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Senate Roll Call 314, 95th Congress · July 21, 1977

TO AMEND S. 1538 BY MAKING THE ENACTMENT OF THE BILL PURSUANT TO A DECISION OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE THAT THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION OF TAX CLAIMS IS NO LONGER NECESSARY. THE GRIFFIN AMENDMENT IS A REBUTTAL OF THE POSITION TAKEN BY THOSE SENATORS WHO VOTED AGAINST THE CHAFEE AMENDMENT (SEE RC 311) TO THE BILL.

22 yea · 68 nay8 not voting or present
Democrat1 yea · 55 nay
Republican21 yea · 14 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1538 ↗

Black Lung Benefits Reform Act

Policy area: Black lung — 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.

  • Labor & WagesA yea counts toward “Employer priority”

    model(0.85): Adding IRS conditions creates hurdles for worker disability claims.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Black lung

    Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (22)

Nay (70)

Not voting or present (8)

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