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House Roll Call 661, 94th Congress · March 1, 1976

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H. R. 11700, A BILL ALLOWING FIVE NEW YORK CITY PENSION FUNDS TO PURCHASE $2.5 BILLION IN BONDS OF THE CITY AND THE MUTUAL ASSISTANCE CORPORATION WITHOUT VIOLATING THEIR TAX-EXEMPT STATUS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.

298 yea · 45 nay89 not voting or present
Democrat216 yea · 9 nay
Republican79 yea · 36 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 11700

A bill relating to the application of certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to specified transactions by certain public employee retirement systems created by the State of New York or any of its political subdivisions.

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 “Cut taxes”

    model(0.85): Protecting tax-exempt status provides tax relief and prevents additional tax liability.

    Tagged by: keyword:internal revenue code

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.85): Facilitating financial assistance and bond purchases for New York City is a fiscal expansion measure.

    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 (298)

Nay (45)

Not voting or present (89)

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