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Senate Roll Call 655, 110th Congress · October 1, 2008

A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

74 yea · 25 nayBill Passed1 not voting or present
Democrat40 yea · 9 nay
Republican33 yea · 15 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1424

A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.

Policy area: Health — 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 (0.95) The text of the measure does not address health care coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Cut taxes”

    model(0.90): The bill provides energy tax incentives and individual income tax relief, cutting taxes.

    Tagged by: keyword:income tax,internal revenue code

    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.

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