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Senate Roll Call 493, 96th Congress · December 17, 1979

TO SUSTAIN THE RULING OF THE CHAIR THAT THE TOWER AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3919, PROVIDING FOR THE GRANTING OF ADJUSTMENTS IN CASES OF SPECIAL HARDSHIP OR UNFAIR DISTRIBUTION OF BURDENS, WAS NOT GERMANE. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 22

61 yea · 36 nay3 not voting or present
Democrat52 yea · 4 nay
Republican8 yea · 32 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.

  • TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Sustaining a ruling on germaneness is a procedural vote.

    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 (61)

Nay (36)

Not voting or present (3)

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