Senate Roll Call 397, 112th Congress · June 21, 2012
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions, and to provide for the return of previously distributed funds for deficit reduction.
Question before the chamber: On the Amendment
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012
Policy area: Agriculture and Food — 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 (0.90) Eliminating convention public funding alters spending, not tax rates or tax revenues.
Tagged by: keyword:internal revenue code
Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes
- Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”
model(0.90): Prohibiting spending on political conventions cuts federal outlays for deficit reduction.
Tagged by: keyword:deficit reduction
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 (95)
- Daniel K. Akaka
- Lamar Alexander
- Kelly Ayotte
- John Barrasso
- Max Baucus
- Mark Begich
- Michael F. Bennet
- Jeff Bingaman
- Richard Blumenthal
- Roy Blunt
- John Boozman
- Scott P. Brown
- Sherrod Brown
- Richard Burr
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Thomas R. Carper
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Saxby Chambliss
- Daniel Coats
- Tom Coburn
- Thad Cochran
- Susan M. Collins
- Kent Conrad
- Christopher A. Coons
- Bob Corker
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- Jim DeMint
- Richard J. Durbin
- Michael B. Enzi
- Dianne Feinstein
- Al Franken
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Kay R. Hagan
- Tom Harkin
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Dean Heller
- John Hoeven
- Kay Bailey Hutchison
- James M. Inhofe
- Daniel K. Inouye
- Johnny Isakson
- Mike Johanns
- Ron Johnson
- Tim Johnson
- John F. Kerry
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herb Kohl
- Jon Kyl
- Frank R. Lautenberg
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Mike Lee
- Carl Levin
- Joseph I. Lieberman
- Richard G. Lugar
- Joe Manchin, III
- John McCain
- Claire McCaskill
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Menendez
- Jeff Merkley
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Ben Nelson
- Bill Nelson
- Rand Paul
- Rob Portman
- Mark L. Pryor
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- Marco Rubio
- Bernard Sanders
- Charles E. Schumer
- Jeff Sessions
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard C. Shelby
- Olympia J. Snowe
- Debbie Stabenow
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- Patrick J. Toomey
- Mark Udall
- Tom Udall
- David Vitter
- Mark R. Warner
- Jim Webb
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger F. Wicker
- Ron Wyden
Not voting or present (1)
- Mark KirkDid not vote
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