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Senate Roll Call 981, 96th Congress · November 18, 1980

TO TABLE ROTH AMENDMENT TO H. CON. RES. 448, REVISING THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEARS 1981-1983, THAT WOULD HAVE ADJUSTED THE REVENUE LEVEL IN THE BUDGET RESOLUTION TO ALLOW FOR A TAX CUT OF APPROXIMATELY $17 BILLION IN FISCAL 1981. (MOTION FAILED)

40 yea · 55 nay4 not voting or present
Democrat38 yea · 17 nay
Republican2 yea · 38 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 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 “Raise revenue”

    model(0.95): Tabling a tax cut proposal prevents tax cuts, preserving revenue.

    Tagged by: keyword:tax cut

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.90): Tabling a tax cut prevents increasing the budget deficit, favoring fiscal restraint.

    Tagged by: keyword:budget resolution

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

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

Yea (40)

Nay (56)

Not voting or present (4)

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