Jesse Helms on Taxes

RepublicanNC

Taxes495 votes · 82.7/100 consistent

Raise revenueCut taxes

818 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Taxes. 495 of them counted toward the score above: 129 toward “Raise revenue” and 366 toward “Cut taxes”.

The other 323 did not count: 295 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 28 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.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
1975-03-20	TO RECOMMIT H.R. 2166 TO THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT BACK FORTHWITH AN AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY SEN. MANSFIELD AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT. THE AMENDMENT WAS AGREED TO AND THE BILL, AS THUS AMENDED WAS CONSIDERED AS ORIGINAL TEXT FOR FURTHER AMENDMENT -- ALL PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED AMENDMENTS WERE NULLIFIED.H.R. 2166 · 94th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1975-03-20	TO CLOSE FURTHER DEBATE ON H.R. 2166.H.R. 2166 · 94th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1975-03-19	TO TABLE HOLLINGS AMENDMENT TO CRANSTON AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2166, RELATING TO OIL DEPLETION ALLOWANCE. HOLLINGS AMENDMENT REPEALS OIL & GAS DEPLETION ALLOWANCE RETROACTIVE TO JAN. 1975 FOR 12 MAJOR OIL COMPANIES, AND PHASES OUT THE ALLOWANCE OVER A 4 YEAR PERIOD FOR SMALLER, INDEPENDENT COMPANIES.H.R. 2166 · 94th Congress	Yea	Cut taxes
1975-03-19	TO AMEND H.R. 2166. (SEE VAR. 88)H.R. 2166 · 94th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1975-03-19	TO TABLE SEN. HARTKE'S AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2166, REQUIRING THAT EARNINGS AND PROFITS OF CONTROLLED FOREIGN CORPORATIONS BE INCLUDED CURRENTLY IN THE INCOME OF U.S. SHAREHOLDERS.H.R. 2166 · 94th Congress	Yea	Cut taxes
1975-03-18	TO AMEND H.R. 2166 BY REPEALING OIL AND GAS DEPLETION ALLOWANCE EXCEPT FOR THE FIRST 3000 BARRELS OF OIL AND 18 MILLION CUBIC FEET OF NATURAL GAS PRODUCED DAILY BY AN INDEPENDENT COMPANY.H.R. 2166 · 94th Congress	Yea	Raise revenue
1975-03-18	TO AMEND SEN. BENTSEN'S AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2166 BY REDUCING FROM 3000 BBLS OF OIL AND 18 MILLION CUBIC FEET OF NATURAL GAS TO 1000 BBLS OF OIL AND 6 MILLION CU. FT THE AMOUNT OF DAILY PRODUCTION BY INDEPENDENT OIL COMPANIES TO BE EXEMPT FROM OIL DEPLETION ALLOWANCE.H.R. 2166 · 94th Congress	Nay	Cut taxes
1975-03-18	TO TABLE CRANSTON AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2166, LIMITING USE OF FOREIGN TAX CREDITS BY U.S. OIL COMPANIES, AND REPEALING OIL AND GAS DEPLETION ALLOWANCE EXCEPT FOR THE FIRST 3000 BBLS OF DAILY OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION BY INDEPENDENT COMPANIES.H.R. 2166 · 94th Congress	Nay	Raise revenue
1975-03-18	TO AMEND H.R. 2166, A BILL MAKING TAX REDUCTIONS, BY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF THE TAX REDUCTION TO THAT PASSED IN HOUSE BILL, BEFORE AMENDED BY SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE.H.R. 2166 · 94th Congress	Yea	Raise revenue
1974-04-11	TO AMEND S.3044 BY PROVIDING FOR REVIEW OF INCOME TAX RETURNS OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.S. 3044 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1974-04-11	TO AMEND THE TOWER AMENDMENT TO S.3044, BY PROVIDING FOR REVIEW OF INCOME TAX RETURNS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WHOSE GROSS ANNUAL INCOME EXCEEDS $20,000.S. 3044 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1974-04-04	TO AMEND S.3044 BY ELIMINATING FROM THE BILL PROVISIONS FOR PUBLIC FINANCING OF CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGNS, AND SUBSTITUTING PROVISIONS FOR INCREASED INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.S. 3044 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Cut taxes
1974-04-04	TO AMEND S.3044 BY PROVIDING A SUBSTITUTE FOR TITLE I WHICH WOULD INCREASE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS INCOME TAX CREDIT AND REPEAL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FINANCING.S. 3044 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Cut taxes
1974-01-24	TO AMEND H.R. 8214 BY INCREASING PERSONAL INCOME TAX EXEMPTION FROM $750 TO $850.H.R. 8214 · 93rd Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1973-11-30	TO AMEND H.R. 3153 BY DELETING LANGUAGE PROVIDING TAX CREDIT TO LOW INCOME WORKERS WITH CHILDREN.H.R. 3153 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Raise revenue
1973-11-27	TO AGREE TO PARTS III & IV OF THE KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 651 TO H.R. 11104. PART III RELATES TO THE WAY FUNDS GO INTO THE FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN FUND, AND PART IV INCREASES THE TAX CREDIT AND TAX DEDUCTION FOR CAMPAIGNH.R. 11104 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Raise revenue
1973-06-27	TO AMEND H.R. 8410 TO CONVERT THE CAMPAIGN CHECKOFF TO A NONPARTISAN CHECKOFF TO APPEAR ON THE FIRST PAGE OF INCOME TAX RETURN, AND REQUIRING APPROPRIATE PUBLICITY OF THIS FEATURE OF THE RETURN.H.R. 8410 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1973-03-27	TO PASS H.R. 3577, A BILL EXTENDING THROUGH MARCH 31, 1975, THE INTEREST EQUALIZATION ACT.H.R. 3577 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Raise revenue

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Raise revenue / Cut taxes axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.