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House Roll Call 278, 96th Congress · June 28, 1979

TO AGREE TO COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 3919 THAT PROVIDE FOR A 70% TAX RATE OF ANY ADDITIONAL REVENUE YIELD ABOVE $16 A BARREL TO ENHANCE THE INCENTIVE FOR NEWLY DISCOVERED OIL ABOVE THE PRESIDENT'S ORIGINAL PROPOSAL. (MOTION PASSED)

230 yea · 185 nay18 not voting or present
Democrat212 yea · 41 nay
Republican15 yea · 145 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3919

Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax Act of 1980

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(0.90): Setting a higher 70% tax rate increases tax revenue.

    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 (230)

Nay (186)

Not voting or present (18)

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