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Senate Roll Call 293, 97th Congress · September 29, 1981

TO TABLE THE EXON AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 265. THE AMENDMENT REDUCES THE THIRD YEAR TAX CUT PROVIDED BY THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY TAX ACT OF 1981 IF CERTAIN ECONOMIC GOALS ARE NOT ATTAINED. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 10

56 yea · 43 nay
Democrat6 yea · 41 nay
Republican50 yea · 2 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 265

A joint resolution to provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit.

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): Tabling an amendment that reduces tax cuts preserves the full tax cuts.

    Tagged by: keyword:tax cut

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.80): Tabling an amendment that reduces tax cuts under poor economic performance preserves full tax cuts.

    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 (43)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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