Amendment to Follow the Simpson-Bowles Budget Recommendations
Feb. 6, 2013 | H.R. 444
Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) introduced an amendment to a budget-related bill (H.R. 444) that directed President Obama to follow the budget recommendations of the-Simpson-Bowles commission. Those recommendations included cuts to Social Security benefits, shifting Medicare costs to beneficiaries, lower tax rates for the wealthy and corporations and increased tax incentives for shipping jobs overseas. The amendment was rejected.
This is Bad for working people.
Vote result: Failed
YEAs: 75
NAYs: 348
| Legislator Sort descending | State | District | Party | Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Rep. Tom Latham | 3 | 
Republican
|
No | |
|
Rep. Robert E. Latta | 5 |
Republican
|
No | |
|
Rep. Barbara Lee | 12 | 
Democrat
|
No | |
|
Rep. Sander M. Levin | 9 |
Democrat
|
No | |
|
Rep. John Lewis | 5 |
Democrat
|
No | |
|
Rep. Daniel Lipinski | 3 |
Democrat
|
Yes | |
|
Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo | 2 |
Republican
|
No | |
|
Rep. Dave Loebsack | 2 |
Democrat
|
No | |
|
Rep. Zoe Lofgren | 18 |
Democrat
|
No | |
|
Rep. Billy Long | 7 |
Republican
|
No | |
|
Rep. Alan Lowenthal | 47 |
Democrat
|
No | |
|
Rep. Nita M. Lowey | 17 |
Democrat
|
No | |
|
Rep. Frank D. Lucas | 3 |
Republican
|
No | |
|
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer | 3 |
Republican
|
No | |
|
Sen. Ben Ray Luján |
Democrat
|
No | ||
|
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham | 1 |
Democrat
|
No | |
|
Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis |
Republican
|
Yes | ||
|
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch | 8 |
Democrat
|
No | |
|
Rep. Dan Maffei | 24 |
Democrat
|
No | |
|
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney | 18 |
Democrat
|
No |
2013 House Key Votes
- Amendment to Provide Additional Support for Superstorm Sandy Recovery
- Supplemental Appropriations for FY2013 for Superstorm Sandy Recovery
- Amendment to Follow the Simpson-Bowles Budget Recommendations
- Appropriations Amendment Freezing Federal Employee Pay
- Motion to Recommit: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
- Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
- FY2014 Budget Resolution
- Preventing Greater Uncertainity in Labor-Management Relations Act
- Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013
- Repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- Amendment to Repeal Prevailing Wage Laws
- Amendment to Defund Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
- Amendment to Encourage the Outsourcing of Department of Defense Jobs
- Amendment to Defund the Food for Peace Program
- Student Success Act
- REINS Act of 2013
- Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2015
- Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
- Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014
- Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014
- Retail Investor Protection Act