A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require 527 organizations to disclose their political activities.

On Jun 29, 2000, the Senate voted 92–6 on “On Passage of the Bill” (HR 4762). Result: Bill Passed. By party: Republicans 48–6, Democrats 44–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 6 members voted against their own party.

During the 106th Congress (1999–2000), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Bill Passed
Yes: 92
No: 6
Did not vote: 4
Date: Jun 29, 2000

By party

Republicans48 yes · 6 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats44 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Connie Mack III R-FL voted no
Paul Coverdell R-GA voted no
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted no
Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK voted no

The bill

H.R. 4762: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require 527 organizations to disclose their political activities.

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
Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl 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
Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Peter G. Fitzgerald R-IL
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
Evan Bayh D-IN
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
James Paul David Bunning R-KY
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
John Forbes Kerry D-MA
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
Carl Levin D-MI
Spencer Abraham R-MI
Paul David Wellstone D-MN
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
John Edwards D-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
Kent Conrad D-ND
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Harry Reid D-NV
Richard H Bryan D-NV
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
Michael Dewine R-OH
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
Arlen Specter R-PA
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-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
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
John William Warner R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
Patty Murray D-WA
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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