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House Roll Call 1303, 95th Congress · August 10, 1978

TO AGREE TO SEVERAL COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 13511 THAT PROVIDE FOR AN OVERALL $16.3 BILLION TAX CUT, RATE CUTS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN CERTAIN TAX BRACKETS, A 6% WIDENING OF EXISTING BRACKETS, AND AN INCREASE IN BOTH THE STANDARD DEDUCTION AND THE PERSONAL EXEMPTION. THESE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS WOULD ALSO FIX THE INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT PERMANENTLY AT 10%, RESTRUCTURE CAPITAL GAINS TAXES (EXEMPTING UP TO $100,000 IN PROFITS FROM THE SALE OF RESIDENCES ONCE IN A TAXPAYER'S LIFETIME), AND WOULD REDUCE TAXES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

409 yea · 1 nay20 not voting or present
Democrat265 yea · 1 nay
Republican143 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 13511 ↗

Revenue Act of 1978

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.

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Cut taxes”

    model(0.95): Enacts widespread tax cuts for individuals and businesses.

    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 (411)

Nay (1)

Not voting or present (20)

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