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Robert C. Byrd

Robert C. Byrd on Taxes

DemocratWV

Taxes649 votes · 74.8/100 consistent
Raise revenueCut taxes

1,079 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Taxes. 649 of them counted toward the score above: 347 toward “Raise revenue” and 302 toward “Cut taxes”.

The other 430 did not count: 412 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 18 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

DateWhat was voted onVotedCounted as
2010-06-24A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture MotionDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2010-06-23In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to TableDid not voteDirection not readable
2010-06-23A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to TableDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2010-06-17In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture MotionDid not voteDirection not readable
2010-06-17Of a perfecting nature.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2010-06-16To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the time for closing on a principal residence eligible for the first-time homebuyer credit.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2010-06-16To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the time for closing on a principal residence eligible for the first-time homebuyer credit.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2010-06-16In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the MotionDid not voteDirection not readable
2010-06-15To establish the Office of the Homeowner Advocate for purposes of addressing problems with the Home Affordable Modification Program.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentDid not voteDirection not readable
2010-06-15To ensure that any new revenues to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund will be used for the purposes of the fund and not used as a budget gimmick to offset deficit spending.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentDid not voteDirection not readable
2010-06-15To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate big oil and gas company tax loopholes, and to use the resulting increase in revenues to reduce the deficit and to invest in energy efficiency and conservation.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2010-06-09To increase transparency regarding debt instruments of the United States held by foreign governments, to assess the risks to the United States of such holdings, and for other purposes.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to TableDid not voteDirection not readable
2010-06-09To increase transparency regarding debt instruments of the United States held by foreign governments, to assess the risks to the United States of such holdings, and for other purposes.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentDid not voteDirection not readable
2010-06-09To establish 3 year discretionary spending caps.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the MotionDid not voteDirection not readable
2010-06-09To exempt pediatric medical devices from the medical device tax, and for other purposes.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to TableDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2010-06-09To provide for the extension of dependent coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the MotionDid not voteDirection not readable
2010-04-15Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Value Added Tax is a massive tax increase that will cripple families on fixed income and only further push back America's economic recovery and the Senate opposes a Value Added Tax.H.R. 4851 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2010-03-25To strike the 2-year limitation on the small business tax credit for taxable years after the Exchanges open.H.R. 4872 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayCut taxes
2010-03-22An act to modernize the air traffic control system, improve the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by air in the United States, provide for modernization of the air traffic control system, reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.H.R. 1586 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the BillDid not voteDirection not readable
2010-03-18To prohibit earmarks in years in which there is a deficit.H.R. 1586 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentDid not voteDirection not readable
2010-03-18To reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps for non-security spending.H.R. 1586 · 111th Congress · On the MotionDid not voteDirection not readable
2010-03-18To reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps.H.R. 1586 · 111th Congress · On the MotionDid not voteDirection not readable
2010-03-18To reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps.H.R. 1586 · 111th Congress · On the MotionDid not voteDirection not readable
2010-03-16To reauthorize the DC opportunity scholarship program.H.R. 1586 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentDid not voteDirection not readable
2010-03-16To clarify application requirements relating to the coastal impact assistance program.H.R. 1586 · 111th Congress · On the MotionDid not voteDirection not readable
2010-03-16To provide for the rescission of unused transportation earmarks and to establish a general reporting requirement for any unused earmarks.H.R. 1586 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentDid not voteDirection not readable
2010-03-16To establish an earmark moratorium for fiscal years 2010 and 2011.H.R. 1586 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to TableDid not voteDirection not readable
2010-03-10A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the BillDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2010-03-10A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture MotionDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2010-03-09In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaDirection not readable
2010-03-09To extend the TANF Emergency Fund through fiscal year 2011 and to provide funding for summer employment for youth.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2010-03-09To require the Senate to be transparent with taxpayers about spending.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2010-03-04To reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2010-03-04To provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited sales, use, and retailers' occupation tax holiday, and to offset the cost of such reimbursements.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayRaise revenue
2010-03-04To provide for a 6-month employee payroll tax rate cut, and for other purposes.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayRaise revenue
