Budget Reconciliation
109th Congress, 1st Session
November 18, 2005
The budget reconciliation bill, H.R. 4241, was passed on November 18, 2005 by the narrow margin of 217-215. All Democrats voted against, as did fourteen Republicans. This vote came the day after the defeat of the Labor, Health and Human Services appropriation which saw twenty-two Republicans voting no. Democrats harshly criticized the reconciliation bill as cutting programs to benefit lower income persons at the same time as the Republican leadership planned to bring up a bill extending tax cuts to the wealthy.
The interactive table below shows 2000 Census data on income and race to permit judgments as to whether votes to reduce spending for social programs is in the best interests of the constituents of individual Members of Congress. The table also provides 2004 election results (and special election results for Reps. Doris Matsui and Jean Schmidt).
Data Set Sorted By state, cd in Ascending Order
Representative |
Vote Sort |
State Sort |
District |
Party Sort |
04 Election Percentage Sort |
Median Household Income Sort |
Percent Poverty Sort |
Percent Minority Sort |
Percent African American Sort |
Percent Hispanic Sort |
Don Young |
Y |
AK |
A-L |
R |
71% |
$51,571 |
9.4% |
32.4% |
3.5% |
4.1% |
Jo Bonner |
Y |
AL |
1 |
R |
63% |
$34,739 |
16.9% |
32.2% |
28.1% |
1.3% |
Terry Everett |
Y |
AL |
2 |
R |
72% |
$32,460 |
17.2% |
33.0% |
29.6% |
1.5% |
Mike Rogers |
Y |
AL |
3 |
R |
61% |
$30,806 |
18.8% |
35.1% |
32.4% |
1.2% |
Robert B. Aderholt |
Y |
AL |
4 |
R |
75% |
$31,344 |
14.7% |
9.6% |
5.2% |
3.0% |
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. |
N |
AL |
5 |
D |
73% |
$38,054 |
12.5% |
22.3% |
17.0% |
2.0% |
Spencer Bachus |
Y |
AL |
6 |
R |
100% |
$46,946 |
8.1% |
11.2% |
7.7% |
1.6% |
Artur Davis |
N |
AL |
7 |
D |
75% |
$26,672 |
24.7% |
64.5% |
62.0% |
1.3% |
Marion Berry |
N |
AR |
1 |
D |
67% |
$28,940 |
18.5% |
19.8% |
16.7% |
1.6% |
Vic Snyder |
N |
AR |
2 |
D |
58% |
$37,221 |
12.7% |
24.4% |
19.5% |
2.4% |
John Boozman |
Y |
AR |
3 |
R |
59% |
$33,915 |
13.7% |
12.7% |
2.0% |
6.3% |
Mike Ross |
N |
AR |
4 |
D |
100% |
$29,675 |
18.5% |
29.0% |
24.5% |
2.7% |
Rick Renzi |
Y |
AZ |
1 |
R |
59% |
$32,979 |
20.3% |
41.6% |
1.3% |
16.4% |
Trent Franks |
Y |
AZ |
2 |
R |
59% |
$42,432 |
8.9% |
21.6% |
2.2% |
14.2% |
John B. Shadegg |
Y |
AZ |
3 |
R |
80% |
$48,108 |
8.7% |
21.5% |
2.4% |
14.1% |
Ed Pastor |
N |
AZ |
4 |
D |
70% |
$30,624 |
25.6% |
70.7% |
7.9% |
58.0% |
J. D. Hayworth |
Y |
AZ |
5 |
R |
60% |
$51,780 |
8.4% |
23.2% |
2.8% |
