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Roll Call Vote #83 · 106th Congress · Session 2 · Apr 13, 2000, 2:27 PM (ET)

On the Cloture Motion H.R. 6 (H.R. 6)

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the marriage penalty by providing that the income tax rate bracket amounts, and the amount of the standard deduction, for joint returns shall be twice the amounts applicable to unmarried individuals.

Cloture Motion Rejected (53-45, 3/5 majority required)
53 Yea
45 Nay
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How the Parties Voted

Republican 55 senators

53 Yea / 1 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Yea

Democrat 45 senators

0 Yea / 44 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Nay

Crossed Party Lines

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 53

Nay 45

Not Voting 2

Other Votes on H.R. 6

All Senate votes on H.R. 6 →

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