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House Roll Call 1497, 95th Congress · October 12, 1978

TO INSTRUCT THE HOUSE CONFEREES ON H.R. 13511, THE REVENUE ACT OF 1978, TO CONCUR IN THE SENATE (NUNN-CHILES-BELLMONROTH) AMENDMENT TO THE BILL. THE SENATE AMENDMENT PROVIDES FOR A 5% ACROSS-THE-BOARD TAX CUT FOR EACH OF FISCAL YEARS 1980 THROUGH 1983, PROVIDED THAT THE NATIONAL OUTLAYS INCREASE BY NO MORE THAN 1% ANUALLY, AND PROVIDED THAT THERE IS A BALANCED BUDGET BY FISCAL YEAR 1982.

268 yea · 134 nay17 not voting or present
Democrat131 yea · 137 nay
Republican141 yea · 2 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 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): Instructs conferees to accept a 5 percent across-the-board tax cut.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.90): Instructs conferees to accept limits on outlay growth and mandate a balanced budget.

    Tagged by: keyword:balanced budget

    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 (274)

Nay (139)

Not voting or present (17)

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