13.3% |
Jeff Flake |
Y |
AZ |
6 |
R |
79% |
$47,976 |
7.7% |
23.4% |
2.1% |
17.2% |
Raúl M. Grijalva |
N |
AZ |
7 |
D |
62% |
$30,828 |
21.8% |
61.4% |
3.0% |
50.6% |
Jim Kolbe |
Y |
AZ |
8 |
R |
60% |
$40,656 |
10.5% |
26.1% |
3.1% |
18.2% |
Mike Thompson |
N |
CA |
1 |
D |
67% |
$38,918 |
15.3% |
28.8% |
1.4% |
17.9% |
Wally Herger |
Y |
CA |
2 |
R |
67% |
$33,559 |
17.0% |
23.8% |
1.2% |
14.0% |
Daniel E. Lungren |
Y |
CA |
3 |
R |
62% |
$51,313 |
8.5% |
25.6% |
4.5% |
10.7% |
John T. Doolittle |
Y |
CA |
4 |
R |
65% |
$49,387 |
8.7% |
16.2% |
1.2% |
8.9% |
Doris Matsui |
N |
CA |
5 |
D |
68% |
$36,719 |
19.7% |
56.6% |
14.8% |
20.8% |
Lynn C. Woolsey |
N |
CA |
6 |
D |
73% |
$59,115 |
7.7% |
23.9% |
2.1% |
14.5% |
George Miller |
N |
CA |
7 |
D |
76% |
$52,778 |
10.0% |
56.8% |
17.1% |
21.4% |
Nancy Pelosi |
N |
CA |
8 |
D |
85% |
$52,322 |
12.2% |
57.1% |
8.8% |
15.7% |
Barbara Lee |
N |
CA |
9 |
D |
85% |
$44,314 |
16.9% |
64.8% |
26.4% |
18.7% |
Ellen O. Tauscher |
N |
CA |
10 |
D |
66% |
$65,245 |
6.3% |
34.6% |
5.8% |
15.0% |
Richard W. Pombo |
Y |
CA |
11 |
R |
61% |
$61,996 |
8.8% |
35.9% |
3.5% |
19.7% |
Tom Lantos |
N |
CA |
12 |
D |
68% |
$70,307 |
5.4% |
51.8% |
2.6% |
15.7% |
Fortney Pete Stark |
N |
CA |
13 |
D |
72% |
$62,415 |
7.1% |
61.6% |
6.5% |
21.1% |
Anna G. Eshoo |
N |
CA |
14 |
D |
70% |
$77,985 |
6.4% |
40.4% |
3.1% |
17.5% |
Michael M. Honda |
N |
CA |
15 |
D |
72% |
$74,947 |
6.6% |
52.9% |
2.5% |
17.2% |
Zoe Lofgren |
N |
CA |
16 |
D |
71% |
$67,689 |
9.8% |
68.1% |
3.6% |
37.6% |
Sam Farr |
N |
CA |
17 |
D |
67% |
$49,234 |
13.3% |
53.7% |
2.8% |
42.9% |
Dennis A. Cardoza |
N |
CA |
18 |
D |
67% |
$34,211 |
22.7% |
60.9% |
5.9% |
41.9% |
George Radanovich |
Y |
CA |
19 |
R |
66% |
$41,225 |
14.8% |
40.1% |
3.6% |
28.2% |
Jim Costa |
N |
CA |
20 |
D |
53% |
$26,800 |
32.2% |
78.6% |
7.6% |
63.1% |
Devin Nunes |
Y |
CA |
21 |
R |
73% |
$36,047 |
20.7% |
53.6% |
2.3% |
43.4% |
William M. Thomas |
Y |
CA |
22 |
R |
100% |
$41,801 |
13.7% |
33.2% |
5.8% |
21.0% |
Lois Capps |
N |
CA |
23 |
D |
63% |
$44,874 |
15.7% |
51.3% |
2.2% |
41.7% |
Elton Gallegly |
Y |
CA |
24 |
R |
63% |
$61,453 |
7.2% |
31.4% |
1.8% |
22.3% |
Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon |
Y |
CA |
25 |
R |
64% |
$49,002 |
12.6% |
42.8% |
8.2% |
27.1% |
David Dreier |
Y |
CA |
26 |
R |
53% |
$58,968 |
8.4% |
47.3% |
4.6% |
24.4% |
Brad Sherman |
N |
CA |
27 |
D |
62% |
$46,781 |
13.4% |
55.1% |
4.7% |
36.5% |
Howard L. Berman |
N |
CA |
28 |
D |
71% |
$40,439 |
19.1% |
68.6% |
4.4% |
55.6% |
Adam B. Schiff |
N |
CA |
29 |
D |
