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House Roll Call 143, 104th Congress · February 21, 1995

Deduction of Health Insurance Costs for the Self-Employed — (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 831, TO AMEND THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 TO PERMANENTLY EXTEND THE DEDUCTION FOR THE HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS OF SELF-EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS, TO REPEAL THE PROVISION PERMITTING NONRECOGNITION OF GAIN ON SALES AND EXCHANGES EFFECTUATING POLICIES OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage

381 yea · 44 nayPassed9 not voting or present
Democrat148 yea · 44 nay
Republican232 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 831 ↗

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, to repeal the provision permitting nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes.

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.

  • Health CareA yea counts toward “Expand coverage”

    model(0.90): Permanently extending health insurance tax deductions for self-employed individuals expands healthcare coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:health insurance

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) The bill includes both a tax cut (health deduction) and a revenue raiser (repealing FCC tax preference).

    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 (381)

Nay (44)

Not voting or present (9)

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