A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced interest rate for undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans, to modify required distribution rules for pension plans, to limit earnings stripping by expatriated entities, to provide for modifications related to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, and for other purposes.

The measure

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.

• TaxesA yea counts toward “Raise revenue”

  model(0.90): Limiting earnings stripping by expatriated entities closes tax loopholes to raise federal revenue.

  Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation

  Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

• EducationA yea counts toward “Expand federal role”

  model(0.85): Extending reduced interest rates for federal student loans maintains and expands federal involvement in higher education assistance.

  Tagged by: keyword:higher education act

  Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

Who voted which way

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