65% |
$43,895 |
14.5% |
60.9% |
6.1% |
26.1% |
Henry A. Waxman |
N |
CA |
30 |
D |
71% |
$60,713 |
9.0% |
23.6% |
2.7% |
8.3% |
Xavier Becerra |
N |
CA |
31 |
D |
80% |
$26,093 |
30.1% |
90.2% |
4.7% |
70.2% |
Hilda L. Solis |
N |
CA |
32 |
D |
85% |
$41,394 |
18.0% |
85.2% |
2.8% |
62.3% |
Diane E. Watson |
N |
CA |
33 |
D |
89% |
$31,655 |
23.5% |
80.1% |
30.5% |
34.6% |
Lucille Roybal-Allard |
N |
CA |
34 |
D |
74% |
$29,863 |
26.0% |
88.6% |
4.8% |
77.2% |
Maxine Waters |
N |
CA |
35 |
D |
81% |
$32,156 |
26.4% |
89.6% |
34.7% |
47.4% |
Jane Harman |
N |
CA |
36 |
D |
62% |
$51,633 |
12.7% |
51.6% |
4.2% |
30.3% |
Juanita Millender-McDonald |
N |
CA |
37 |
D |
75% |
$34,006 |
25.2% |
83.4% |
25.2% |
43.2% |
Grace F. Napolitano |
N |
CA |
38 |
D |
100% |
$42,488 |
16.3% |
86.4% |
3.9% |
70.6% |
Linda T. Sánchez |
N |
CA |
39 |
D |
61% |
$45,307 |
15.7% |
79.0% |
6.4% |
61.2% |
Edward R. Royce |
Y |
CA |
40 |
R |
68% |
$54,356 |
10.2% |
50.7% |
2.4% |
29.6% |
Jerry Lewis |
Y |
CA |
41 |
R |
83% |
$38,721 |
15.2% |
36.5% |
5.5% |
23.4% |
Gary G. Miller |
Y |
CA |
42 |
R |
68% |
$70,463 |
6.0% |
45.6% |
3.0% |
23.8% |
Joe Baca |
N |
CA |
43 |
D |
66% |
$37,390 |
20.7% |
76.6% |
12.8% |
58.3% |
Ken Calvert |
Y |
CA |
44 |
R |
62% |
$51,578 |
12.1% |
48.7% |
5.7% |
35.0% |
Mary Bono |
Y |
CA |
45 |
R |
67% |
$40,468 |
15.0% |
49.9% |
6.6% |
38.0% |
Dana Rohrabacher |
Y |
CA |
46 |
R |
62% |
$61,567 |
7.8% |
37.2% |
1.5% |
16.9% |
Loretta Sanchez |
N |
CA |
47 |
D |
60% |
$41,618 |
19.1% |
82.7% |
1.8% |
65.3% |
Darrell E. Issa |
Y |
CA |
49 |
R |
63% |
$46,445 |
11.9% |
42.1% |
5.3% |
29.5% |
Randy ``Duke'' Cunningham |
Y |
CA |
50 |
R |
58% |
$59,813 |
8.1% |
34.2% |
1.9% |
18.8% |
Bob Filner |
N |
CA |
51 |
D |
62% |
$39,243 |
16.3% |
78.7% |
9.8% |
53.3% |
Duncan Hunter |
Y |
CA |
52 |
R |
69% |
$52,940 |
8.1% |
27.1% |
3.8% |
13.7% |
Susan A. Davis |
N |
CA |
53 |
D |
66% |
$36,637 |
20.2% |
49.0% |
7.5% |
29.4% |
Diana DeGette |
N |
CO |
1 |
D |
74% |
$39,658 |
13.7% |
45.7% |
10.4% |
30.0% |
Mark Udall |
N |
CO |
2 |
D |
67% |
$55,204 |
7.4% |
21.1% |
1.0% |
14.7% |
John T. Salazar |
N |
CO |
3 |
D |
50% |
$35,970 |
12.8% |
25.4% |
0.8% |
21.5% |
Marilyn N. Musgrave |
Y |
CO |
4 |
R |
51% |
$43,389 |
10.9% |
20.6% |
0.8% |
17.0% |
Joel Hefley |
Y |
CO |
5 |
R |
71% |
$45,454 |
8.3% |
22.6% |
6.0% |
11.1% |
Thomas G. Tancredo |
Y |
CO |
6 |
R |
60% |
$73,393 |
2.7% |
12.3% |
1.9% |
5.8% |
Bob Beauprez |
Y |
CO |
7 |
R |
55% |
$46,149 |
8.9% |
31.1% |
6.0% |
19.6% |
John B. Larson |
N |
CT |
1 |
D |
73% |
$50,227 |
9.6% |
28.4% |
