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Senate Roll Call 257, 112th Congress · February 17, 2012

A bill to extend the payroll tax holiday, unemployment compensation, Medicare physician payment, provide for the consideration of the Keystone XL pipeline, and for other purposes.

Question before the chamber: On the Conference Report

60 yea · 36 nayConference Report Agreed to4 not voting or present
Democrat45 yea · 4 nay
Republican14 yea · 30 nay
Independent1 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3630

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012

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(0.85): Extending Medicare physician payments preserves healthcare provider reimbursements and coverage access.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Cut taxes”

    model(0.95): Extending a payroll tax holiday cuts taxes and lowers federal revenue.

    Tagged by: keyword:payroll tax

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Extending unemployment compensation and Medicare spending expands federal 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.

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