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Senate Roll Call 103, 95th Congress · April 21, 1977

TO AMEND H.R. 3477 BY MAKING THE PROPOSED EMPLOYMENT TAX CREDIT AVAILABLE ONLY FOR NEW EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN UNEMPLOYED 26 WEEKS OR LONGER, AND BY RAISING THAT CREDIT TO 50% OF THE FIRST $4200 IN WAGES PAID OVER EXISTING LEVELS.

35 yea · 54 nay9 not voting or present
Democrat2 yea · 54 nay
Republican33 yea · 1 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3477

Tax Reduction and Simplification Act of 1977

Policy area: Income tax — 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 (0.80) The amendment restricts tax credit eligibility while increasing the credit rate, moving both ways.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Income tax

    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 (35)

Nay (56)

Not voting or present (9)

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