Paul David Wellstone on Taxes

DemocratMN

Taxes187 votes · 82.8/100 consistent

Raise revenueCut taxes

310 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Taxes. 187 of them counted toward the score above: 118 toward “Raise revenue” and 69 toward “Cut taxes”.

The other 123 did not count: 122 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 1 was one 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
1992-03-13	To require a 60-vote supermajority in the Senate to pass any bill increasing taxes. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO WAIVE SECTION 306 OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF MCCAIN AMENDMENT NO. 1722, TO REQUIRE 60 VOTES IN THE SENATE TO PASS ANY BILL INCREASING TAXES.)H.R. 4210 · 102nd Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Raise revenue
1992-03-12	To provide tax incentives for businesses locating on Indian reservations, and for other puproses. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO WAIVE SECTION 311(A) OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF MCCAIN AMENDMENT NO. 1720, TO PROVIDE TAX INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESSES LOCATING ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS.)H.R. 4210 · 102nd Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Cut taxes
1992-03-12	To prohibit a State from imposing an income tax on the pension or retirement income of individuals who are not residents or domiciliaries of that State. — (SENATE FAILED TO TABLE THE REID AMENDMENT NO. 1719, TO PROHIBIT A STATE FROM IMPOSING AN INCOME TAX ON PENSION OR RETIREMENT INCOME OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT RESIDENTS OR DOMICILIARIES OF THAT STATE.)H.R. 4210 · 102nd Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Raise revenue
1992-03-12	To express the sense of the Senate regarding the House bank. — (SENATE AGREED TO HELMS MODIFIED AMENDMENT NO. 1714, TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT NO SENATE BANK WITH CHARACTERISTICS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE FORMER HOUSE BANK SHOULD EVER BE ESTABLISHED.)H.R. 4210 · 102nd Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
1992-03-12	To reduce the Federal budget deficit, and to express the sense of the Senate that additional funds should be directed toward job training and transportation infrastructure improvements. — (SENATE TABLED THE LEVIN AMENDMENT NO. 1712, TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICIT, AND TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TOWARD JOB TRAINING IN TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.)H.R. 4210 · 102nd Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
1992-03-11	In the nature of a substitute, the Economic Recovery Act of 1992. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO WAIVE SECTION 311(A) OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF DOLE AMENDMENT NO. 1709, IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE.)H.R. 4210 · 102nd Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
1992-03-11	To provide for the containment of prescription drug prices by reducing certain non-research related tax credits to pharmaceutical manufacturers, by establishing the Prescription Drug Policy Review Commission, be requiring a study of the feasibility of establishing a pharmaceutical products price review board, and by requiring a study of the value of Federal subsidies and tax credits given to pharmaceutical manufacturers, and for other purposes. — H.R.4210 BY GEPHARDT (D-MO) -- FAMILY TAX FAIRNESS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND HEALTH CARE ACCESS ACT OF 1992 YOUTH SKILLS TRAINING AND EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS ACT COAL INDUSTRY RETIREE HEALTH BENEFIT ACT OF 1991 TAXPAYER BILL OF RIGHTS (VETOED, 3/20/92) (SENATE TABLED THE PRYOR AMENDMENT NO. 1708, ADDING THE "PRESCRIPTION DRUG COST CONTAINMENT ACT OF 1992.".)H.R. 4210 · 102nd Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Raise revenue
1991-11-22	To provide an incentive for increased consumer spending and to provide a short-term economic stimulus by waiving the penalty under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 on certain withdrawals from pension plans which are used to purchase consumer goods and other items and by extending for 1 year the research and experimentation tax credit, the low-income housing tax credit, the mortgage revenue bond tax provisions, and the targeted jobs tax credit. — (SENATE TABLED THE SPECTER AMENDMENT NO. 1409, TO WAIVE THE PENALTY UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 ON CERTAIN WITHDRAWALS FROM PENSION PLANS WHICH ARE USED TO PURCHASE CONSUMER GOODS AND TO EXTEND FOR 1 YEAR THE RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION TAX CREDIT, THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT, THE MORTGAGE REVENUE BOND TAX PROVISIONS, AND THE TARGETED JOBS TAX CREDIT.)H.J.Res. 157 · 102nd Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Raise revenue
1991-04-24	To allow a Social Security tax cut. — S.C.R.29 BY SASSER (D-TN) -- RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEARS 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, AND 1996 (SENATE TABLED THE MOYNIHAN AMENDMENT NO. 74, REDUCING THE CURRENT SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTION RATES AND PLACING SOCIAL SECURITY ON A PAY-AS-YOU-GO BASIS.)S.Con.Res. 29 · 102nd Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Cut taxes
1991-01-24	A bill to extend the time for performing certain acts under the internal revenue laws for individuals performing services as part of the Desert Shield operation. — H.R.4 BY ROSTENKOWSKI (D-IL) -- OPERATION DESERT SHIELD PARTICIPANTS, EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE INCOME TAX RETURNS (PUB. L. 102-2, APPROVED 1/30/91) (SENATE PASSED H.R. 4, TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR PERFORMING CERTAIN ACTS UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE LAWS FOR INDIVIDUALS PERFORMING SERVICES AS PART OF THE DESERT SHIELD OPERATION.)H.R. 4 · 102nd Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Cut taxes

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.