Senate roll call 571 · 106th Congress · Jul 14, 2000
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phaseout the estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period.
On Jul 14, 2000, the Senate voted 59–39 on “On Passage of the Bill” (HR 8). Result: Bill Passed. By party: Republicans 50–4, Democrats 9–35. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 59
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Jul 14, 2000
By party
- Republicans50 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 35 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted yes
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted yes
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA voted yes
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted yes
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ voted yes
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH voted no
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI voted no
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted yes
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
- Patty Murray D-WA voted yes
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
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
- 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
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- 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
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- 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
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Evan Bayh D-IN
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- John Edwards D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-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
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- Zell Bryan Miller D-GA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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