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House Roll Call 264, 104th Congress · March 28, 1995

Deduction of Health Insurance Costs for the Self-Employed — H.R.831 BY ARCHER (R-TX) -- INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AMENDMENT (PUB. L. 104-7, APPROVED 4/11/95) (HOUSE REJECTED THE GIBBONS MOTION TO INSTRUCT HOUSE CONFEREES TO AGREE TO THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN SECTION 5 OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT WHICH CHANGES THE TAX TREATMENT OF U.S. CITIZENS RELINQUISHING THEIR CITIZENSHIP.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Instruct Conferees

193 yea · 224 nayFailed17 not voting or present
Democrat181 yea · 2 nay
Republican11 yea · 222 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 CareDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) The provision deals with expatriate tax policy, not health care coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:health insurance

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Raise revenue”

    model(0.90): Taxing citizens who relinquish citizenship raises federal revenues.

    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 (193)

Nay (224)

Not voting or present (17)

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