Senate Roll Call 84, 105th Congress · May 22, 1997

To ensure that the 4.3 cent federal gas tax increase enacted in 1993, which for the first time dedicated a permanent gas tax increase to general revenues, will be transferred to the Highway Trust Fund, providing about $7 billion per year more for transportation infrastructure. — (SENATE AGREED TO GRAMM MODIFIED AMENDMENT NO. 320, TO ENSURE THAT THE 4.3 CENTS FEDERAL GAS TAX INCREASE ENACTED IN 1993 WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

83 yea · 16 nayAmendment Agreed to1 not voting or present

Democrat31 yea · 14 nay

Republican50 yea · 2 nay

Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.Con.Res. 27 ↗

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.

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.

TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Transferring existing gas tax revenues between funds does not alter tax rates.
Tagged by: keyword:tax increase
Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes
Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”
model(0.85): Transferring gas tax revenues to the Highway Trust Fund increases infrastructure 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 (83)

Nay (16)

Not voting or present (1)

Daniel CoatsDid not vote

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