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House Roll Call 881, 94th Congress · June 14, 1976

TO AMEND H.R. 14261, THE TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1977 BY PROHIBITING FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE IRS TO BE USED FOR ITS INFORMER PROGRAM.

160 yea · 187 nay81 not voting or present
Democrat101 yea · 133 nay
Republican59 yea · 55 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 14261

Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriation Act, 1977

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 (0.95) Prohibiting funds for an IRS informer program does not directly alter tax rates or revenue.

    Tagged by: keyword:irs

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.85): Prohibiting spending for a specific IRS program reduces 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 (161)

Nay (189)

Not voting or present (81)

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