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Senate Roll Call 624, 95th Congress · November 4, 1977

TO TABLE THE KENNEDY AMENDMENT #1059 TO THE ROTH AMENDMENT (SEE RC 626) TO H.R. 9346. THE KENNEDY AMENDMENT AUTHORIZES TO TAX-PAYING PARENTS A TUITION TAX CREDIT OF $150 IF ONE OFFSPRING IS ENROLLED FULL-TIME IN A HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAM AND A $250 TAX CREDIT IF MORE THAN ONE DEPENDENT IS ENROLLED FULL-TIME.

49 yea · 26 nay20 not voting or present
Democrat26 yea · 24 nay
Republican26 yea · 3 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 9346

Social Security Amendments of 1977

Policy area: Social Welfare — 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 “Raise revenue”

    model(0.85): Tabling an amendment creating a tuition tax credit prevents a tax cut, preserving revenue.

    Tagged by: keyword:tax credit

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • EducationA yea counts toward “Reduce federal role”

    model(0.85): Tabling the creation of a tuition tax credit prevents expanding the federal role in higher education.

    Tagged by: keyword:tuition

    Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

Who voted which way

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

Yea (53)

Nay (27)

Not voting or present (20)

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