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Senate Roll Call 125, 114th Congress · March 26, 2015

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to enacting middle class tax relief, including extending and expanding refundable tax credits, such as tax provisions and policies included in legislation like the Working Families Tax Relief Act, American Opportunity Tax Credit Permanence and Consolidation Act, Helping Working Families Afford Child Care Act, or the 21st Century Worker Tax Cut Act, among other legislation.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

73 yea · 27 nayAmendment Agreed to
Democrat43 yea · 0 nay
Republican27 yea · 27 nay
Independent3 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.Con.Res. 11

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025.

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.

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Cut taxes”

    model(0.90): Enacting tax relief and expanding tax credits cuts taxes.

    Tagged by: keyword:tax cut,tax credit

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.80) Tax relief in a reserve fund relates to tax policy, not direct government spending.

    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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