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Senate Roll Call 560, 98th Congress · June 29, 1984

TO TABLE THE MELCHER PERFECTING AMENDMENT TO H. CON. RES. 328. H. CON. RES. CORRECTS TECHNICAL ERRORS IN THE ENROLLMENT OF H.R. 4170. H.R. 4170 IS THE OMNIBUS DEFICIT REDUCTION ACT OF 1984. THE MELCHER PERFECTING AMENDMENT LIMITS IMPUTED INTEREST RATES FOR THE SALE OR EXCHANGE OF FARMS AND RANCHES OR SMALL BUSINESS UP TO $500,000, OR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY UP TO $250,000. (MOTION PASSED)

30 yea · 23 nay47 not voting or present
Democrat8 yea · 18 nay
Republican22 yea · 5 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4170

Deficit Reduction Act of 1984

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(0.85): Tabling an amendment that limits imputed interest rates blocks a tax reduction for property sales.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) This amendment concerns imputed interest rates and tax law, not budget spending policy.

    Tagged by: keyword:deficit reduction,omnibus

    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 (30)

Nay (23)

Not voting or present (47)

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