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Senate Roll Call 465, 96th Congress · December 10, 1979

TO AGREE TO A SUBSTITUTE FOR TITLE I OF H.R. 3919 THAT LEVIES A 90% TAX ON THE INCOME OF THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY WHICH EXCEEDS THE AVERAGE RATE OF RETURN ON CAPITAL INVESTMENT FOR ALL MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONS FOR THAT TAXABLE YEAR. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 22

29 yea · 56 nay14 not voting or present
Democrat3 yea · 46 nay
Republican25 yea · 11 nay
Independent1 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(0.95): Levying a 90% windfall profits tax on excess petroleum income raises 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 (29)

Nay (57)

Not voting or present (14)

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