Contract With America Tax Relief Act — (HOUSE REJECTED THE GEPHARDT MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE BILL TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK FORTHWITH CONTAINING AMENDMENTS PROVIDING THAT THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM BE CHANGED FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS; DELETE TAX BENEFITS OTHER THAN A MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY TAX CREDIT; AND THAT FAMILY TAX CREDITS BE CONTINGENT UPON SUCCESSFUL DEFICIT REDUCTION.)

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 “Raise revenue”

  model(0.95): The motion deletes tax cuts in the underlying bill, which maintains higher revenues.

  Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation

  Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

• Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

  model(0.95): The motion deletes tax benefits and conditions credits on deficit reduction, promoting fiscal restraint.

  Tagged by: keyword:deficit reduction

  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.