What was the result of Senate roll call vote 76 in the 110th Congress?

The Senate vote on Mar 13, 2008 ended "Amendment Rejected (23-77)", 23-77. The vote was on: On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4378 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file).

How many senators voted yes and no on Senate vote 76?

23 senators voted Yea and 77 voted Nay.

Which party supported Senate vote 76 in the 110th Congress?

Democrats voted 16-22 and Republicans voted 2-36. 18 senators crossed party lines.

Roll Call Vote #76 · 110th Congress · Session 2 · Mar 13, 2008, 10:44 PM (ET)

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4378 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)

Amendment S.Amdt. 4378 (To protect family businesses and farmers without increasing our nation's debt by providing for an estate tax that sets the exemption at $5 million and the rate at 35 percent, with the benefits of the exemption recaptured for estates over $100 million, paid for by closing tax loopholes that allow offshore deferral of compensation and transactions entered into solely for the purpose of avoiding taxation.)

Amendment Rejected (23-77)

23 Yea

77 Nay

← Vote #75 Vote #77 →

How the Parties Voted

Democrat 38 senators

16 Yea / 22 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Republican 38 senators

2 Yea / 36 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Independent Democrat 1 senator

1 Yea / 0 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Crossed Party Lines

Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Evan Bayh (Democrat–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Kent Conrad (Democrat–ND) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Kay Hutchison (Republican–TX) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Mary Landrieu (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Patrick Leahy (Democrat–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Carl Levin (Democrat–MI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Blanche Lincoln (Democrat–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Claire McCaskill (Democrat–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Barbara Mikulski (Democrat–MD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Bill Nelson (Democrat–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Mark Pryor (Democrat–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Kenneth Salazar (Democrat–CO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Deborah Stabenow (Democrat–MI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4378 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)

How the Parties Voted

Crossed Party Lines

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 23

Nay 77