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Senate Roll Call 515, 99th Congress · June 17, 1986

TO TABLE THE METZENBAUM, OH) AMENDMENT TO HR 3838, TAX REFORM ACT, WHICH WOULD REINSTATE THE CAPITAL GAINS TAX ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN U.S. REAL PROPERTY. WITH THE MONEY RAISED THEREBY, $200 MILLION WOULD PERMIT FAMILY FARMERS TO USE INCOME AVERAGING AND $1 BILLION WOULD REDUCE THE FLOOR ON MEDICAL DEDUCTIONS TO THOSE THAT EXCEED 9 PERCENT OF ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME. (THE COMMITTEE BILL RAISED THE FLOOR FROM THE CURRENT 5 PERCENT TO 10 PERCENT). (MOTION FAILED AND BY A DIVISION, THE AMENDMENT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY AGREED TO.)

18 yea · 80 nay2 not voting or present
Democrat2 yea · 45 nay
Republican16 yea · 35 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 (0.90) The amendment combines a tax increase on foreign investments with tax deduction expansions.

    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 (18)

Nay (80)

Not voting or present (2)

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