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House Roll Call 455, 102nd Congress · February 27, 1992

(HOUSE AGREED TO THE ROSTENKOWSKI AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (TEXT OF H.R. 4287) THAT INCREASES THE TOP INCOME TAX RATE TO 35 PERCENT FOR INDIVIDUALS (SINGLES WITH TAXABLE INCOME OVER $85,000 AND COUPLES WITH TAXABLE INCOME OVER $145,000) AND INCREASES THE ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX FOR INDIVIDUALS FROM 24 PERCENT TO 25 PERCENT; INDEXES CAPITAL GAINS INCOME BY ADJUSTING THE COST OF THE ASSET FOR INFLATION IN DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF GAIN TO BE TAXED WHEN THE ASSET IS SOLD; PROVIDES A TAX CREDIT FOR TWO YEARS OF UP TO $200 FOR SINGLE FILERS AND $400 FOR MARRIED COUPLES FOR SOCIAL SECURITY TAX PAYMENTS; INCLUDES TAX CREDITS FOR INTEREST PAYMENTS ON STUDENT LOANS; AND WAIVES THE PENALTY ON EARLY IRA WITHDRAWALS FOR FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS AND FOR MEDICAL AND EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

221 yea · 210 nayAgreed to4 not voting or present
Democrat215 yea · 42 nay
Republican4 yea · 167 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4210 ↗

Tax Fairness and Economic Growth Act of 1992

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 “Raise revenue”

    model(0.90): The amendment raises top individual income tax rates and alternative minimum tax rates.

    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 (221)

Nay (210)

Not voting or present (4)

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