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Senate Roll Call 469, 104th Congress · September 27, 1995

To increase the funding for Superfund, the Office of Environmental Quality, and State revolving funds and offset the increase in funds by ensuring that any tax cut benefits only those families with income less than $150,000. — (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 CONSIDERATION OF LAUTENBERG MODIFIED AMENDMENT NO. 2788, TO RESTORE FUNDING FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE CLEAN UP, FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT GRANTS, AND PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE COUNCIL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, AND OFFSET THE INCREASE IN FUNDS BY ENSURING THAT ANY TAX CUT BENEFITS ONLY THOSE FAMILIES WITH INCOMES LESS THAN $150,000.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

45 yea · 54 nayMotion Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat43 yea · 3 nay
Republican1 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(0.85): Yes vote advances a proposal to limit tax cuts, maintaining higher revenue.

    Tagged by: keyword:tax cut

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.85): Yes vote advances an amendment to increase funding for Superfund and environmental programs.

    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 (45)

Nay (54)

Not voting or present (1)

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