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Senate Roll Call 189, 97th Congress · July 16, 1981

TO TABLE THE BRADLEY AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 266, TO INCREASE CAPITAL GAINS DEDUCTION TO 70 PERCENT. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 8

62 yea · 36 nay2 not voting or present
Democrat12 yea · 34 nay
Republican50 yea · 1 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 266 ↗

Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981

Policy area: Economics and Public 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.

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Raise revenue”

    model(0.95): Tabling the amendment kills a proposed capital gains tax cut, preserving revenue.

    Tagged by: keyword:capital gains

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) A vote on a tax deduction amendment does not directly alter budget spending.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    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 (62)

Nay (36)

Not voting or present (2)

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