Here are the 96 Senate votes and 93 House votes on which National Journal’s 2010 vote ratings are based. The Congressional Record roll-call number is followed by the bill number, a description of the vote, the date, the outcome, the prevailing side—conservative (C) or liberal (L)—and the weight given to each (from 1 for the lowest weight to 3 for the highest) based on how closely the vote fits the overall pattern.
SENATE (96 votes)
Economic Issues (60 votes)
2/HJR45: Terminate the Troubled Asset Relief Program. January 21. (53-45; 60 votes required for passage) L-3
12/HJR45: Reimpose statutory pay-as-you-go budget rules. January 28. (60-40) L-3
14/HJR45: Increase the statutory limit on the public debt. January 28. (60-39) L-3
23/HR2847: Invoke cloture on a $15 billion jobs bill that includes a payroll-tax break for businesses that hire certain new workers. February 22. (62-30; 60 votes required for cloture) L-3
27/HR1299: Prohibit the Interior Department from establishing national monuments in certain areas. February 25. (38-58) L-3
33/HR4213: Waive budget rules to offset the cost of a tax-extender bill with unobligated funds from the 2009 economic-stimulus law. March 3. (38-61; 60 votes required for passage) L-3
40/HR4213: Waive budget rules to provide a six-month employee payroll-tax holiday, offset with unobligated funds from the 2009 economic-stimulus law. March 4. (44-56; 60 votes required for passage) L-3
42/HR4213: Waive budget rules to establish discretionary spending limits beginning in fiscal 2011. March 4. (59-41; 60 votes required for passage) L-2
45/HR4213: Waive budget rules to provide $2.6 billion for a summer jobs program and aid for needy families. March 9. (55-45; 60 votes required for passage) C-3
48/HR4213: Approve a one-year extension of various tax breaks and make extended unemployment benefits available to jobless workers. March 10. (62-36) L-3
49/HR2847: Invoke cloture on the conference report on a $17.6 billion jobs bill that includes a payroll-tax break for businesses that hire people who had been out of work. March 15. (61-30; 60 votes required for cloture) L-3
55/HR2847: Send to the president a $17.6 billion jobs bill that includes a payroll-tax break for businesses that hire people who had been out of work. March 17. (68-29) L-3
59/HR1586: Establish discretionary spending limits for nonsecurity programs. March 18. (41-56; 60 votes required for passage) L-3
60/HR1586: Ban earmarks in fiscal years in which the Congressional Budget Office reports a budget deficit. March 18. (26-70) L-2
67/HR4872: Table a bid to remove the mandate in the health care law that employers provide health insurance for employees. March 24. (58-41) L-3
72/HR4872: Table a bid to prohibit cuts to the Medicare Advantage program as part of health care law. March 24. (56-42) L-3
74/HR4872: Table a bid to allow states to opt out of certain Medicaid and Medicare mandates and tax provisions in the health care law. March 24. (58-41) L-3
78/HR4872: Table a bid to strike a provision in the health care law that applies a 3.8 percent Medicare tax to upper-income taxpayers. March 24. (52-46) L-3
82/HR4872: Waive budget rules to freeze Medicare payments to physicians through 2013. March 24. (42-56; 60 votes required for passage) L-3
87/HR4872: Table a bid to repeal the health care law’s Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. March 25. (59-37) L-3
101/HR4872: Table a bid to repeal provisions in the health care law that impose penalties on individuals who do not have health insurance. March 25. (58-40) L-3
105/HR4872: Approve a reconciliation bill that would make changes in the health care law. March 25. (56-43) L-3
109/HR4851: Invoke cloture on a bill that would extend unemployment benefits and other government programs. April 12. (60-34; 60 votes required for cloture) L-3
133/S3217: Create a consumer regulator within the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. as part of a bill to overhaul federal regulation of the financial-services sector. May 6. (38-61) L-3
136/S3217: Impose leverage and liability limits on bank- holding companies and financial companies. May 6. (33-61) C-1
140/S3217: Establish a time frame for ending the government’s support of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. May 11. (43-56) L-3
141/S3217: Bar mortgage brokers and loan originators from receiving payments based on the terms of the loans they sell. May 12. (63-36) L-3
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