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Senate Roll Call 298, 101st Congress · November 15, 1989

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to promote savings and long-term investment through a reduced capital gains tax rate and individual retirement plus accounts, and for other purposes. — TO INVOKE CLOTURE, THEREBY LIMITING DEBATE ON THE PACKWOOD (R, OR) MOTION TO HR 3628, CAPITAL GAINS TAXES. (MOTION REJECTED; THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.)

Question before the chamber: On the Cloture Motion

51 yea · 47 nayCloture Motion Rejected
Democrat6 yea · 48 nay
Republican44 yea · 0 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3628 ↗

Temporary Capital Gains Tax Reduction Act of 1989

Policy area: Taxation — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Cut taxes”

    model(0.95): Cloture advances a capital gains tax cut motion.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (52)

Nay (48)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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