2010-03-03In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2010-03-03To provide additional offsets.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2010-03-03To offset the cost of the bill.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2010-03-03To provide an emergency benefit of $250 to seniors, veterans, and persons with disabilities in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment for such year, and for other purposes.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2010-03-03To provide an emergency benefit of $250 to seniors, veterans, and persons with disabilities in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment for such year, to provide an offset using unobligated stimulus funds, and for other purposes.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2010-03-03To improve the bill.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2010-03-03To create additional tax relief for businesses, and for other purposes.H.R. 4213 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayRaise revenue
2009-12-16A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees, and for other purposes.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to TableDid not voteDirection not readable
2009-12-15A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees, and for other purposes.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the MotionDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2009-12-08A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees, and for other purposes.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the MotionDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2009-12-05A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees, and for other purposes.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the MotionDid not voteDirection not readable
2009-12-04A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees, and for other purposes.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the MotionDid not voteDirection not readable
2009-12-03A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees, and for other purposes.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2009-11-21A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees, and for other purposes.H.R. 3590 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaCut taxes
2009-08-06To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an income tax credit for certain home purchases, and to transfer to the Treasury unobligated funds made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in the amount of the reduction in revenue resulting from such credit.H.R. 3435 · 111th Congress · On the MotionDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2009-05-13To enhance public knowledge regarding the national debt by requiring the publication of the facts about the national debt on IRS instructions, Federal websites, and in new legislation.H.R. 627 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2009-04-02To provide that no additional estate tax relief beyone that which is already assumed in this resolution, which protects over 99.7 percent of estates from the estate tax, shall be allowed under any deficit-neutral reserve fund unless an equal amount of aggregate tax relief is also provided to Americans earning less than $100,000 per year.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaRaise revenue
2009-04-02To create a deficit-neutral reserve fund for estate tax relief.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRaise revenue
2009-04-02To ensure that millions of middle-income families do not face an alternative minimum tax increase in 2013 and 2014 and that the budget resolution reflects that result.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRaise revenue
2009-04-02To protect charitable giving by ensuring that organizations that provide important religious, educational, cultural, health care, and environmental services are not negatively impacted by changes to the Federal income tax deduction for charitable donations.S.Con.Res. 13 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaCut taxes
2009-03-26To express the sense of the Senate regarding the Federal income tax deduction for charitable giving.H.R. 1388 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-03-26To express the sense of the Senate regarding the Federal income tax charitable giving.H.R. 1388 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2009-02-04To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend for 2009 the 1993 income tax increase on Social Security benefits, and for other purposes.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayRaise revenue
2009-02-03To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction for dividends received from controlled foreign corporations for an additional year, and for other purposes.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the MotionNayRaise revenue
2009-02-03To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction against individual income tax for interest on indebtedness and for State sales and excise taxes with respect to the purchase of certain motor vehicles.H.R. 1 · 111th Congress · On the MotionYeaCut taxes
2009-01-29To clarify that new paperwork and enrollment barriers are not created in the Express Lane Enrollment option and that income may be determined by Express Lane agencies based on State income tax records or returns.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2009-01-29To provide an above-the-line Federal income tax deduction for health care costs of certain children in an amount comparable to the average federal share of the benefit provided to any non-citizen child for medical assistance or child health assistance.H.R. 2 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRaise revenue
2008-12-11A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide alternative minimum tax relief for individuals for 2008.H.R. 7005 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaCut taxes
2008-10-01A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.H.R. 1424 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaCut taxes
2008-09-23A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.H.R. 6049 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaCut taxes
2008-09-23To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.H.R. 6049 · 110th Congress · On the MotionNayRaise revenue
2008-09-23To provide alternative minimum tax relief, and for other purposes.H.R. 6049 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaCut taxes
2008-09-23In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 6049 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2008-07-30A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.S. 3335 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaCut taxes
2008-07-29A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.H.R. 6049 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaCut taxes
2008-06-17A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.H.R. 6049 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaCut taxes
2008-06-10A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.H.R. 6049 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2008-04-10To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the limited continuation of clean energy production incentives and incentives to improve energy efficiency in order to prevent a downturn in these sectors that would result from a lapse in the tax law.H.R. 3221 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRaise revenue
