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Roll Call Vote #147 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · Apr 2, 2009, 8:40 PM (ET)

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 974 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file)

Amendment S.Amdt. 974 (To provide that no additional estate tax relief beyone that which is already assumed in this resolution, which protects over 99.7 percent of estates from the estate tax, shall be allowed under any deficit-neutral reserve fund unless an equal amount of aggregate tax relief is also provided to Americans earning less than $100,000 per year.)

Amendment Agreed to (56-43)
56 Yea
43 Nay
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How the Parties Voted

Democrat 40 senators

37 Yea / 3 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Republican 29 senators

0 Yea / 29 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Independent Democrat 1 senator

1 Yea / 0 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Crossed Party Lines

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 56

Nay 43

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