Tax Reduction Extension
109th Congress, 1st Session
December 8, 2005
The House on December 8, 2005 passed H.R. 4297, formally titled the Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act. This bill extended extensive tax reductions which largely benefit wealthier persons. Democrats adamantly opposed the bill, though nine Democrats voted for it. Only three Republicans voted no. Democrats pointed out that tax reductions increased the deficit despite the November 18th vote reducing funding for programs largely benefiting less affluent person. The vote is displayed below in a table which shows median household income and poverty data by congressional district along with racial and ethnic data and 2004 election results. Election results for Reps. Doris Matsui, Jean Schmidt and John Campbell are for mid-session elections.
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. |
Y |
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 |
NV |
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% |
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 |
Y |
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 |
Y |
CT |
4 |
R |
52% |
$66,598 |
7.4% |
29.1% |
11.4% |
12.8% |
Nancy L. Johnson |
Y |
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 |
NV |
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 |
Y |
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 |
N |
GA |
6 |
R |
64% |
$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 |
Y |
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 |
N |
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 |
Y |
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 |
8.4% |
16.3% |
7.8% |
6.7% |
Jerry F. Costello |
N |
IL |
12 |
D |
69% |
$35,198 |
15.0% |
20.3% |
16.4% |
1 |