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Senate Roll Call 209, 97th Congress · July 21, 1981

TO TABLE THE BENTSEN AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 266 TO EXEMPT INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS AND CERTAIN ROYALTY OWNERS FROM THE WINDFALL PROFIT TAX ON THE FIRST 1,000 BARRELS OF DAILY PRODUCTION. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 8

61 yea · 38 nay1 not voting or present
Democrat18 yea · 29 nay
Republican42 yea · 9 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.

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.90): Tabling kills a tax exemption, preventing revenue loss.

    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 (61)

Nay (38)

Not voting or present (1)

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