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Senate Roll Call 381, 113th Congress · March 27, 2014

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Question before the chamber: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed

65 yea · 34 nayCloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat52 yea · 0 nay
Republican10 yea · 34 nay
Independent3 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3979

Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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 “Restrict coverage”

    model(0.85): Exempting volunteer organizations from ACA employer requirements narrows coverage rules.

    Tagged by: keyword:affordable care act

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Cut taxes”

    model(0.85): Exempting emergency service volunteers from ACA mandates lowers employer tax liabilities.

    Tagged by: keyword:internal revenue code

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) The measure addresses tax and ACA volunteer rules, not defense policy.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    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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