Senate Roll Call 43, 105th Congress · April 15, 1997

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose civil and criminal penalties for the unauthorized access of tax returns and tax return information by Federal employees and other persons, and for other purposes. — (SENATE PASSED S. 522, TO AMEND THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 TO IMPOSE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR THE UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS OF TAX RETURNS AND TAX RETURN INFORMATION BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND OTHER PERSONS.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

97 yea · 0 nayBill Passed3 not voting or present

Democrat44 yea · 0 nay

Republican51 yea · 0 nay

Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 522 ↗

Taxpayer Browsing Protection Act

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) Penalizing unauthorized access to tax returns is criminal law enforcement, not tax policy.
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 (97)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (3)

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