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Senate Roll Call 493, 97th Congress · December 16, 1981

TO AGREE TO THE DOLE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT TO H.R.5159, A BILL PROVIDING FOR A TAX INCREASE ON UNDERGROUND AND SURFACE COAL TO RESTORE THE BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND. THE DOLE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT MAKES A FEW TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING CHANGES TO THE COMMITTEE BILL S. 1957, AND IT DELETES ONE FINANCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO THE BILL THAT WOULD LIMIT FUTURE BORROWING BY THE BLACK LUNG TRUST FUND FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE TREASURY. (MOTION PASSED)

56 yea · 36 nay8 not voting or present
Democrat17 yea · 28 nay
Republican38 yea · 8 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1957

Black Lung Benefits Revenue Act of 1981

Policy area: Taxation — 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.

  • Climate & EnergyDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.75) Increasing coal taxes to fund black lung disability benefits is a health trust measure, not climate action.

    Tagged by: keyword:coal

    Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Raise revenue”

    model(0.95): Adopting an amendment to raise taxes on coal increases tax revenue.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (56)

Nay (36)

Not voting or present (8)

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