Senate Roll Call 192, 111th Congress · May 13, 2009
To enhance public knowledge regarding the national debt by requiring the publication of the facts about the national debt on IRS instructions, Federal websites, and in new legislation.
Question before the chamber: On the Motion
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
Credit CARD Act of 2009
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector — 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.
- TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Disclosing national debt figures does not raise revenue or cut taxes.
Tagged by: keyword:irs
Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes
- Financial RegulationDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Publishing national debt information is not financial regulation of markets or institutions.
Tagged by: policy-area:Finance and Financial Sector
Axis: Regulate ← → Deregulate
Who voted which way
Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.
Yea (59)
- Lamar Alexander
- John Barrasso
- Evan Bayh
- Michael F. Bennet
- Robert F. Bennett
- Christopher S. Bond
- Barbara Boxer
- Samuel D. Brownback
- Jim Bunning
- Richard Burr
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Saxby Chambliss
- Tom Coburn
- Thad Cochran
- Susan M. Collins
- Kent Conrad
- Bob Corker
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- Jim DeMint
- Byron L. Dorgan
- John Eric Ensign
- Michael B. Enzi
- Russell D. Feingold
- Dianne Feinstein
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd A. Gregg
- Kay R. Hagan
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Kay Bailey Hutchison
- James M. Inhofe
- Johnny Isakson
- Mike Johanns
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herb Kohl
- Jon Kyl
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln
- Richard G. Lugar
- Mel Martinez
- John McCain
- Claire McCaskill
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- Ben Nelson
- Mark L. Pryor
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- Jeff Sessions
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard C. Shelby
- Olympia J. Snowe
- Arlen Specter
- John Thune
- Mark Udall
- David Vitter
- George V. Voinovich
- Roger F. Wicker
Nay (35)
- Daniel K. Akaka
- Max Baucus
- Mark Begich
- Jeff Bingaman
- Sherrod Brown
- Roland Burris
- Robert C. Byrd
- Maria Cantwell
- Thomas R. Carper
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Christopher J. Dodd
- Richard J. Durbin
- Tom Harkin
- Daniel K. Inouye
- Tim Johnson
- Edward E. Kaufman
- John F. Kerry
- Mary L. Landrieu
- Frank R. Lautenberg
- Carl Levin
- Joseph I. Lieberman
- Robert Menendez
- Jeff Merkley
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid
- Bernard Sanders
- Charles E. Schumer
- Debbie Stabenow
- Jon Tester
- Tom Udall
- Mark R. Warner
- Jim Webb
- Ron Wyden
Not voting or present (5)
- Edward M. KennedyDid not vote
- Patrick J. LeahyDid not vote
- Barbara A. MikulskiDid not vote
- John D. Rockefeller, IVDid not vote
- Sheldon WhitehouseDid not vote
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