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Senate Roll Call 279, 99th Congress · November 4, 1985

TO CONCUR WITH THE HOUSE AMENDMENT TO H J RES 372, WITH THE ADDITION OF A SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT REQUIRING THAT THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE REPORT LEGISLATION BY APRIL 15 THAT WOULD LEVY A MINIMUM CORPORATE TAX TO HELP PAY THE NATIONAL (CONTINUED) DEBT.

72 yea · 15 nay12 not voting or present
Democrat41 yea · 1 nay
Republican32 yea · 14 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 372

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

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 “Raise revenue”

    model(0.90): Levying a minimum corporate tax raises government revenue.

    Tagged by: keyword:corporate tax

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.85): Levying a minimum corporate tax to reduce national debt promotes fiscal restraint.

    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 (73)

Nay (15)

Not voting or present (12)

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