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Senate Roll Call 549, 104th Congress · October 27, 1995

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the percentage depletion allowance for mercury, uranium, lead, and asbestos. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO WAIVE SECTION 305(B)(2) OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF FEINGOLDWELLSTONE-BUMPERS AMENDMENT NO. 3034, TO ELIMINATE THE PERCENTAGE DEPLETION ALLOWANCE FOR MERCURY, URANIUM, LEAD AND ASBESTOS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

43 yea · 56 nayMotion Rejected
Democrat36 yea · 10 nay
Republican5 yea · 46 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 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(0.90): Eliminating the percentage depletion allowance raises tax revenue.

    Tagged by: keyword:internal revenue code

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.85): Eliminating the percentage depletion allowance increases tax revenue, promoting fiscal restraint.

    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 (43)

Nay (56)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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