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The Vote Ledger

Taxation

Contested roll calls on bills the Library of Congress files under Taxation. Each member's score here is their whole-career share of those votes that sided with the Democratic majority.

Members on Taxation

Member0%50%100%With Dems · votes
DJohn F. (Jack) Reed98.5% · 409 votesDCarl Levin97.8% · 455 votesDBarbara Boxer97.3% · 372 votesDPaul Spyros Sarbanes97.2% · 399 votesDRichard Joseph Durbin97.2% · 427 votesDDaniel Kahikina Akaka96.4% · 393 votesDPatty Murray96.4% · 388 votesDThomas Richard (Tom) Harkin95.9% · 435 votesDBarbara Ann Mikulski95% · 416 votesDPatrick Joseph Leahy94.9% · 567 votesDJohn Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV94.6% · 372 votesDJohn Forbes Kerry94.5% · 361 votesDByron Leslie Dorgan93.9% · 361 votesDEdward Moore (Ted) Kennedy93.5% · 432 votesDCharles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer93% · 398 votesDChristopher John Dodd92.9% · 425 votesDHarry Reid92.9% · 394 votesDHerbert H. Kohl92% · 348 votesDRonald Lee Wyden91.2% · 433 votesDJesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr.90.5% · 380 votesDKent Conrad90.3% · 362 votesDDianne Feinstein90.1% · 384 votesDDaniel Ken Inouye89.7% · 468 votesDJoseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr.86.7% · 429 votesDErnest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings85.1% · 402 votesDJoseph I. Lieberman84.5% · 355 votesDRobert Carlyle Byrd81.6% · 483 votesDMax Sieben Baucus75.1% · 478 votesR→DArlen Specter40.5% · 395 votesROlympia Jean Snowe32.5% · 388 votesRSusan Margaret Collins28.6% · 391 votesRPete Vichi Domenici12.4% · 434 votesRJohn William Warner10.2% · 384 votesRJohn Sidney McCain III10.1% · 375 votesRCharles Ernest Grassley9.7% · 505 votesD→RRichard C. Shelby8.5% · 437 votesRTheodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens8.4% · 429 votesRRichard Green Lugar7.2% · 473 votesRCharles Patrick (Pat) Roberts6.6% · 410 votesROrrin Grant Hatch6.1% · 509 votesRJudd Alan Gregg5.7% · 353 votesRJesse Helms5.1% · 353 votesRWilliam Thad Cochran4.9% · 507 votesRMichael B. Enzi3.4% · 381 votesRJefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III2.3% · 347 votesRAddison Mitchell (Mitch) McConnell2.3% · 436 votesD→RJames Strom Thurmond2.2% · 366 votesRJames Mountain Inhofe2.1% · 386 votesRJon Llewellyn Kyl1.7% · 350 votesRMichael Dean Crapo1.1% · 363 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Taxation votes, of 2,444 who have cast one and 2,206 with enough to score. A further 115 voted in the area but never on a contested question. Blue bars sided with the Democratic majority more often than not; red bars with the Republican majority.

Where Taxation breaks from the rest of the record

vs. all legislation
All legislationTaxation
Richard C. Shelby−16.0 pts
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings+14.2 pts
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens−13.5 pts
William Thad Cochran−8.9 pts

Richard C. Shelby sided with Democrats 16 points less often on Taxation than on legislation overall. Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings went the other way by 14.

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Taxation

Contested roll calls on bills the Library of Congress files under Taxation. Each member's score here is their whole-career share of those votes that sided with the Democratic majority.

Members on Taxation

MemberWith Dems · votes
DJohn F. (Jack) Reed98.5% · 409 votesDCarl Levin97.8% · 455 votesDBarbara Boxer97.3% · 372 votesDPaul Spyros Sarbanes97.2% · 399 votesDRichard Joseph Durbin97.2% · 427 votesDDaniel Kahikina Akaka96.4% · 393 votesDPatty Murray96.4% · 388 votesDThomas Richard (Tom) Harkin95.9% · 435 votesDBarbara Ann Mikulski95% · 416 votesDPatrick Joseph Leahy94.9% · 567 votesDJohn Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV94.6% · 372 votesDJohn Forbes Kerry94.5% · 361 votesDByron Leslie Dorgan93.9% · 361 votesDEdward Moore (Ted) Kennedy93.5% · 432 votesDCharles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer93% · 398 votesDChristopher John Dodd92.9% · 425 votesDHarry Reid92.9% · 394 votesDHerbert H. Kohl92% · 348 votesDRonald Lee Wyden91.2% · 433 votesDJesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr.90.5% · 380 votesDKent Conrad90.3% · 362 votesDDianne Feinstein90.1% · 384 votesDDaniel Ken Inouye89.7% · 468 votesDJoseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr.86.7% · 429 votesDErnest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings85.1% · 402 votesDJoseph I. Lieberman84.5% · 355 votesDRobert Carlyle Byrd81.6% · 483 votesDMax Sieben Baucus75.1% · 478 votesR→DArlen Specter40.5% · 395 votesROlympia Jean Snowe32.5% · 388 votesRSusan Margaret Collins28.6% · 391 votesRPete Vichi Domenici12.4% · 434 votesRJohn William Warner10.2% · 384 votesRJohn Sidney McCain III10.1% · 375 votesRCharles Ernest Grassley9.7% · 505 votesD→RRichard C. Shelby8.5% · 437 votesRTheodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens8.4% · 429 votesRRichard Green Lugar7.2% · 473 votesRCharles Patrick (Pat) Roberts6.6% · 410 votesROrrin Grant Hatch6.1% · 509 votesRJudd Alan Gregg5.7% · 353 votesRJesse Helms5.1% · 353 votesRWilliam Thad Cochran4.9% · 507 votesRMichael B. Enzi3.4% · 381 votesRJefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III2.3% · 347 votesRAddison Mitchell (Mitch) McConnell2.3% · 436 votesD→RJames Strom Thurmond2.2% · 366 votesRJames Mountain Inhofe2.1% · 386 votesRJon Llewellyn Kyl1.7% · 350 votesRMichael Dean Crapo1.1% · 363 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Taxation votes, of 2,444 who have cast one and 2,206 with enough to score. A further 115 voted in the area but never on a contested question. Blue bars sided with the Democratic majority more often than not; red bars with the Republican majority.

Where Taxation breaks from the rest of the record

All legislationTaxation
Richard C. Shelby−16.0 pts
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings+14.2 pts
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens−13.5 pts
William Thad Cochran−8.9 pts

Richard C. Shelby sided with Democrats 16 points less often on Taxation than on legislation overall. Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings went the other way by 14.

How areas work

1Each bill's area comes from the Library of Congress subject terms.
2Only contested votes count, as everywhere else.
3A member with too few votes in an area is listed with the count, not hidden — "too few to score" and "no contested votes" are different claims.
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