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Senate Roll Call 270, 114th Congress · September 24, 2015

Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.

Question before the chamber: On the Cloture Motion

47 yea · 52 nayCloture Motion Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat0 yea · 42 nay
Republican46 yea · 8 nay
Independent1 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 61 ↗

Hire More Heroes Act of 2015

Policy area: Taxation — 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.

  • TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Continuing appropriations measure does not alter tax policy.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Continuing resolution authorizes federal spending.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations

    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 (47)

Nay (52)

Not voting or present (1)

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