Senate Roll Call 138, 111th Congress · April 2, 2009
To protect charitable giving by ensuring that organizations that provide important religious, educational, cultural, health care, and environmental services are not negatively impacted by changes to the Federal income tax deduction for charitable donations.
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 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.
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 CareDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Tax deductions for charitable organizations do not directly address health care coverage.
Tagged by: keyword:health care
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage
- TaxesA yea counts toward “Cut taxes”
model(0.95): Preserving charitable tax deductions cuts or prevents increases in tax revenues.
Tagged by: keyword:income tax
Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes
- Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Protecting tax deductions affects federal revenues rather than budget spending outlays.
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 (94)
- Daniel K. Akaka
- Lamar Alexander
- John Barrasso
- Max Baucus
- Evan Bayh
- Mark Begich
- Michael F. Bennet
- Robert F. Bennett
- Jeff Bingaman
- Christopher S. Bond
- Barbara Boxer
- Sherrod Brown
- Samuel D. Brownback
- Jim Bunning
- Richard Burr
- Roland Burris
- Robert C. Byrd
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Thomas R. Carper
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Saxby Chambliss
- Tom Coburn
- Thad Cochran
- Susan M. Collins
- Kent Conrad
- Bob Corker
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- Jim DeMint
- Christopher J. Dodd
- Byron L. Dorgan
- Richard J. Durbin
- John Eric Ensign
- Michael B. Enzi
- Russell D. Feingold
- Dianne Feinstein
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd A. Gregg
- Kay R. Hagan
- Tom Harkin
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Kay Bailey Hutchison
- James M. Inhofe
- Daniel K. Inouye
- Johnny Isakson
- Mike Johanns
- Tim Johnson
- Edward E. Kaufman
- John F. Kerry
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herb Kohl
- Jon Kyl
- Mary L. Landrieu
- Frank R. Lautenberg
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Carl Levin
- Joseph I. Lieberman
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln
- Richard G. Lugar
- Mel Martinez
- John McCain
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Menendez
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara A. Mikulski
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Ben Nelson
- Bill Nelson
- Mark L. Pryor
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- John D. Rockefeller, IV
- Charles E. Schumer
- Jeff Sessions
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard C. Shelby
- Olympia J. Snowe
- Debbie Stabenow
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- Mark Udall
- Tom Udall
- David Vitter
- George V. Voinovich
- Mark R. Warner
- Jim Webb
- Roger F. Wicker
- Ron Wyden
Not voting or present (2)
- Edward M. KennedyDid not vote
- Arlen SpecterDid not vote
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