Roll Call Vote #289 · 110th Congress · Session 1 · Aug 1, 2007, 6:10 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2554 to S.Amdt. 2530 to H.R. 976 (Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007) (H.R. 976)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2554 (To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for a 60-vote point of order against legislation that includes a Federal excise tax rate increase which disproportionately affects taxpayers with earned income of less than 200 percent of the Federal poverty level.)
Amendment Rejected (32-64)
32 Yea
64 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 49 senators
1 Yea / 46 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 49 senators
31 Yea / 16 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 2 senators
0 Yea / 2 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
-
Lamar Alexander (Republican–TN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bob Bennett (Republican–UT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Thomas Coburn (Republican–OK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bob Corker (Republican–TN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Pete Domenici (Republican–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Chuck Grassley (Republican–IA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Judd Gregg (Republican–NH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Orrin Hatch (Republican–UT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Lisa Murkowski (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Pat Roberts (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Gordon Smith (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ted Stevens (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Sununu (Republican–NH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 32
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- John Thune (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 64
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar (MN)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 4
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
Other Votes on H.R. 976
-
Vote #285 On the Cloture Motion H.R. 976Cloture Motion Agreed to (80-0, 3/5 majority required) Jul 30, 2007
-
Vote #286 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2536 to S.Amdt. 2530 to H.R. 976 (Small Business Tax R…Amendment Rejected (37-59) Jul 31, 2007
-
Vote #287 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2538 to S.Amdt. 2530 to H.R. 976 (Small Business Tax R…Amendment Rejected (26-58) Aug 1, 2007
-
Vote #288 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2587 to S.Amdt. 2530 to H.R. 976 (Small Business Tax R…Amendment Rejected (42-53) Aug 1, 2007
-
Vote #290 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2547 to S.Amdt. 2530 to H.R. 976 (Small Business…Motion to Table Agreed to (53-43) Aug 1, 2007
-
Vote #291 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2593 to S.Amdt. 2530 to H.R. 976 (Small Business Tax R…Amendment Rejected (35-61) Aug 1, 2007
-
Vote #292 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2602 to S.Amdt. 2530 to H.R. 976 (Small Business Tax R…Amendment Rejected (36-60) Aug 1, 2007
-
Vote #297 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2540 to S.Amdt. 2530 to H.R. 976 (Small Business Tax R…Amendment Rejected (43-55) Aug 2, 2007
-
Vote #298 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2579 to S.Amdt. 2530 to H.R. 976 (Small Business Tax R…Amendment Rejected (42-57) Aug 2, 2007
-
Vote #299 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2537 to S.Amdt. 2530 to H.R. 976 (Small Business Tax R…Amendment Rejected (37-62) Aug 2, 2007
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).