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Roll Call Vote #83 · 110th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 21, 2007, 5:28 PM (ET)

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 507 to S.Con.Res. 21 (No short title on file)

Amendment S.Amdt. 507 (To protect families, family farms and small businesses by raising the death tax exemption to $5 million and reducing the maximum death tax rate to no more than 35%, to extend college tuition deduction, to extend the student loan interest deduction, to extend the teacher classroom deduction, to protect senior citizens from higher taxes on their retirement income, to maintain U.S. financial market competitiveness, and to promote economic growth by extending the lower tax rates on dividends and capital gains.)

Amendment Rejected (47-51)
47 Yea
51 Nay
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How the Parties Voted

Republican 40 senators

38 Yea / 2 Nay

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 47

Nay 51

Not Voting 2

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