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Roll Call Vote #423 · 110th Congress · Session 1 · Dec 12, 2007, 8:21 PM (ET)

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3596 to S.Amdt. 3500 to H.R. 2419 (Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007)

Amendment S.Amdt. 3596 (To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a pilot program under which agricultural producers may establish and contribute to tax-exempt farm savings accounts in lieu of obtaining federally subsidized crop insurance or noninsured crop assistance, to provide for contributions to such accounts by the Secretary of Agriculture, to specify the situations in which amounts may be paid to producers from such accounts, and to limit the total amount of such distributions to a producer during a taxable year, and for other purposes.)

Amendment Rejected (35-58)
35 Yea
58 Nay
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How the Parties Voted

Republican 39 senators

23 Yea / 14 Nay

2 not voting or present

Majority position: Yea

Democrat 38 senators

3 Yea / 30 Nay

5 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 35

Nay 58

Not Voting 7

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