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House Roll Call 349, 97th Congress · December 16, 1981

TO AGREE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE TO THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R.5159, A BILL TO AMEND THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1954 TO PROVIDE A TEMPORARY INCREASE IN THE TAX IMPOSED ON PRODUCERS OF COAL. (MOTION PASSED).

363 yea · 47 nay23 not voting or present
Democrat203 yea · 16 nay
Republican157 yea · 31 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5159

Black Lung Benefits Revenue Act of 1981

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 “Climate action”

    model(0.85): Increases tax on coal producers, penalizing fossil fuel energy.

    Tagged by: keyword:coal

    Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Raise revenue”

    model(0.95): Increases taxes on coal producers to raise revenue.

    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 (363)

Nay (47)

Not voting or present (23)

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