To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily reduce the Federal fuels tax to zero.

On Jul 13, 2000, the Senate voted 40–59 on “On the Motion” (HR 8). Result: Motion Rejected. By party: Republicans 40–15, Democrats 0–44. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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: Motion Rejected
Yes: 40
No: 59
Did not vote: 3
Date: Jul 13, 2000

By party

Republicans40 yes · 15 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 44 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Timothy Hutchinson R-AR voted no
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted no
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted no
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO voted no
William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
Conrad Burns R-MT voted no
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE voted no
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
George Victor Voinovich R-OH voted no
Michael Dewine R-OH voted no
Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI voted no
John William Warner R-VA voted no
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY voted no
Michael B. Enzi R-WY voted no

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
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Connie Mack III R-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Peter G. Fitzgerald R-IL
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
James Paul David Bunning R-KY
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Spencer Abraham R-MI
Rod Grams R-MN
John David Ashcroft R-MO
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
Jesse Helms R-NC
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
Arlen Specter R-PA
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
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
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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