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Senate Roll Call 540, 105th Congress · July 29, 1998

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that married couples may file a combined return under which each spouse is taxed using the rates applicable to unmarried individuals. — (SENATE FAILED TO TABLE BROWNBACK AMENDMENT NO. 3359, TO PROVIDE THAT MARRIED COUPLES MAY FILE A COMBINED RETURN UNDER WHICH EACH SPOUSE IS TAXED USING THE RATES APPLICABLE TO UNMARRIED INDIVIDUALS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

48 yea · 51 nayMotion to Table Failed1 not voting or present
Democrat43 yea · 2 nay
Republican4 yea · 48 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 2312 ↗

Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999

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): Tabling an amendment providing tax relief kills the tax cut, preserving revenue.

    Tagged by: keyword:internal revenue code

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Marriage penalty tax relief concerns tax policy rather than spending.

    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 (48)

Nay (51)

Not voting or present (1)

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