Roll Call Vote #49 · 110th Congress · Session 2 · Mar 13, 2008, 1:08 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4196 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
Amendment S.Amdt. 4196 (To reform the estate tax to avoid subjecting thousands of families, family businesses, and family farms and ranches to the estate tax.)
Amendment Rejected (38-62)
38 Yea
62 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 38 senators
28 Yea / 10 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 38 senators
2 Yea / 36 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Benjamin Cardin (Democrat–MD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Byron Dorgan (Democrat–ND) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tom Harkin (Democrat–IA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ted Kennedy (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Kerry (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Carl Levin (Democrat–MI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jay Rockefeller, IV (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
George Voinovich (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 38
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Bob Casey
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 62
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Barrasso
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sherrod Brown
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- John Thune
- David Vitter (LA)
- John Warner (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger Wicker
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).