House roll call 725 · 107th Congress · Jun 6, 2002
Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act
On Jun 6, 2002, the House voted 256–171 on “On Passage” (HR 2143). Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 214–4, Democrats 41–166, Independents 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 45 members voted against their own party.
During the 107th Congress (2001–2002), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held the House majority, while the Senate was split evenly.
- Result
- Passed
- Yes
- 256
- No
- 171
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jun 6, 2002
By party
- Republicans214 yes · 4 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats41 yes · 166 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted yes
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR voted yes
- Michael Thompson D-CA voted yes
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA voted yes
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA voted yes
- Lois Capps D-CA voted yes
- Jane L. Harman D-CA voted yes
- James H. Maloney D-CT voted yes
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted yes
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA voted no
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA voted yes
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted yes
- David Dwain Phelps D-IL voted yes
- Ken Lucas D-KY voted yes
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA voted yes
- Christopher John D-LA voted yes
- Constance A. Morella R-MD voted no
- James A. Barcia D-MI voted yes
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted yes
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO voted yes
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO voted yes
- Clifford Ronald Shows D-MS voted yes
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC voted yes
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE voted no
- Rush Holt D-NJ voted yes
- Shelley Berkley D-NV voted yes
- Steve Israel D-NY voted yes
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY voted yes
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY voted no
- Brad Carson D-OK voted yes
- Darlene Hooley D-OR voted yes
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN voted yes
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN voted yes
- John S. Tanner D-TN voted yes
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN voted yes
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX voted yes
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX voted yes
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX voted yes
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX voted yes
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted yes
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA voted yes
- Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- Herbert Leon (Sonny) Callahan R-AL
- Robert Terry Everett R-AL
- Robert Riley R-AL
- Robert Aderholt R-AL
- Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. D-AL
- Spencer T. Bachus III R-AL
- Robert Marion Berry D-AR
- John Boozman R-AR
- Michael Avery Ross D-AR
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- Robert Lee Stump R-AZ
- John B. Shadegg R-AZ
- James Thomas Kolbe R-AZ
- John D. Hayworth Jr. R-AZ
- Michael Thompson D-CA
- Walter William (Wally) Herger R-CA
- Doug Ose R-CA
- John Taylor Doolittle R-CA
- Richard William Pombo R-CA
- Gary Adrian Condit D-CA
- George P. Radanovich R-CA
- Calvin M. Dooley D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Lois Capps D-CA
- Elton W. Gallegly R-CA
- Howard P. (Buck) Mckeon R-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- Jane L. Harman D-CA
- John Stephen (Steve) Horn R-CA
- Edward Randall Royce R-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Gary G. Miller R-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
- Mary Bono R-CA
- Dana Rohrabacher R-CA
- Charles Christopher Cox R-CA
- Darrell Issa R-CA
- Randall (Duke) Cunningham R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Scott Mcinnis R-CO
- Robert W. Schaffer R-CO
- Joel M. Hefley R-CO
- Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO
- Robert (Rob) Simmons R-CT
- Christopher H. Shays R-CT
- James H. Maloney D-CT
- Nancy Lee Johnson R-CT
- Michael Newbold Castle R-DE
- Jefferson B. (Jeff) Miller R-FL
- Ander Crenshaw R-FL
- Clifford Bundy Stearns R-FL
- John L. Mica R-FL
- Richard (Ric) Keller R-FL
- Michael Bilirakis R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Adam Putnam R-FL
- Daniel Miller R-FL
- Porter J. Goss R-FL
- David Joseph Weldon R-FL
- Mark A. Foley R-FL
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- Jack Kingston R-GA
- Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. D-GA
- Michael Allen (Mac) Collins R-GA
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- Bob Barr R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- John Nathan Deal R-GA
- Charles W. Norwood Jr. R-GA
- John Elmer Linder R-GA
- Neil Abercrombie D-HI
- James Allen Nussle R-IA
- Leonard L. Boswell D-IA
- Greg Ganske R-IA
- Thomas Latham R-IA
- C. L. (Butch) Otter R-ID
- Michael K. Simpson R-ID
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL
- Jerry Francis Costello D-IL
- Judy Borg Biggert R-IL
- John Dennis Hastert R-IL
- Timothy V. Johnson R-IL
- Donald A. Manzullo R-IL
- Ray H. Lahood R-IL
- David Dwain Phelps D-IL
- John M. Shimkus R-IL
- Mike Pence R-IN
- Mark Edward Souder R-IN
- Stephen Earle Buyer R-IN
- Danny Lee Burton R-IN
- Brian D. Kerns R-IN
- John Nathan Hostettler R-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Jim Ryun R-KS
- Todd Tiahrt R-KS
