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Senate Roll Call 231, 97th Congress · July 28, 1981

TO AMEND H. J. RES. 266 BY AMENDING SECTION 103 OF THE IRS OF 1954 WITH RESPECT TO THE TAX TREATMENT OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BONDS ISSUED TO FINANCE POLLUTION CONTROL OR WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 8

15 yea · 84 nay1 not voting or present
Democrat7 yea · 39 nay
Republican8 yea · 44 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(0.85): Expanding tax exemptions for industrial development bonds reduces tax revenues.

    Tagged by: keyword:irs

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.85): Favorable tax treatment for industrial development bonds reduces tax revenue.

    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 (15)

Nay (84)

Not voting or present (1)

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