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House Roll Call 744, 102nd Congress · July 28, 1992

TAX EXEMPT BONDS FOR GOVERNMENT OWNED HIGH SPEED INTERCITY RAIL FACILITIES — H.R.5653 BY COYNE, WILLIAM (D-PA) -- INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AMENDMENT (HOUSE FAILED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 5653, TO AMEND THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 TO EXEMPT THE FULL AMOUNT OF BONDS ISSUED FOR GOVERNMENT-OWNED HIGH-SPEED INTERCITY RAIL FACILITIES FROM THE STATE VOLUME CAP ON PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS AND TO REQUIRE REPORTING OF CERTAIN INCOME AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

48 yea · 369 nayFailed17 not voting or present
Democrat42 yea · 203 nay
Republican5 yea · 164 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5653 ↗

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt the full amount of bonds issued for government-owned high-speed intercity rail facilities from the State volume cap on private activity bonds and to require reporting of certain income and real property taxes.

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(0.90): Exempting high-speed rail bonds expands tax-advantaged financing, lowering tax revenue.

    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 (48)

Nay (369)

Not voting or present (17)

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