13.1% |
11.4% |
Rob Simmons |
N |
CT |
2 |
R |
54% |
$54,498 |
5.8% |
11.4% |
3.5% |
4.3% |
Rosa L. DeLauro |
N |
CT |
3 |
D |
72% |
$49,752 |
8.8% |
23.9% |
11.9% |
8.0% |
Christopher Shays |
N |
CT |
4 |
R |
52% |
$66,598 |
7.4% |
29.1% |
11.4% |
12.8% |
Nancy L. Johnson |
N |
CT |
5 |
R |
60% |
$53,118 |
7.7% |
19.8% |
5.6% |
10.5% |
Michael N. Castle |
Y |
DE |
A-L |
R |
69% |
$47,381 |
9.2% |
27.5% |
19.2% |
4.8% |
Jeff Miller |
Y |
FL |
1 |
R |
77% |
$36,738 |
13.1% |
22.0% |
14.1% |
3.0% |
Allen Boyd |
N |
FL |
2 |
D |
62% |
$34,718 |
16.5% |
28.5% |
22.3% |
3.3% |
Corrine Brown |
N |
FL |
3 |
D |
100% |
$29,785 |
21.5% |
61.6% |
49.9% |
8.0% |
Ander Crenshaw |
Y |
FL |
4 |
R |
100% |
$43,947 |
9.1% |
22.2% |
13.7% |
4.2% |
Ginny Brown-Waite |
Y |
FL |
5 |
R |
66% |
$34,815 |
10.6% |
12.3% |
4.7% |
5.6% |
Cliff Stearns |
Y |
FL |
6 |
R |
64% |
$36,846 |
13.4% |
21.1% |
12.0% |
5.2% |
John L. Mica |
Y |
FL |
7 |
R |
100% |
$40,525 |
10.1% |
18.7% |
9.0% |
6.9% |
Ric Keller |
Y |
FL |
8 |
R |
61% |
$41,568 |
9.4% |
30.1% |
7.7% |
17.6% |
Michael Bilirakis |
Y |
FL |
9 |
R |
100% |
$40,742 |
8.6% |
14.8% |
3.7% |
7.9% |
C. W. Bill Young |
Y |
FL |
10 |
R |
69% |
$37,168 |
8.9% |
12.0% |
3.7% |
4.4% |
Jim Davis |
N |
FL |
11 |
D |
86% |
$33,559 |
17.5% |
51.7% |
28.1% |
20.0% |
Adam H. Putnam |
Y |
FL |
12 |
R |
65% |
$37,769 |
12.4% |
27.9% |
13.3% |
12.0% |
Katherine Harris |
Y |
FL |
13 |
R |
55% |
$40,187 |
9.4% |
14.0% |
4.5% |
7.7% |
Connie Mack |
Y |
FL |
14 |
R |
68% |
$42,541 |
8.8% |
16.2% |
5.3% |
9.0% |
Dave Weldon |
Y |
FL |
15 |
R |
65% |
$39,397 |
9.8% |
22.2% |
7.7% |
11.3% |
Mark Foley |
Y |
FL |
16 |
R |
68% |
$39,408 |
10.0% |
18.2% |
6.0% |
10.1% |
Kendrick B. Meek |
N |
FL |
17 |
D |
100% |
$30,426 |
23.3% |
81.6% |
56.9% |
21.2% |
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen |
Y |
FL |
18 |
R |
65% |
$32,298 |
19.3% |
70.3% |
7.2% |
62.7% |
Robert Wexler |
N |
FL |
19 |
D |
100% |
$42,237 |
7.7% |
22.5% |
6.3% |
12.7% |
Debbie Wasserman Schultz |
N |
FL |
20 |
D |
70% |
$44,034 |
9.6% |
33.1% |
8.3% |
20.6% |
Lincoln Diaz-Balart |
Y |
FL |
21 |
R |
73% |
$41,426 |
13.0% |
79.0% |
7.6% |
69.7% |
E. Clay Shaw Jr. |
Y |
FL |
22 |
R |
63% |
$51,200 |
7.1% |
17.7% |
4.0% |
10.7% |
Alcee L. Hastings |
N |
FL |
23 |
D |
100% |
$31,309 |
21.9% |
70.6% |
52.0% |
13.7% |
Tom Feeney |
Y |
FL |
24 |
R |
100% |
$43,954 |
8.7% |
20.0% |
6.5% |
9.8% |
Mario Diaz-Balart |
Y |
FL |
25 |
R |
100% |
$44,489 |
13.7% |
75.7% |
10.8% |
62.4% |
Jack Kingston |
Y |
GA |
1 |
R |
100% |
$36,158 |
14.8% |
29.0% |
22.7% |
4.1% |
