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Senate Roll Call 829, 97th Congress · August 17, 1982

TO AMEND H. J. RES. 520 WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE. THE DOLE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT MAKES A TECHNICAL CHANGE IN THE PREVIOUS DOLE AMENDMENT. THE ORIGINAL DOLE AMENDMENT ESTABLISHES PERIOD OF ONE YEAR AS THE AMOUNT OF TIME AN INVESTMENT MUST BE HELD IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR LONG-TERM CAPITAL GAINS TAX RATE. THE DOLE SUBSTITUTES REDUCES BY SIX MONTHS THE AMOUNT OF TIME AN INVESTMENT MUST BE HELD IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR LONG-TERM CAPITAL GAINS TAX RATES. (MOTION PASSED)

77 yea · 17 nay6 not voting or present
Democrat28 yea · 15 nay
Republican48 yea · 2 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 520

A joint resolution to provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit.

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 “Cut taxes”

    model(0.95): Shortening the holding period for favorable capital gains rates cuts taxes.

    Tagged by: keyword:capital gains

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Modifying capital gains tax holding periods is a tax issue, not direct spending.

    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 (77)

Nay (17)

Not voting or present (6)

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