Senate Roll Call 259, 114th Congress · July 29, 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 Cloture Motion
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): Weakens the ACA employer mandate by exempting certain employees.
Tagged by: keyword:affordable care act
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage
- TaxesA yea counts toward “Cut taxes”
model(0.80): Reduces employer mandate tax penalties.
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 (65)
- Lamar Alexander
- Kelly Ayotte
- Tammy Baldwin
- John Barrasso
- Michael F. Bennet
- Roy Blunt
- John Boozman
- Barbara Boxer
- Richard Burr
- Maria Cantwell
- Shelley Moore Capito
- Bill Cassidy
- Daniel Coats
- Thad Cochran
- Susan M. Collins
- Christopher A. Coons
- John Cornyn
- Steve Daines
- Richard J. Durbin
- Michael B. Enzi
- Joni Ernst
- Dianne Feinstein
- Deb Fischer
- Jeff Flake
- Al Franken
- Cory Gardner
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Heidi Heitkamp
- Dean Heller
- John Hoeven
- James M. Inhofe
- Johnny Isakson
- Ron Johnson
- Tim Kaine
- Angus S. King, Jr.
- Mark Kirk
- Amy Klobuchar
- James Lankford
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Joe Manchin, III
- John McCain
- Claire McCaskill
- Mitch McConnell
- Jerry Moran
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson
- Gary C. Peters
- Rob Portman
- Pat Roberts
- Mike Rounds
- Bernard Sanders
- Brian Schatz
- Tim Scott
- Jeff Sessions
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Debbie Stabenow
- Dan Sullivan
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- Thom Tillis
- David Vitter
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger F. Wicker
Nay (35)
- Richard Blumenthal
- Cory A. Booker
- Sherrod Brown
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Thomas R. Carper
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Bob Corker
- Tom Cotton
- Mike Crapo
- Ted Cruz
- Joe Donnelly
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Martin Heinrich
- Mazie K. Hirono
- Mike Lee
- Edward J. Markey
- Robert Menendez
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara A. Mikulski
- Lisa Murkowski
- Christopher Murphy
- Rand Paul
- David Perdue
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid
- James E. Risch
- Marco Rubio
- Ben Sasse
- Charles E. Schumer
- Richard C. Shelby
- Patrick J. Toomey
- Tom Udall
- Mark R. Warner
- Elizabeth Warren
- Ron Wyden
Not voting or present (0)
None
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