Senate Roll Call 252, 114th Congress · July 24, 2015
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Proceed
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
FAST Act
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works — 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(0.80): Exempting employees from employer mandate calculation relaxes health coverage mandates under the ACA.
Tagged by: keyword:affordable care act
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage
- TaxesA yea counts toward “Cut taxes”
model(0.80): Exempting employers from mandate penalties reduces tax penalties on businesses.
Tagged by: keyword:internal revenue code
Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes
Who voted which way
Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.
Yea (51)
- Kelly Ayotte
- Tammy Baldwin
- John Barrasso
- Barbara Boxer
- Richard Burr
- Shelley Moore Capito
- Bill Cassidy
- Daniel Coats
- Thad Cochran
- Susan M. Collins
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- Steve Daines
- Joe Donnelly
- Richard J. Durbin
- Michael B. Enzi
- Joni Ernst
- Dianne Feinstein
- Deb Fischer
- Al Franken
- Cory Gardner
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Heidi Heitkamp
- John Hoeven
- Johnny Isakson
- Ron Johnson
- Angus S. King, Jr.
- Mark Kirk
- Amy Klobuchar
- James Lankford
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Joe Manchin, III
- John McCain
- Mitch McConnell
- David Perdue
- Gary C. Peters
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- Mike Rounds
- Brian Schatz
- Jeff Sessions
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Debbie Stabenow
- Dan Sullivan
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- Thom Tillis
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger F. Wicker
Nay (26)
- Michael F. Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Ted Cruz
- Martin Heinrich
- Mazie K. Hirono
- Tim Kaine
- Mike Lee
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara A. Mikulski
- Lisa Murkowski
- Christopher Murphy
- Rand Paul
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid
- Marco Rubio
- Ben Sasse
- Tim Scott
- Richard C. Shelby
- Tom Udall
- Mark R. Warner
- Elizabeth Warren
- Ron Wyden
Not voting or present (23)
- Lamar AlexanderDid not vote
- Roy BluntDid not vote
- Cory A. BookerDid not vote
- John BoozmanDid not vote
- Thomas R. CarperDid not vote
- Christopher A. CoonsDid not vote
- Bob CorkerDid not vote
- Tom CottonDid not vote
- Jeff FlakeDid not vote
- Kirsten E. GillibrandDid not vote
- Dean HellerDid not vote
- James M. InhofeDid not vote
- Edward J. MarkeyDid not vote
- Claire McCaskillDid not vote
- Robert MenendezDid not vote
- Jerry MoranDid not vote
- Patty MurrayDid not vote
- Bill NelsonDid not vote
- Rob PortmanDid not vote
- Bernard SandersDid not vote
- Charles E. SchumerDid not vote
- Patrick J. ToomeyDid not vote
- David VitterDid not vote
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