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Senate Roll Call 52, 96th Congress · April 25, 1979

TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 22 BY ESTABLISHING A "NO REAL GROWTH FEDERAL BUDGET" THAT LIMITS THE GROWTH OF FEDERAL SPENDING TO THE INFLATION RATE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, AND PROVIDING FOR A TAX CUT $12 BILLION MORE THAN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS DURING FISCAL 1981-82 WHILE STILL BALANCING THE FISCAL 1981 BUDGET. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 5

40 yea · 52 nay8 not voting or present
Democrat12 yea · 41 nay
Republican27 yea · 11 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

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): A yes vote explicitly provides for an additional tax cut of $12 billion.

    Tagged by: keyword:tax cut

    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 (40)

Nay (52)

Not voting or present (8)

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