Roll Call Vote #77 · 110th Congress · Session 2 · Mar 13, 2008, 11:04 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4372 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
Amendment S.Amdt. 4372 (To protect small businesses, family ranches and farms from the Death Tax by providing a $5 million exemption, a low rate for smaller estates and a maximum rate no higher than 35%.)
Amendment Rejected (48-50)
48 Yea
50 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 38 senators
2 Yea / 35 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 38 senators
36 Yea / 1 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Blanche Lincoln (Democrat–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
George Voinovich (Republican–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 48
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Barrasso
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- John Thune
- David Vitter (LA)
- John Warner (VA)
- Roger Wicker
Nay 50
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 2
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- John Ensign (NV)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).