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Senate Roll Call 521, 104th Congress · October 27, 1995

To scale back corporate welfare in the tax code by eliminating the deduction for intangible drilling and development costs for oil, gas, and geo-thermal wells, by eliminating the corporate minimum tax provisions, by eliminating the foreign earned income exclusion, and by eliminating the section 936 possession tax credit, and use the savings for deficit reduction. — (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 WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF WELLSTONE AMENDMENT NO. 2982, TO ELIMINATE THE TAX DEDUCTION FOR OIL DRILLING, TO ELIMINATE THE CORPORATE MINIMUM TAX PROVISIONS, TO ELIMINATE THE FOREIGN EARNED INCOME EXCLUSION, AND TO ELIMINATE THE SECTION 936 POSSESSION TAX CREDIT.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

25 yea · 73 nayMotion Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat24 yea · 21 nay
Republican1 yea · 50 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1357 ↗

Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995

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(0.95): Eliminating corporate tax deductions, exclusions, and credits increases federal tax revenue.

    Tagged by: keyword:tax credit

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.85): A yes vote supports waiving budget rules to eliminate tax breaks and dedicate savings to deficit reduction.

    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 (25)

Nay (73)

Not voting or present (1)

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