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Roll call 48 opposed



Americans for Democratic Action, which opposed the amendment, selected the vote for their 2008 Senate scorecard, where they gave it the following description: "Specter (R-PA) amendment to adjust the budget resolution to reduce the individual alternative minimum tax from its current, more progressive two-rate structure of 26 percent and 28 percent to the single 24 percent rate that was in effect prior to 1993. The revenue loss would not be offset."

Roll call 58 opposed



Americans for Democratic Action, which opposed the amendment, selected the vote for their 2008 Senate scorecard, where they gave it the following description: "Alexander (R-TN) amendment that would shift $670,000 from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to the Department of Education’s English Literacy-Civics Education State Grant program. (The amendment restricts the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from taking enforcement actions against English-only rules in the workplace where the employer’s policy has no business justification.)" Roll call 71 opposed



Americans for Democratic Action, which opposed the amendment, selected the vote for their 2008 Senate scorecard, where they gave it the following description: "Ensign (R-NV) amendment to increase Justice Department funding by $50 million for parental notification law enforcement, with assumed corresponding offsets."

Roll call 80 supported



Americans for Democratic Action, which supported the amendment, selected the vote for their 2008 Senate scorecard, where they gave it the following description: "Boxer (D-CA) amendment to permit legislation allowing pregnant women to be eligible for coverage under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)."

Roll call 85 supported



Americans for Democratic Action, which supported the resolution, selected the vote for their 2008 Senate scorecard, where they gave it the following description: "Adoption of the concurrent resolution setting broad spending and revenue targets over the next five years (including provisions noted above). The resolution would allow up to $1 trillion in discretionary spending for 2009, including a $35 billion economic stimulus package, a one-year alternative minimum tax “patch,” and allow for the extension of certain 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, including the 10 percent tax bracket and the child tax credit."

Roll call 142 supported



Americans for Democratic Action, which supported the resolution, selected the vote for their 2008 Senate scorecard, where they gave it the following description: "Adoption of the conference report on the concurrent resolution to allow up to $1 trillion in discretionary spending for fiscal 2009, plus $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and $5.8 billion for hurricane recovery. It would assume $1.9 trillion in mandatory spending and increase of the statutory debt limit to $10.615 trillion. It would create a “trigger” mechanism that would reinforce pay-as-you-go rules in the House. The measure assumes a one-year alternative minimum tax “patch” that would be offset. It also would require 60 votes to increase the deficit by $10 billion in a year."