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House Roll Call 1048, 104th Congress · May 21, 1996

Gas Tax Increase Repeal — (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 3415, TO AMEND THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 TO REPEAL THE 4.3-CENT INCREASE IN THE TRANSPORTATION MOTOR FUELS EXCISE TAX RATES ENACTED BY THE OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1993 AND DEDICATED TO THE GENERAL FUND OF THE TREASURY.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage

301 yea · 108 nayPassed24 not voting or present
Democrat91 yea · 93 nay
Republican209 yea · 15 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3415 ↗

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 4.3-cent increase in the transportation motor fuels excise tax rates enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 and dedicated to the general fund of the Treasury.

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(0.95): Repealing a gas tax increase cuts taxes.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Repealing a tax rate affects tax revenues rather than direct spending programs.

    Tagged by: keyword:omnibus

    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 (301)

Nay (108)

Not voting or present (24)

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