Roll Call Vote #62 · 108th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 20, 2003, 5:33 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 288 to S.Con.Res. 23 (No short title on file)
Amendment S.Amdt. 288 (To provide financial security to family farm and small business owners by ending the unfair practice of taxing someone at death.)
Amendment Agreed to (51-48)
51 Yea
48 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 43 senators
40 Yea / 3 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 41 senators
4 Yea / 36 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Lincoln Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Blanche Lincoln (Democrat–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bill Nelson (Democrat–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 51
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- John Cornyn
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Peter Fitzgerald (IL)
- William Frist (TN)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- James Talent (MO)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 48
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Tom Carper
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Jon Corzine (NJ)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- John Edwards (NC)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
Not Voting 1
- Zell Miller (GA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).