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Senate Roll Call 353, 111th Congress · November 21, 2009

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees, and for other purposes.

Question before the chamber: On the Cloture Motion

60 yea · 39 nayCloture Motion Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat58 yea · 0 nay
Republican0 yea · 39 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3590

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

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) A homebuyer tax credit measure is unrelated to healthcare coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Cut taxes”

    model(0.90): Advancing a bill that extends a tax credit reduces tax revenue.

    Tagged by: keyword:internal revenue code

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Modifying homebuyer tax credits for military members is tax policy, not military expansion.

    Tagged by: keyword:armed forces

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

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

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