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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)

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
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How the Parties Voted

Republican 39 senators

24 Yea / 13 Nay

2 not voting or present

Majority position: Yea

Democrat 38 senators

1 Yea / 35 Nay

2 not voting or present

Majority position: Nay

Independent Democrat 1 senator

0 Yea / 1 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Crossed Party Lines

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 32

Nay 64

Not Voting 4

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