2008-04-10To provide a longer extension of the renewable energy production tax credit and to encourage all emerging renewable sources of electricity, and for other purposes.H.R. 3221 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaCut taxes
2008-04-04To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow use of amended income tax returns to take into account receipt of certain hurricane-related casualty loss grants by disallowing previously taken casualty loss deductions and to waive the deadline on the construction of GO Zone property which is eligible for bonus depreciation.H.R. 3221 · 110th Congress · On the MotionDid not voteDirection not readable
2008-04-01Moving the United States toward greater energy independence and security, developing innovative new technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable energy production, and modernizing our energy infrastructure, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy conservation.H.R. 3221 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaCut taxes
2008-03-14To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for providing an above the line Federal income tax deduction for individuals purchasing health insurance outside the workplace.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2008-03-13To protect family businesses and farmers without increasing our nation's debt by providing for an estate tax that sets the exemption at $5 million and the rate at 35 percent, with the benefits of the exemption recaptured for estates over $100 million, paid for by closing tax loopholes that allow offshore deferral of compensation and transactions entered into solely for the purpose of avoiding taxation.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRaise revenue
2008-03-13To provide certainty to taxpayers by extending expiring tax provisions such as the R&D Tax Credit that helps US companies innovate, combat pay exclusion for our soldiers in the field, the education deduction to make colleges more affordable and the alternative energy incentives to make the environment cleaner through the end of 2009.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2008-03-13To put children ahead of millionaires and billionaires by restoring the pre-2001 top income tax rate for people earning over $1 million, and use this revenue to invest in LIHEAP; IDEA; Head Start; Child Care; nutrition; school construction and deficit reduction.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2008-03-13To repeal the tax increase on Social Security benefits imposed by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRaise revenue
2008-03-13To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund for repealing the 1993 increase in the income tax on Social Security benefits.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2008-03-13To reform the estate tax to avoid subjecting thousands of families, family businesses, and family farms and ranches to the estate tax.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaCut taxes
2008-03-13To protect families, family farms and small businesses by extending the income tax rate structure, raising the death tax exemption to $5 million and reducing the maximum death tax rate to no more than 35%; to keep education affordable by extending the college tuition deduction; and to protect senior citizens from higher taxes on their retirement income, maintain U.S. financial market competitiveness, and promote economic growth by extending the lower tax rates on dividends and capital gains.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRaise revenue
2008-02-28Moving the United States toward greater energy independence and security, developing innovative new technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable energy production, and modernizing our energy infrastructure, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy conservation.H.R. 3221 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2007-12-12To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a pilot program under which agricultural producers may establish and contribute to tax-exempt farm savings accounts in lieu of obtaining federally subsidized crop insurance or noninsured crop assistance, to provide for contributions to such accounts by the Secretary of Agriculture, to specify the situations in which amounts may be paid to producers from such accounts, and to limit the total amount of such distributions to a producer during a taxable year, and for other purposes.H.R. 2419 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRaise revenue
2007-12-12To limit the tax credit for small wind energy property expenditures to property placed in service in connection with a farm or rural small business.H.R. 2419 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayCut taxes
2007-12-06A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.H.R. 3996 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaCut taxes
2007-12-06A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.H.R. 3996 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaRaise revenue
2007-09-27An act to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.H.R. 976 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2007-09-27An act to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.H.R. 976 · 110th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaDirection not readable
2007-08-02A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.H.R. 976 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaRaise revenue
2007-08-02In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 976 · 110th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2007-08-02To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce.H.R. 976 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2007-08-02To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the 15-year straight-line cost recovery for qualified leasehold improvements and qualified restaurant improvements and to provide a 15-year straight-line cost recovery for certain improvements to retail space.H.R. 976 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayRaise revenue
2007-08-02To increase access to health insurance for low-income children based on actual need, as adjusted for cost-of-living.H.R. 976 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2007-08-02To codify the unborn child rule.H.R. 976 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2007-08-02To require individuals who are eligible for SCHIP and employer-sponsored coverage to use the employer-sponsored coverage instead of SCHIP.H.R. 976 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2007-08-02To ensure that children and pregnant women whose family income exceeds 200 percent of the poverty line and who have access to employer-sponsored coverage receive premium assistance.H.R. 976 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2007-08-02To minimize the erosion of private health coverage.H.R. 976 · 110th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable

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