To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to limit deductions for advertising and promotional expenses for tobacco products, and to use the resulting revenues for advertising expenditures to persuade individuals not to use tobacco products. — (SENATE TABLED THE HARKIN AMENDMENT NO. 3170, TO LIMIT DEDUCTIONS FOR ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND TO USE THE RESULTING REVENUES FOR ADVERTISING EXPENDITURES TO PERSUADE INDIVIDUALS NOT TO USE TOBACCO PRODUCTS.)

The measure

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): Tabling kills a limitation on tax deductions, effectively preventing a tax increase.

  Tagged by: keyword:internal revenue code

  Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

• Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

  model(0.85): Tabling kills a measure establishing new spending for anti-tobacco advertising.

  Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

  Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

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