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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

65 yea · 35 nayCloture Motion Agreed to
Democrat21 yea · 22 nay
Republican41 yea · 13 nay
Independent3 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 22

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.

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