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
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
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.
Yea (73)
- Kelly Ayotte
- Tammy Baldwin
- Michael F. Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Cory A. Booker
- John Boozman
- Barbara Boxer
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Shelley Moore Capito
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Thomas R. Carper
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Daniel Coats
- Susan M. Collins
- Christopher A. Coons
- Bob Corker
- Mike Crapo
- Ted Cruz
- Joe Donnelly
- Richard J. Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein
- Al Franken
- Cory Gardner
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Chuck Grassley
- Martin Heinrich
- Heidi Heitkamp
- Mazie K. Hirono
- John Hoeven
- Ron Johnson
- Tim Kaine
- Angus S. King, Jr.
- Amy Klobuchar
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Mike Lee
- Joe Manchin, III
- Edward J. Markey
- John McCain
- Claire McCaskill
- Robert Menendez
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara A. Mikulski
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Christopher Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson
- Gary C. Peters
- Rob Portman
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- Marco Rubio
- Bernard Sanders
- Ben Sasse
- Brian Schatz
- Charles E. Schumer
- Tim Scott
- Jeff Sessions
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard C. Shelby
- Debbie Stabenow
- Dan Sullivan
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- Patrick J. Toomey
- Tom Udall
- Mark R. Warner
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay (27)
- Lamar Alexander
- John Barrasso
- Roy Blunt
- Richard Burr
- Bill Cassidy
- Thad Cochran
- John Cornyn
- Tom Cotton
- Steve Daines
- Michael B. Enzi
- Joni Ernst
- Deb Fischer
- Jeff Flake
- Lindsey Graham
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Dean Heller
- James M. Inhofe
- Johnny Isakson
- Mark Kirk
- James Lankford
- Mitch McConnell
- Rand Paul
- David Perdue
- Mike Rounds
- Thom Tillis
- David Vitter
- Roger F. Wicker
Not voting or present (0)
None
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