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House Roll Call 639, 99th Congress · July 16, 1986

TO INSTRUCT THE HOUSE CONFEREES TO INSIST THAT THE CONFERENCE ON H R 3838 RESULT IN A FAIR TAX BURDEN FOR ALL TAXPAYERS, BOTH CORPORATE AND INDIVIDUAL, COUPLED WITH MARGINAL TAX RATES NO HIGHER THAN THE SENATE AMENDMENT;FAIR TREATMENT OF FAMILIES IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE INCOME GROUPS, WHICH REQUIRES A FULL $2,000 PERSONAL EXEMPTION FOR BOTH ITEMIZERS AND NONITEMIZERS; PRESERVATION OF THE HOUSE POSITION WITH RESPECT TO INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS TO THE EXTENT CONSISTENT WITH PRESERVING RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS INCENTIVES FOR LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME TAXPAYERS; AND NO NET INCREASE IN FEDERAL TAXES.

338 yea · 61 nay32 not voting or present
Democrat162 yea · 60 nay
Republican174 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3838 ↗

Tax Reform Act of 1986

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 (0.80) Non-binding motion to instruct conferees on tax reform principles.

    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 (338)

Nay (61)

Not voting or present (32)

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