To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to end deferral for United States shareholders on income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to property

On Sep 11, 1996, the Senate voted 58–41 on “On the Motion to Table” (HR 3756). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 49–4, Democrats 9–37. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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: Motion to Table Agreed to
Yes: 58
No: 41
Did not vote: 4
Date: Sep 11, 1996

By party

Republicans49 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats9 yes · 37 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted yes
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO voted no
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted yes
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted no
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
Robert C. Smith R-NH voted no
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
John William Warner R-VA voted no
Patty Murray D-WA voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Connie Mack III R-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-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
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
Sheila Frahm R-KS
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
Spencer Abraham R-MI
Rod Grams R-MN
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
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
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
Michael Dewine R-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
Arlen Specter R-PA
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
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
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Patty Murray D-WA
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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