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Senate Roll Call 731, 97th Congress · July 21, 1982

TO AMEND H.R. 4961 BY DEFERING THE JULY 1983 10 PERCENT TAX CUT FOR COUPLES EARNING OVER $78, 700 PER YEAR UNTIL THE FEDERAL BUDGET IS BALANCED; REDUCING THE CUT FOR THOSE MAKING LESSING THAN $78,700 BUT MORE THAN $46,500 PER YEAR. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 35

45 yea · 54 nay
Democrat44 yea · 2 nay
Republican2 yea · 51 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4961

Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982

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.

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Raise revenue”

    model(0.95): Deferring and reducing income tax cuts increases tax revenues.

    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 (46)

Nay (54)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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