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Senate Roll Call 205, 97th Congress · July 20, 1981

TO AMEND H. J. RES. 266 BY ELIMINATING THE VOTING RIGHTS PASS THROUGH REQUIREMENT FOR CLOSELY HELD CORPORATIONS PARTICIPATING IN EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANS. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 8

94 yea · 3 nay2 not voting or present
Democrat42 yea · 3 nay
Republican52 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 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.

  • Voting & ElectionsDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Affects corporate ESOP voting rules, not public voter access.

    Tagged by: keyword:voting rights

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Eliminating ESOP voting pass-through requirements is corporate governance, not spending or budget policy.

    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 (95)

Nay (3)

Not voting or present (2)

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