Sanford D. Bishop Jr. |
N |
GA |
2 |
D |
67% |
$29,354 |
22.5% |
49.7% |
44.8% |
3.5% |
Jim Marshall |
N |
GA |
3 |
D |
63% |
$31,433 |
19.9% |
43.8% |
40.0% |
2.6% |
Cynthia McKinney |
N |
GA |
4 |
D |
64% |
$49,307 |
10.5% |
68.0% |
53.5% |
8.5% |
John Lewis |
N |
GA |
5 |
D |
100% |
$39,725 |
19.7% |
65.6% |
56.1% |
6.1% |
Tom Price |
Y |
GA |
6 |
R |
100% |
$75,611 |
3.7% |
17.0% |
7.0% |
4.5% |
John Linder |
Y |
GA |
7 |
R |
100% |
$63,455 |
4.5% |
17.6% |
7.1% |
5.4% |
Lynn A. Westmoreland |
Y |
GA |
8 |
R |
76% |
$52,406 |
6.3% |
17.2% |
12.6% |
2.1% |
Charlie Norwood |
Y |
GA |
9 |
R |
74% |
$39,987 |
11.2% |
18.8% |
13.7% |
2.6% |
Nathan Deal |
Y |
GA |
10 |
R |
100% |
$42,037 |
10.3% |
14.6% |
3.4% |
9.4% |
Phil Gingrey |
Y |
GA |
11 |
R |
57% |
$37,582 |
13.8% |
38.3% |
28.5% |
7.2% |
John Barrow |
N |
GA |
12 |
D |
52% |
$31,108 |
21.7% |
48.1% |
42.6% |
2.9% |
David Scott |
N |
GA |
13 |
D |
100% |
$43,429 |
11.2% |
57.9% |
41.1% |
10.2% |
Neil Abercrombie |
N |
HI |
1 |
D |
63% |
$50,798 |
9.7% |
82.3% |
2.0% |
5.4% |
Ed Case |
N |
HI |
2 |
D |
63% |
$48,686 |
11.7% |
72.0% |
1.6% |
9.0% |
Jim Nussle |
Y |
IA |
1 |
R |
55% |
$38,727 |
10.1% |
7.9% |
3.8% |
2.0% |
James A. Leach |
N |
IA |
2 |
R |
59% |
$40,121 |
9.9% |
7.6% |
2.0% |
2.7% |
Leonard L. Boswell |
NV |
IA |
3 |
D |
55% |
$43,176 |
8.0% |
9.9% |
3.2% |
3.2% |
Tom Latham |
Y |
IA |
4 |
R |
61% |
$38,242 |
8.9% |
5.3% |
0.8% |
2.5% |
Steve King |
Y |
IA |
5 |
R |
63% |
$36,773 |
8.9% |
6.3% |
0.7% |
3.6% |
C. L. ``Butch'' Otter |
Y |
ID |
1 |
R |
70% |
$38,364 |
11.0% |
11.0% |
0.3% |
6.8% |
Michael K. Simpson |
Y |
ID |
2 |
R |
71% |
$36,934 |
12.6% |
12.9% |
0.5% |
8.9% |
Bobby L. Rush |
N |
IL |
1 |
D |
85% |
$37,222 |
19.7% |
72.7% |
65.5% |
4.8% |
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. |
N |
IL |
2 |
D |
88% |
$41,330 |
15.2% |
74.4% |
62.4% |
10.4% |
Daniel Lipinski |
N |
IL |
3 |
D |
74% |
$48,048 |
8.3% |
31.8% |
5.9% |
21.3% |
Luis V. Gutierrez |
N |
IL |
4 |
D |
84% |
$35,935 |
20.2% |
81.6% |
4.3% |
74.5% |
Rahm Emanuel |
N |
IL |
5 |
D |
76% |
$48,531 |
8.5% |
34.1% |
2.3% |
23.0% |
Henry J. Hyde |
Y |
IL |
6 |
R |
56% |
$62,640 |
4.3% |
24.7% |
2.7% |
12.5% |
Danny K. Davis |
N |
IL |
7 |
D |
86% |
$40,361 |
24.0% |
72.7% |
62.0% |
5.8% |
Melissa L. Bean |
N |
IL |
8 |
D |
52% |
$62,762 |
4.4% |
21.2% |
3.3% |
10.8% |
Janice D. Schakowsky |
N |
IL |
9 |
D |
76% |
$46,531 |
11.0% |
37.5% |
10.9% |
11.5% |
Mark Steven Kirk |
Y |
IL |
10 |
R |
64% |
$71,663 |
4.8% |
24.8% |
5.4% |
12.3% |
Jerry Weller |
Y |
IL |
11 |
R |
59% |
$47,800 |