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Senate Roll Call 536, 104th Congress · October 27, 1995

To express the sense of the Senate concerning a flat tax and reform of the current Tax Code. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO WAIVE SECTION 313(B)(1)(A) OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF SPECTER MODIFIED AMENDMENT NO. 2986, TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING A FLAT TAX AND REFORM OF THE CURRENT TAX CODE.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

17 yea · 82 nayMotion Rejected
Democrat4 yea · 42 nay
Republican13 yea · 38 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.

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) A non-binding sense of the Senate resolution on a flat tax does not alter spending levels.

    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 (17)

Nay (82)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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