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Senate Roll Call 954, 96th Congress · September 25, 1980

TO TABLE BAKER MOTION TO PROCEED TO THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 5829, PROVIDING FOR DUTY-FREE ENTRY OF SIX BRONZE BELLS FOR THE USE OF THE FOUNDRY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF WASHINGTON D.C., AND PROVIDING FOR A $39 BILLION TAX CUT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1981, AND A $18 BILLION TAX CUT FOR FISCAL (CONTINUED) 1981. (MOTION PASSED)

54 yea · 38 nay4 not voting or present
Democrat51 yea · 6 nay
Republican3 yea · 35 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5829

Tax Reduction Act of 1980

Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance — 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 (0.85) Procedural motion to table a motion to proceed to consider a bill.

    Tagged by: keyword:tax cut

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • TradeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Procedural motion to table a motion to proceed to consider a bill.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Foreign Trade and International Finance

    Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (55)

Nay (41)

Not voting or present (4)

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