To provide for an income tax deduction for the old age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-employed individuals.

On May 22, 1996, the Senate voted 43–57 on “On the Amendment” (SCONRES 57). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Republicans 40–13, Democrats 3–44. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 members voted against their own party.

During the 104th Congress (1995–1996), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Amendment Rejected
Yes: 43
No: 57
Did not vote: 3
Date: May 22, 1996

By party

Republicans40 yes · 13 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats3 yes · 44 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO voted no
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT voted no
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted no
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Connie Mack III R-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
Spencer Abraham R-MI
Rod Grams R-MN
John David Ashcroft R-MO
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Conrad Burns R-MT
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
Jesse Helms R-NC
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
Michael Dewine R-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
William H. Frist R-TN
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
John William Warner R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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