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Roll call · H.R. 1 · 2025

Pass the 2025 reconciliation tax package

Its largest benefits flow to corporations and top earners. A yes vote sided with the donor class.

What happened

The Senate split evenly, 50–50. A tie normally loses, but the Vice President cast the deciding Yea, so it passed by the narrowest possible margin.

The tally

50 Yea · 50 Nay. Officially recorded as “Passed 50-50 (VP tiebreak).”

Party split

Yea: 50 Republicans. Nay: 45 Democrats, 3 Republicans, 2 Independents.

Crossed party lines

3 Republicans crossed over: Susan Collins (R-ME), Rand Paul (R-KY), Thomas Tillis (R-NC)

Official Senate roll call ↗

Who lobbied this bill

10,118 organizations reported lobbying on this bill in 2025. Among them, familiar names from the seven worst industries:

TelecomCharter, Comcast
DefenseGeneral Dynamics, Lockheed Martin
Pharma & HealthPhRMA, UnitedHealth
Oil & EnergyExxonMobil

Source: Senate lobbying disclosures (LDA). Filings report spending across many bills at once, so there's no honest per-bill dollar figure. This is who reported working the bill, not how much they spent on it.

A gold dot marks the side that favored concentrated money on this vote. Senators in office today are clickable, so tap any name for their full record. Source: the official Senate roll call, linked above.