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House Roll Call 799, 96th Congress · March 12, 1980

TO RECOMMIT THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 3919 TO THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS THAT THE HOUSE CONFEREES AGREE TO THE SENATE AMENDMENT WHICH WOULD PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION FROM THE WINDFALL PROFIT TAX FOR THE FIRST 1,000 BARRELS OF OIL PRODUCED A DAY BY AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCER. (MOTION FAILED)

185 yea · 227 nay16 not voting or present
Democrat56 yea · 198 nay
Republican130 yea · 29 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(0.95): Adding a tax exemption for independent oil producers lowers 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 (187)

Nay (229)

Not voting or present (16)

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