Senate Roll Call 990, 95th Congress · August 23, 1978

TO TABLE THE GRAVEL AMENDMENT TO H.R. 112, THE BILL THAT REDUCES FROM 4% TO 2% THE EXCISE TAX IMPOSED ON THE INVESTMENT INCOME OF DOMESTIC PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS. THE GRAVEL AMENDMENT WOULD PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY RESOURCES.

53 yea · 43 nay4 not voting or present

Democrat39 yea · 18 nay

Republican14 yea · 24 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

A bill to amend section 4940 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to private operating foundations the principal activity of which is the operation of long-term care facilities.

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 “Raise revenue”
model(0.85): Tabling tax incentives prevents a tax cut, thereby maintaining higher revenues.
Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation
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 (53)

Nay (43)

Not voting or present (4)

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