A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restructure and reform the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes.

On Jul 8, 1998, the Senate voted 76–22 on “On the Motion to Table” (HR 2676). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 53–0, Democrats 23–22. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 22 members voted against their own party.

During the 105th Congress (1997–1998), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Motion to Table Agreed to
Yes: 76
No: 22
Did not vote: 2
Date: Jul 8, 1998

By party

Republicans53 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats23 yes · 22 no

Who broke with their party

Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted no
Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
Carl Levin D-MI voted no
Paul David Wellstone D-MN voted no
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI voted no
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted no
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted no
Patty Murray D-WA voted no
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no

The bill

H.R. 2676: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restructure and reform the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes.

How each senator voted: Yes

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Barbara Boxer D-CA
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Connie Mack III R-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
John Forbes Kerry D-MA
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Susan Margaret Collins 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
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Harry Reid D-NV
Richard H Bryan D-NV
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
Michael Dewine R-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
Arlen Specter R-PA
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
William H. Frist R-TN
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
John William Warner R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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