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Senate Roll Call 423, 105th Congress · May 7, 1998

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of random audits, and for other purposes. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE FAILED TO AGREE TO A MOTION TO WAIVE THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF COVERDELL AMENDMENT NO. 2353, TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF RANDOM AUDITS. .)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

37 yea · 60 nayMotion Rejected3 not voting or present
Democrat0 yea · 43 nay
Republican37 yea · 15 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2676 ↗

Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998

Policy area: Taxation — 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.

  • TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Prohibiting random audits is an administrative IRS rule, not a direct change to tax rates or revenue.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (37)

Nay (60)

Not voting or present (3)

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