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Senate Roll Call 298, 112th Congress · March 29, 2012

A bill to eliminate unnecessary tax subsidies and promote renewable energy and energy conservation.

Question before the chamber: On the Cloture Motion

51 yea · 47 nayCloture Motion Rejected2 not voting or present
Democrat46 yea · 4 nay
Republican2 yea · 43 nay
Independent3 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 2204 ↗

Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act

Policy area: Taxation — 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.

  • Climate & EnergyA yea counts toward “Climate action”

    model(0.95): Promoting renewable energy and conservation advances climate action policies.

    Tagged by: keyword:renewable energy

    Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Raise revenue”

    model(0.90): Eliminating tax subsidies raises tax revenue, and cloture advances the bill.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation

    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.

Yea (51)

Nay (47)

Not voting or present (2)

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