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Senate Roll Call 745, 97th Congress · July 22, 1982

TO AMEND H.R. 4961 TO PROVIDE THAT PROPOSED INCREASES IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT TAX SHALL NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A PROGRAM HAS BEEN ENACTED TO PROVIDE FOR 13 ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR WORKERS WHO HAVE EXAUSTED THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR REGULAR AND EXTENDED BENEFITS. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 35

48 yea · 49 nay3 not voting or present
Democrat41 yea · 4 nay
Republican7 yea · 44 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 “Cut taxes”

    model(0.90): Delaying proposed unemployment tax increases prevents tax rates from going up.

    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 (48)

Nay (49)

Not voting or present (3)

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