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Senate Roll Call 586, 95th Congress · October 27, 1977

TO TABLE THE PACKWOOD AMENDMENT OFFERED IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE TO THE DOLE AMENDMENT (SEE RC 587) TO H.R. 5263. THE PACKWOOD AMENDMENT DELAYS THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE 20% TAX CREDIT ON EXPENDITURES FOR HOME INSULATION UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1979.

80 yea · 2 nay16 not voting or present
Democrat53 yea · 0 nay
Republican28 yea · 2 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5263

Energy Tax Act of 1978

Policy area: Foreign Trade and International 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.

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Cut taxes”

    model(0.85): Tabling kills the amendment that delayed tax credits, keeping early tax cuts.

    Tagged by: keyword:tax credit

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • TradeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Measure relates to energy tax credits, not trade policy.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Foreign Trade and International Finance

    Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade

Who voted which way

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

Yea (82)

Nay (2)

Not voting or present (16)

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