Roll Call Vote #195 · 106th Congress · Session 2 · Jul 14, 2000, 10:44 AM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3844 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) (H.R. 8)
Amendment S.Amdt. 3844 (To preserve budget surplus funds so that they might be available to extend the life of Social Security and Medicare.)
Amendment Rejected (44-54)
44 Yea
54 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
3 Yea / 51 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 45 senators
41 Yea / 3 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Lincoln Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Max Cleland (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Frist (Republican–TN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Bob Graham (Democrat–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 44
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- John Edwards (NC)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- William Frist (TN)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- 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)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 54
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Peter Fitzgerald (IL)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 2
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
Other Votes on H.R. 8
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Vote #173 On the Cloture Motion H.R. 8Cloture Motion Agreed to (99-1, 3/5 majority required) Jul 11, 2000
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Vote #180 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3821 to H.R. 8 (A bill to amend the Internal Revenue C…Amendment Rejected (46-53) Jul 13, 2000
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Vote #181 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3823 to H.R. 8 (A bill to amend the Internal Revenue C…Amendment Agreed to (98-1) Jul 13, 2000
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Vote #182 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3822 to H.R. 8 (A bill to amend the Internal Revenue C…Amendment Rejected (46-52) Jul 13, 2000
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Vote #185 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3829 to H.R. 8 (A bill to amend the Internal Revenue C…Amendment Agreed to (97-3) Jul 13, 2000
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Vote #188 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3836 to H.R. 8 (A bill to amend the Internal Revenue C…Amendment Agreed to (58-41) Jul 13, 2000
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Vote #189 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3839 to H.R. 8 (A bill to amend the Internal Revenue C…Amendment Rejected (45-52) Jul 14, 2000
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Vote #192 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3840 to H.R. 8 (A bill to amend the Internal Revenue C…Amendment Rejected (42-54) Jul 14, 2000
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Vote #193 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3843 to H.R. 8 (A bill to amend the Internal Revenue C…Amendment Rejected (46-51) Jul 14, 2000
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Vote #196 On the Motion (Lott Motion To Committ H.R. 8)Motion Agreed to (53-45) Jul 14, 2000
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).