2016H.R. 636; Schumer Amendment; Roll Call Vote 43

Federal Mandate for Airplane Seats

2016 - U.S. Senate

Conservatives Oppose

Description

The Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) amendment to the Small Business Tax Relief Act requires the Federal Aviation Administration to establish minimum requirements regarding seating space for passengers on commercial aircrafts. ACU does not believe it is a proper function of government to mandate the size of airline seats and opposed this amendment. The Senate defeated the amendment on April 7, 2016 by a vote of 42-54.

Voted Yes

Voted No

Did Not Vote

Legislators · 100

Legislator	Party	Lifetime Rating	Vote
Jefferson Sessions III	Republican	93%	Conservative
Richard Shelby	Republican	77%	Conservative
Lisa Murkowski	Republican	54%	Conservative
Dan Sullivan	Republican	75%	Conservative
Jeff Flake	Republican	93%	Conservative
John McCain III	Republican	82%	Conservative
John Boozman	Republican	83%	Conservative
Tom Cotton	Republican	82%	Conservative
Barbara Boxer	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Dianne Feinstein	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Michael Bennet	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Cory Gardner	Republican	79%	Conservative
Richard Blumenthal	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Christopher Murphy	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Thomas Carper	Democrat	12%	Conservative
Christopher Coons	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Clarence Nelson	Democrat	28%	Leftist
Marco Rubio	Republican	87%	Conservative
Johnny Isakson	Republican	82%	Conservative
David Perdue Jr.	Republican	83%	Conservative
Mazie Hirono	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Brian Schatz	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Mike Crapo	Republican	90%	Conservative
James Risch	Republican	89%	Conservative
Richard Durbin	Democrat	4%	Did Not Vote
Mark Kirk	Republican	53%	Conservative
Daniel Coats	Republican	88%	Conservative
Joe Donnelly	Democrat	24%	Leftist
Joni Ernst	Republican	80%	Conservative
Chuck Grassley	Republican	82%	Conservative
Jerry Moran	Republican	83%	Conservative
Charles Roberts	Republican	82%	Conservative
Mitch McConnell	Republican	84%	Conservative
Rand Paul	Republican	97%	Conservative
Bill Cassidy	Republican	78%	Conservative
David Vitter	Republican	91%	Conservative
Susan Collins	Republican	44%	Leftist
Angus King	Independent	6%	Leftist
Benjamin Cardin	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Barbara Mikulski	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Edward Markey	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Elizabeth Warren	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Gary Peters	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Debbie Stabenow	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Al Franken	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Amy Klobuchar	Democrat	4%	Leftist
William Cochran	Republican	78%	Conservative
Roger Wicker	Republican	80%	Conservative
Roy Blunt	Republican	83%	Conservative
Claire McCaskill	Democrat	12%	Conservative
Steve Daines	Republican	86%	Conservative
Jon Tester	Democrat	12%	Conservative
Deb Fischer	Republican	79%	Conservative
Ben Sasse	Republican	90%	Conservative
Dean Heller	Republican	82%	Conservative
Harry Reid	Democrat	16%	Leftist
Kelly Ayotte	Republican	64%	Conservative
Jeanne Shaheen	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Cory Booker	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Robert Menendez	Democrat	7%	Leftist
Martin Heinrich	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Thomas Udall	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Kirsten Gillibrand	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Charles Schumer	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Richard Burr	Republican	85%	Conservative
Thom Tillis	Republican	71%	Conservative
Mary Heitkamp	Democrat	12%	Leftist
John Hoeven	Republican	73%	Conservative
Sherrod Brown	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Rob Portman	Republican	77%	Conservative
Jim Inhofe	Republican	94%	Conservative
James Lankford	Republican	87%	Conservative
Jeff Merkley	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Ron Wyden	Democrat	7%	Leftist
Robert Casey, Jr.	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Pat Toomey	Republican	87%	Conservative
Jack Reed	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Sheldon Whitehouse	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Lindsey Graham	Republican	79%	Conservative
Tim Scott	Republican	89%	Conservative
Mike Rounds	Republican	72%	Conservative
John Thune	Republican	82%	Conservative
Lamar Alexander	Republican	72%	Conservative
Robert Corker	Republican	81%	Conservative
John Cornyn	Republican	85%	Did Not Vote
Ted Cruz	Republican	96%	Did Not Vote
Orrin Hatch	Republican	88%	Conservative
Mike Lee	Republican	99%	Conservative
Patrick Leahy	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Bernard Sanders	Independent	7%	Did Not Vote
Tim Kaine	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Mark Warner	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Maria Cantwell	Democrat	7%	Leftist
Patty Murray	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Shelley Capito	Republican	67%	Conservative
Joe Manchin, III	Independent	26%	Leftist
Tammy Baldwin	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Ron Johnson	Republican	92%	Conservative
John Barrasso	Republican	87%	Conservative
Michael Enzi	Republican	91%	Conservative