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Income tax

Contested roll calls on bills the Library of Congress files under Income tax. Each member's score here is their whole-career share of those votes that sided with the Democratic majority.

Members on Income tax

Member0%50%100%With Dems · votes
DGaylord Anton Nelson95% · 20 votesDEdward Zorinsky90% · 20 votesDHerman Eugene Talmadge90% · 20 votesDPatrick Joseph Leahy90% · 20 votesDPaul Spyros Sarbanes90% · 20 votesDQuentin Northrup Burdick90% · 20 votesDBirch Evans Bayh89.5% · 19 votesDAbraham Alexander Ribicoff85% · 20 votesDClaiborne de Borda Pell85% · 20 votesDHarrison Arlington Williams Jr.85% · 20 votesDJames Ralph Sasser85% · 20 votesDJennings Randolph85% · 20 votesDJohn Herschel Glenn Jr.85% · 20 votesDRichard Clarence (Dick) Clark85% · 20 votesDAlan Cranston80% · 20 votesDDaniel Patrick Moynihan80% · 20 votesDGary Warren Hart80% · 20 votesDLloyd Millard Bentsen Jr.80% · 20 votesDRussell Billiu Long80% · 20 votesDWalter Darlington Huddleston80% · 20 votesDSamuel Augustus Nunn75% · 20 votesDWendell Richard Anderson75% · 20 votesDWilliam Dodd Hathaway75% · 20 votesDWilliam Proxmire75% · 20 votesDHenry Martin (Scoop) Jackson70% · 20 votesDJames Browning Allen70% · 20 votesDSpark Masayuki Matsunaga70% · 20 votesR→DDonald Wayne Riegle Jr.68.4% · 19 votesDRobert Carlyle Byrd65% · 20 votesD→IHarry Flood Byrd Jr.60% · 20 votesDJohn Cornelius Stennis60% · 20 votesDRichard Bernard Stone60% · 20 votesRClifford Philip Case52.6% · 19 votesDDennis Webster DeConcini50% · 20 votesRJacob Koppel Javits50% · 20 votesRHenry John Heinz III45% · 20 votesRMark Odom Hatfield45% · 20 votesRRobert Theodore Stafford45% · 20 votesRJesse Helms35% · 20 votesRHenry Louis Bellmon30% · 20 votesRCharles Harting Percy26.3% · 19 votesRJohn Claggett Danforth25% · 20 votesRRichard Schultz Schweiker20% · 20 votesRRobert Joseph (Bob) Dole20% · 20 votesRClifford Peter Hansen15% · 20 votesRCarl Thomas Curtis10% · 20 votesD→RJames Strom Thurmond10% · 20 votesRRichard Green Lugar10% · 20 votesRWilliam Victor Roth Jr.10% · 20 votesRJames Albertus McClure0% · 20 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Income tax votes, of 530 who have cast one and 95 with enough to score. A further 7 voted in the area but never on a contested question. Blue bars sided with the Democratic majority more often than not; red bars with the Republican majority.

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Income tax

Contested roll calls on bills the Library of Congress files under Income tax. Each member's score here is their whole-career share of those votes that sided with the Democratic majority.

Members on Income tax

MemberWith Dems · votes
DGaylord Anton Nelson95% · 20 votesDEdward Zorinsky90% · 20 votesDHerman Eugene Talmadge90% · 20 votesDPatrick Joseph Leahy90% · 20 votesDPaul Spyros Sarbanes90% · 20 votesDQuentin Northrup Burdick90% · 20 votesDBirch Evans Bayh89.5% · 19 votesDAbraham Alexander Ribicoff85% · 20 votesDClaiborne de Borda Pell85% · 20 votesDHarrison Arlington Williams Jr.85% · 20 votesDJames Ralph Sasser85% · 20 votesDJennings Randolph85% · 20 votesDJohn Herschel Glenn Jr.85% · 20 votesDRichard Clarence (Dick) Clark85% · 20 votesDAlan Cranston80% · 20 votesDDaniel Patrick Moynihan80% · 20 votesDGary Warren Hart80% · 20 votesDLloyd Millard Bentsen Jr.80% · 20 votesDRussell Billiu Long80% · 20 votesDWalter Darlington Huddleston80% · 20 votesDSamuel Augustus Nunn75% · 20 votesDWendell Richard Anderson75% · 20 votesDWilliam Dodd Hathaway75% · 20 votesDWilliam Proxmire75% · 20 votesDHenry Martin (Scoop) Jackson70% · 20 votesDJames Browning Allen70% · 20 votesDSpark Masayuki Matsunaga70% · 20 votesR→DDonald Wayne Riegle Jr.68.4% · 19 votesDRobert Carlyle Byrd65% · 20 votesD→IHarry Flood Byrd Jr.60% · 20 votesDJohn Cornelius Stennis60% · 20 votesDRichard Bernard Stone60% · 20 votesRClifford Philip Case52.6% · 19 votesDDennis Webster DeConcini50% · 20 votesRJacob Koppel Javits50% · 20 votesRHenry John Heinz III45% · 20 votesRMark Odom Hatfield45% · 20 votesRRobert Theodore Stafford45% · 20 votesRJesse Helms35% · 20 votesRHenry Louis Bellmon30% · 20 votesRCharles Harting Percy26.3% · 19 votesRJohn Claggett Danforth25% · 20 votesRRichard Schultz Schweiker20% · 20 votesRRobert Joseph (Bob) Dole20% · 20 votesRClifford Peter Hansen15% · 20 votesRCarl Thomas Curtis10% · 20 votesD→RJames Strom Thurmond10% · 20 votesRRichard Green Lugar10% · 20 votesRWilliam Victor Roth Jr.10% · 20 votesRJames Albertus McClure0% · 20 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Income tax votes, of 530 who have cast one and 95 with enough to score. A further 7 voted in the area but never on a contested question. Blue bars sided with the Democratic majority more often than not; red bars with the Republican majority.

How areas work

1Each bill's area comes from the Library of Congress subject terms.
2Only contested votes count, as everywhere else.
3A member with too few votes in an area is listed with the count, not hidden — "too few to score" and "no contested votes" are different claims.
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