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House Roll Call 983, 104th Congress · April 15, 1996

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the U.S. to require two-thirds majorities for bills increasing taxes — (TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT NOT VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE HOUSE FAILED TO PASS H.J. RES. 159, PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO REQUIRE TWO-THIRDS MAJORITIES FOR BILLS INCREASING TAXES.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage

243 yea · 177 nayFailed12 not voting or present
Democrat24 yea · 159 nay
Republican219 yea · 17 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 159 ↗

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require two-thirds majorities for bills increasing taxes.

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): Requiring a supermajority for tax increases deters revenue raises and favors tax cuts.

    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 (243)

Nay (177)

Not voting or present (12)

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