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Senate Roll Call 736, 97th Congress · July 22, 1982

TO AFFIRM THE RULING OF THE CHAIR THAT THE THURMOND AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4961 IS NOT GERMANE. THE THURMOND AMENDMENT LIMITS THE INCREASE IN THE EXCISE TAX ON CIGARETTES AND INCREASES THE EXCISE TAX ON DISTILLED SPIRITS. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 35

79 yea · 18 nay3 not voting or present
Democrat40 yea · 3 nay
Republican38 yea · 15 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 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.

  • TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Procedural vote affirming a germaneness ruling.

    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 (79)

Nay (18)

Not voting or present (3)

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