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House Roll Call 776, 102nd Congress · August 4, 1992

REPEAL OCCUPATIONAL TAXES ON THE LIQUOR INDUSTRY — H.R.5649 BY MATSUI (D-CA) -- INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AMENDMENT (HOUSE FAILED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 5649, TO AMEND THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 TO PHASE OUT THE OCCUPATIONAL TAXES RELATING TO DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINE, AND BEER AND TO IMPOSE THE TAX ON DIESEL FUEL IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE TAX ON GASOLINE.)

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

200 yea · 207 nayFailed27 not voting or present
Democrat129 yea · 112 nay
Republican68 yea · 95 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5649 ↗

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phaseout the occupational taxes relating to distilled spirits, wine, and beer and to impose the tax on diesel fuel in the same manner as the tax on gasoline.

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.

  • TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Bill repeals one tax while expanding another, making net tax revenue impact unclear.

    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 (200)

Nay (207)

Not voting or present (27)

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