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House Roll Call 279, 96th Congress · June 28, 1979

TO AGREE TO A SUBSTITUTE FOR H.R. 3919 THAT REDUCES THE TAX RATE FROM 70% TO 60%, TAXES THE REVENUE FROM MARGINAL WELLS UNDER THE TIER TWO RATE RETURN RATHER THAN THE TIER ONE RATE ENDS THE TAX ON UPPER TIER OIL AT THE END OF 1990, AND ENDS THE TAX ON NEWLY DISCOVERED OIL AT THE END OF 1990. (MOTION PASSED)

236 yea · 183 nay14 not voting or present
Democrat86 yea · 170 nay
Republican150 yea · 11 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 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 “Cut taxes”

    model(0.90): Reducing the tax rate to 60% and terminating taxes early cuts taxes.

    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 (237)

Nay (183)

Not voting or present (14)

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