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Senate Roll Call 191, 97th Congress · July 16, 1981

TO AMEND H. J. RES. 266, BY INDEXING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1954, TO INSURE THAT INFLATION WILL NOT RESULT IN TAX INCREASES. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 8

57 yea · 40 nay3 not voting or present
Democrat15 yea · 31 nay
Republican42 yea · 8 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 “Cut taxes”

    model(0.95): Indexing tax brackets prevents inflation-driven tax increases, cutting taxes.

    Tagged by: keyword:internal revenue code

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.85): Indexing income taxes prevents bracket creep, reducing federal revenue collection.

    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 (57)

Nay (40)

Not voting or present (3)

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