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 State District Party Vote
Rep. Joe Wilson
SC
 2 Republican No
Rep. Frederica Wilson
FL
 24 Democrat No
Rep. Robert J. Wittman
VA
 1 Republican No
Rep. Frank R. Wolf
VA
 10 Republican Yes
Rep. Steve Womack
AR
 3 Republican Yes
Rep. Rob Woodall
GA
 7 Republican Yes
Rep. John Yarmuth
KY
 3 Democrat Yes
Rep. Kevin Yoder
KS
 3 Republican No
Rep. Ted Yoho
FL
 3 Republican No
Sen. Todd Young
IN
 Republican No
Rep. C. W. Bill Young
FL
 13 Republican No
Rep. Don Young
AK
 At Large Republican Yes
2013 House Key Votes
  1. Amendment to Provide Additional Support for Superstorm Sandy Recovery
  2. Supplemental Appropriations for FY2013 for Superstorm Sandy Recovery
  3. Amendment to Follow the Simpson-Bowles Budget Recommendations
  4. Appropriations Amendment Freezing Federal Employee Pay
  5. Motion to Recommit: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
  6. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
  7. FY2014 Budget Resolution
  8. Preventing Greater Uncertainity in Labor-Management Relations Act
  9. Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013
  10. Repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  11. Amendment to Repeal Prevailing Wage Laws
  12. Amendment to Defund Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
  13. Amendment to Encourage the Outsourcing of Department of Defense Jobs
  14. Amendment to Defund the Food for Peace Program
  15. Student Success Act
  16. REINS Act of 2013
  17. Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2015
  18. Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
  19. Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014
  20. Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014
  21. Retail Investor Protection Act