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Roll Call Vote #192 · 106th Congress · Session 2 · Jul 14, 2000, 10:02 AM (ET)

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3840 to H.R. 8 (A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phaseout the estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period. Death Tax Elimination Act)

Amendment S.Amdt. 3840 (To protect and provide resources for the Social Security System, to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the "motherhood penalty", increase the widow's and widower's benefit and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit exemption and the qualified family-owned business interest deduction, and for other purposes.)

Amendment Rejected (42-54)
42 Yea
54 Nay
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How the Parties Voted

Republican 49 senators

0 Yea / 48 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Nay

Democrat 40 senators

36 Yea / 2 Nay

2 not voting or present

Majority position: Yea

Independent 1 senator

0 Yea / 0 Nay

1 not voting or present

Independent Democrat 1 senator

1 Yea / 0 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Crossed Party Lines

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 42

Nay 54

Not Voting 4

Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).