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Senate Roll Call 518, 102nd Congress · September 25, 1992

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals to designate that up to 10 percent of their income tax liability be used to reduce the national debt, and to require spending reductions equal to the amounts so designated. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO WAIVE SECTION 306 OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 WITH RESPECT TO THE CONSIDERATION OF SMITH AMENDMENT NO. 3161, TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO DESIGNATE THAT UP TO 10 PERCENT OF THEIR INCOME TAX LIABILITY BE USED TO REDUCE THE NATIONAL DEBT, AND TO REQUIRE SPENDING REDUCTIONS EQUAL TO THE AMOUNTS SO DESIGNATED.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

36 yea · 58 nayMotion Rejected6 not voting or present
Democrat4 yea · 49 nay
Republican32 yea · 7 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 11 ↗

Revenue Act of 1992

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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) Designating tax dollars to debt reduction does not directly cut taxes or raise overall revenue.

    Tagged by: keyword:income tax,internal revenue code

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.90): Voting yes advances a measure requiring mandatory spending cuts to reduce national debt.

    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.

Yea (36)

Nay (58)

Not voting or present (6)

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