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Senate Roll Call 465, 104th Congress · September 27, 1995

To strike section 107 which limits compensation for mentally disabled veterans and offset the loss of revenues by ensuring that any tax cut benefits only those families with incomes less than $100,000. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO WAIVE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 WITH RESPECT TO THE CONSIDERATION OF ROCKEFELLER AMENDMENT NO. 2784, TO STRIKE SECTION 107 WHICH LIMITS COMPENSATION FOR MENTALLY DISABLED VETERANS AND OFFSET THE LOSS OF REVENUES BY ENSURING THAT ANY TAX CUT BENEFITS ONLY THOSE FAMILIES WITH INCOMES LESS THAN $100,000.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

47 yea · 53 nayMotion Rejected
Democrat44 yea · 2 nay
Republican2 yea · 50 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2099 ↗

Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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 “Raise revenue”

    model(0.90): Limiting tax cuts to families making under $100,000 raises revenue relative to broader tax cuts.

    Tagged by: keyword:tax cut

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Striking limits on veterans' compensation increases federal entitlement spending.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    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 (47)

Nay (53)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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