Roll Call Vote #242 · 105th Congress · Session 2 · Jul 29, 1998, 11:34 AM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3359 to S. 2312 (Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1999) (S. 2312)
Amendment S.Amdt. 3359 (To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that married couples may file a combined return under which each spouse is taxed using the rates applicable to unmarried individuals.)
Motion to Table Failed (48-51)
48 Yea
51 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
4 Yea / 50 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 45 senators
44 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Slade Gorton, III (Republican–WA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Roth, Jr. (Republican–DE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Fred Thompson (Republican–TN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 48
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 51
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- William Frist (TN)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 1
- Jesse Helms (NC)
Other Votes on S. 2312
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Vote #240 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3351 to S. 2312 (Treasury Department Appropriati…Motion to Table Agreed to (54-44) Jul 28, 1998
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Vote #243 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3365 to S. 2312 (Treasury Department Appropriati…Motion to Table Agreed to (57-42) Jul 29, 1998
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Vote #244 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3374 to S.Amdt. 3353 to S. 2312 (Treasury Department A…Amendment Rejected (46-53) Jul 29, 1998
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Vote #245 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3378 to S. 2312 (Treasury Department Appropriati…Motion to Table Failed (21-76) Jul 29, 1998
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Vote #246 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3379 to S. 2312 (Treasury Department Appropriati…Motion to Table Failed (45-54) Jul 30, 1998
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).