EXPIRE act
The Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act legislation currently being considered in the U.S. Senate. Among other provisions, the EXPIRE Act would extend the renewable energy protection tax credit through December 31, 2015. Organizations such as the American Wind Energy Association have actively lobbied for the passage of this bill because it would benefit wind power in the United States. The bipartisan US Senate Finance Committee passed the legislation on April 3, 2014 and the next step is consideration by the full US Senate. On May 16, 2014 the US Senate failed to pass the EXPIRE Act due to a Republican filibuster. Republicans wanted to strike the approximately $13 billion tax break for wind power. All Democrats except Reid (D-NV), Manchin (D-WV), and Rockefeller (D-WV) voted yea. All republicans voted nay or no vote except Kirk (R-IL).
The vote for H.R. 3474 cloture (carrying the EXPIRE Act) was as follows (53 yea, 40 nay, 7 no vote):
Yea |
Nay |
Not Voting |
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Baldwin (D-WI) |
Alexander (R-TN) |
Ayotte (R-NH) |
Begich (D-AK) |
Barrasso (R-WY) |
Boozman (R-AR) |
Bennet (D-CO) |
Blunt (R-MO) |
Isakson (R-GA) |
Blumenthal (D-CT) |
Burr (R-NC) |
Manchin (D-WV) |
Booker (D-NJ) |
Chambliss (R-GA) |
Moran (R-KS) |
Boxer (D-CA) |
Coats (R-IN) |
Rockefeller (D-WV) |
Brown (D-OH) |
Coburn (R-OK) |
Vitter (R-LA) |
Cantwell (D-WA) |
Cochran (R-MS) |
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Cardin (D-MD) |
Collins (R-ME) |
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Carper (D-DE) |
Corker (R-TN) |
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Casey (D-PA) |
Cornyn (R-TX) |
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Coons (D-DE) |
Crapo (R-ID) |
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Donnelly (D-IN) |
Cruz (R-TX) |
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Durbin (D-IL) |
Enzi (R-WY) |
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Feinstein (D-CA) |
Fischer (R-NE) |
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Franken (D-MN) |
Flake (R-AZ) |
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Gillibrand (D-NY) |
Graham (R-SC) |
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Hagan (D-NC) |
Grassley (R-IA) |
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Harkin (D-IA) |
Hatch (R-UT) |
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Heinrich (D-NM) |
Heller (R-NV) |
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Heitkamp (D-ND) |
Hoeven (R-ND) |
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Hirono (D-HI) |
Inhofe (R-OK) |
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Johnson (D-SD) |
Johanns (R-NE) |
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Kaine (D-VA) |
Johnson (R-WI) |
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King (I-ME) |
Lee (R-UT) |
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Kirk (R-IL) |
McCain (R-AZ) |
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Klobuchar (D-MN) |
McConnell (R-KY) |
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Landrieu (D-LA) |
Murkowski (R-AK) |
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Leahy (D-VT) |
Paul (R-KY) |
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Levin (D-MI) |
Portman (R-OH) |
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Markey (D-MA) |
Reid (D-NV) |
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McCaskill (D-MO) |
Risch (R-ID) |
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Menendez (D-NJ) |
Roberts (R-KS) |
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Merkley (D-OR) |
Rubio (R-FL) |
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Mikulski (D-MD) |
Scott (R-SC) |
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Murphy (D-CT) |
Sessions (R-AL) |
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Murray (D-WA) |
Shelby (R-AL) |
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Nelson (D-FL) |
Thune (R-SD) |
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Pryor (D-AR) |
Toomey (R-PA) |
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Reed (D-RI) |
Wicker (R-MS) |
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Sanders (I-VT) |
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Schatz (D-HI) |
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Schumer (D-NY) |
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Shaheen (D-NH) |
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Stabenow (D-MI) |
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Tester (D-MT) |
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Udall (D-CO) |
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Udall (D-NM) |
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Walsh (D-MT) |
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Warner (D-VA) |
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Warren (D-MA) |
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Whitehouse (D-RI) |
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Wyden (D-OR) |