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Senate Roll Call 487, 96th Congress · December 15, 1979

TO AMEND H.R. 3919 BY PROVIDING A 20% ENERGY INVESTMENT CREDIT FOR CERTAIN COAL-FUELED BOILERS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 22

42 yea · 49 nay9 not voting or present
Democrat19 yea · 33 nay
Republican22 yea · 16 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.

  • Climate & EnergyA yea counts toward “Fossil fuel priority”

    model(0.95): Providing investment credits for coal-fueled equipment supports fossil fuels.

    Tagged by: keyword:coal

    Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Cut taxes”

    model(0.95): Providing a 20 percent energy investment tax credit reduces tax burdens.

    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 (42)

Nay (49)

Not voting or present (9)

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