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Senate Roll Call 565, 97th Congress · March 30, 1982

TO AMEND THE ARMSTRONG AMENDMENT TO H.J. RES. 409. THE STEVENS AMENDMENT REPEALS THE AMENDMENT TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1954 RELATING TO STATE LEGISLATORS' TRAVEL EXPENSES AWAY FROM HOME, AND WHICH WAS A PART OF THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY TAX ACT OF 1981. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 27,28

17 yea · 79 nay3 not voting or present
Democrat2 yea · 43 nay
Republican15 yea · 35 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 409

A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1982.

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 “Raise revenue”

    model(0.85): Repealing a tax deduction raises government tax revenue.

    Tagged by: keyword:internal revenue code

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.80): Repealing tax deductions for legislators' travel expenses restricts tax benefits.

    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 (17)

Nay (79)

Not voting or present (3)

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