Senate Roll Call 524, 110th Congress · March 14, 2008
To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for providing an above the line Federal income tax deduction for individuals purchasing health insurance outside the workplace.
Question before the chamber: On the Amendment
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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 CareA yea counts toward “Expand coverage”
model(0.90): A tax deduction for health insurance aims to make purchasing coverage easier, expanding coverage access.
Tagged by: keyword:health insurance
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage
- TaxesA yea counts toward “Cut taxes”
model(0.95): Providing an income tax deduction reduces tax revenue.
Tagged by: keyword:income tax
Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes
- Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Deficit-neutral reserve funds are spending-neutral budget mechanisms.
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.
Yea (45)
- Lamar Alexander
- Wayne A. Allard
- John Barrasso
- Robert F. Bennett
- Samuel D. Brownback
- Jim Bunning
- Richard Burr
- Saxby Chambliss
- Tom Coburn
- Thad Cochran
- Norm Coleman
- Susan M. Collins
- Bob Corker
- John Cornyn
- Larry E. Craig
- Mike Crapo
- Jim DeMint
- Elizabeth H. Dole
- John Eric Ensign
- Michael B. Enzi
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd A. Gregg
- Charles T. Hagel
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Kay Bailey Hutchison
- James M. Inhofe
- Johnny Isakson
- Jon Kyl
- Richard G. Lugar
- Mel Martinez
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- Pat Roberts
- Jeff Sessions
- Richard C. Shelby
- Gordon Harold Smith
- Arlen Specter
- Ted F. Stevens
- John E. Sununu
- John Thune
- David Vitter
- George V. Voinovich
- John W. Warner
- Roger F. Wicker
Nay (51)
- Daniel K. Akaka
- Max Baucus
- Evan Bayh
- Joseph R. Biden Jr.
- Jeff Bingaman
- Barbara Boxer
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Thomas R. Carper
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Kent Conrad
- Christopher J. Dodd
- Byron L. Dorgan
- Richard J. Durbin
- Russell D. Feingold
- Dianne Feinstein
- Tom Harkin
- Daniel K. Inouye
- Tim Johnson
- Edward M. Kennedy
- John F. Kerry
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herb Kohl
- Mary L. Landrieu
- Frank R. Lautenberg
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Carl Levin
- Joseph I. Lieberman
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln
- Claire McCaskill
- Robert Menendez
- Barbara A. Mikulski
- Patty Murray
- Ben Nelson
- Bill Nelson
- Barack Obama
- Mark L. Pryor
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid
- John D. Rockefeller, IV
- Ken Salazar
- Bernard Sanders
- Charles E. Schumer
- Olympia J. Snowe
- Debbie Stabenow
- Jon Tester
- Jim Webb
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not voting or present (4)
- Christopher S. BondDid not vote
- Robert C. ByrdDid not vote
- Pete V. DomeniciDid not vote
- John McCainDid not vote
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