Richard Alvin Tonry on Taxes

DemocratLA

Taxes7 votes

Raise revenueCut taxes

8 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Taxes. 7 of them counted toward the score above: 1 toward “Raise revenue” and 6 toward “Cut taxes”.

The other 1 did not count: 1 was a roll call whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 0 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
1977-05-02	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS, AS AMENDED, H.R. 4007, A BILL REVISING THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1954 SO THAT THE DISTRICT THAT A STATE LEGISLATOR REPRESENTS WILL BE DESIGNATED HIS HOME. H.R. 4007 IS DESIGNED TO FACILITATE THE FIGURING OF TRAVEL EXPENSE DEDUCTIONS FOR STATE LEGISLATORS.H.R. 4007 · 95th Congress	Yea	Cut taxes
1977-04-18	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 3340, AS AMENDED. H.R. 3340 AMENDS THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1954 SO AS TO ALLOW BUSINESS TAX CREDITS FOR BUSINESSES OR RESIDENCES THAT OFFER DAY CARE SERVICES.H.R. 3340 · 95th Congress	Yea	Cut taxes
1977-04-04	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS, AS AMENDED, H.R. 1828, A BILL PROVIDING THAT THE CHANGES MADE BY THE TAX REFORM ACT OF 1976, IN PARTICULAR THE EXCLUSION FOR SICK PAY FOR ALL BUT TOTALLY DISABLED AND RETIRED TAXPAYERS, BE APPLICABLE AS OF JAN. 1, 1977.H.R. 1828 · 95th Congress	Yea	Cut taxes
1977-03-08	TO PASS H.R. 3477.H.R. 3477 · 95th Congress	Yea	Cut taxes
1977-03-08	TO RECOMMIT H.R. 3477 TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK WITH A SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT THAT WOULD REDUCE THE LOWER BRACKET TAX RATES FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD RATHER THAN PROVIDE FOR $50 TAX REBATES.H.R. 3477 · 95th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1977-03-08	TO AMEND H.R. 3477 BY INCREASING THE NEW JOBS TAX CREDIT TO 40% OF THE FIRST $4,200 IN WAGES PAID TO NEW EMPLOYEES, AND BY GIVING AN ADDITIONAL 10% TAX CREDIT TO EMPLOYERS FOR HIRING OF THE HANDICAPPED.H.R. 3477 · 95th Congress	Yea	Cut taxes
1977-03-08	TO AGREE TO THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3477 THAT INCREASES THE STANDARD DEDUCTION FOR SINGLE PERSONS FROM $2,200 TO $2,400.H.R. 3477 · 95th Congress	Yea	Cut taxes
1977-03-08	TO AGREE TO THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3477 THAT WOULD PHASE OUT THE 1976 TAX REBATE FOR PERSONS ANNUALLY EARNING $25,000+ AND WOULD GRANT $50 PAYMENTS TO RECIPIENTS OF BLACK LUNG BENEFITS, AID FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN, AND VETERANS COMPENSATION.H.R. 3477 · 95th 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.