Compare how Anne Ruston and Dean Smith voted on increasing or removing the Government debt limit
Anne Ruston
Liberal Party Senator for SA since September 2012
Dean Smith
Liberal Party Senator for WA since May 2012
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should increase the limit on the total amount of Commonwealth stock and securities that may be on issue at any time (known as the 'debt limit') or remove the limit altogether
Now this is where it gets a bit tricky… Two people might vote the same way on votes they both attended, so their votes are 100% in agreement. They might also have voted in a way we’d describe differently when looking at all of one person's votes. If the other person didn’t or couldn’t have attended those votes we leave those out of the comparison. Because that just wouldn’t be fair now, would it?
Most important divisions relevant to this policy
These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for increasing or removing the Government debt limit” which either Anne Ruston or Dean Smith could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Anne Ruston and Dean Smith on this policy. Where a person could not have attended a division because they were not a member of parliament at the time (or in the wrong house) it is marked as "-".
| Division | Anne Ruston | Dean Smith | Supporters vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing or removing the Government debt limit” which either Anne Ruston or Dean Smith could have attended. Where a person could not have attended a division because they were not a member of parliament at the time (or in the wrong house) it is marked as "-".
| Division | Anne Ruston | Dean Smith | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
9th Dec 2013, 12:53 PM – Senate Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Adopt report |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
9th Dec 2013, 12:44 PM – Senate Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Agree to bill as amended |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
9th Dec 2013, 12:38 PM – Senate Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Removing debt limit |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
14th Nov 2013, 1:09 PM – Senate Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - In Committee - Debt ceiling of $400 billion |
No | No | No |
25th Jun 2012, 9:35 PM – Senate Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2012-2013 - Second Reading - Increase debt limit |
- | No | Yes |