition tax deductions expands federal support and involvement in education.

  Tagged by: keyword:tuition

  Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

• Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

  model(0.85): Extending tax cuts and exemptions reduces federal revenue, representing expansionary fiscal policy.

  Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

  Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.