- Wayne Edward (Ed) Whitfield R-KY
- Ron Lewis R-KY
- Anne Meagher Northup R-KY
- Ken Lucas D-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Ernest L. Fletcher R-KY
- David Vitter R-LA
- William Jennings Jefferson D-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin R-LA
- James O. Mccrery III R-LA
- John Cooksey R-LA
- Richard Hugh Baker R-LA
- Christopher John D-LA
- Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD
- Roscoe Gardner Bartlett R-MD
- Peter Hoekstra R-MI
- Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
- David Lee Camp R-MI
- James A. Barcia D-MI
- Frederick Stephen Upton R-MI
- Nick H. Smith R-MI
- Mike Rogers R-MI
- Joseph Knollenberg R-MI
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN
- Mark Kennedy R-MN
- James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN
- Collin Clark Peterson D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Jr. D-MO
- W. Todd Akin R-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Samuel Graves R-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Kenny Hulshof R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Charles W. (Chip) Pickering Jr. R-MS
- Clifford Ronald Shows D-MS
- Denny Rehberg R-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Howard Coble R-NC
- Mike Mcintyre D-NC
- Robert Cannon (Robin) Hayes R-NC
- Sue Myrick R-NC
- Cass Ballenger R-NC
- Charles Hart Taylor R-NC
- Lee Raymond Terry R-NE
- Thomas Osborne R-NE
- John E. Sununu R-NH
- Charles Foster Bass R-NH
- Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ
- Hugh James Saxton R-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Michael Ferguson R-NJ
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Rush Holt D-NJ
- Heather Wilson R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- Shelley Berkley D-NV
- James A. Gibbons R-NV
- Jr. Grucci Felix J. R-NY
- Steve Israel D-NY
- Peter T. King R-NY
- Carolyn Mccarthy D-NY
- Vito John Fossella R-NY
- Sue W. Kelly R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- John E. Sweeney R-NY
- Sherwood Louis Boehlert R-NY
- John Michael Mchugh R-NY
- James T. Walsh R-NY
- Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY
- John Francis (Jack) Quinn R-NY
- Steve Chabot R-OH
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH
- David Lee Hobson R-OH
- John Andrew Boehner R-OH
- Patrick (Pat) Tiberi R-OH
- Deborah D. Pryce R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Robert William Ney R-OH
- Steven C. Latourette R-OH
- John Sullivan R-OK
- Brad Carson D-OK
- Wesley Wade Watkins R-OK
- Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (J. C.) R-OK
- Ernest James Istook Jr. R-OK
- Frank D. Lucas R-OK
- Greg Walden R-OR
- Darlene Hooley D-OR
- Melissa A. Hart R-PA
- John Peterson R-PA
- Wayne Curtis (Curt) Weldon R-PA
- James Charles Greenwood R-PA
- William (Bill) Shuster R-PA
- Don Sherwood R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
- Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
- George William Gekas R-PA
- Todd Platts R-PA
- Philip Sheridan English R-PA
- Henry Edward Brown Jr. R-SC
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- James W. Demint R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- William Lewis Jenkins R-TN
- John J. Duncan Jr. R-TN
- Zachary Paul Wamp R-TN
- Van Hilleary R-TN
- Robert Nelson Clement D-TN
- Barton Jennings Gordon D-TN
- Ed Bryant R-TN
- John S. Tanner D-TN
- Harold Ford Jr. D-TN
- Max A. Sandlin D-TX
- Sam Johnson R-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- Joe Linus Barton R-TX
- John Culberson R-TX
- Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
- Nicholas V. Lampson D-TX
- Thomas Chester (Chet) Edwards D-TX
- Kay Granger R-TX
- William McClellan (Mac) Thornberry R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- Rubén Hinojosa D-TX
- Lamar Seeligson Smith R-TX
- Thomas Dale Delay R-TX
- Henry Bonilla R-TX
- Richard Keith Armey R-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT
- Christopher B. Cannon R-UT
- Jo Ann Davis R-VA
- Edward Schrock R-VA
- J. Randy Forbes R-VA
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. I-VA
- Robert William Goodlatte R-VA
- Eric Cantor R-VA
- Frederick C. Boucher D-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- Thomas M. Davis III R-VA
- Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
- Richard Norman (Doc) Hastings R-WA
- George R. Nethercutt Jr. R-WA
- Jennifer Blackburn Dunn R-WA
- Paul D. Ryan R-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
- Mark Green R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Barbara L. Cubin R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL
- Victor F. Snyder D-AR
- Ed Pastor D-AZ
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Nancy Pelosi D-CA
- Barbara Lee D-CA
- Ellen O'Kane Tauscher D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- Anna Georges Eshoo D-CA
- Mike Honda D-CA
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Sam Farr D-CA
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Howard Lawrence Berman D-CA
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Xavier Becerra D-CA
- Hilda L. Solis D-CA
- Diane Edith Watson D-CA
- Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA
- Grace Flores Napolitano D-CA
- Maxine Waters D-CA
- Juanita Millender-Mcdonald D-CA
- Joe Baca D-CA
- Loretta Sanchez D-CA
- Susan A. Davis D-CA
- Bob Filner D-CA
- Diana Degette D-CO
- Mark Udall D-CO
- John B. Larson D-CT
- Rosa L. Delauro D-CT
- F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
- Corrine Brown D-FL
- Karen L. Thurman D-FL
- Jim Davis D-FL
- Carrie P. Meek D-FL
- Robert Wexler D-FL
- Peter R. Deutsch D-FL
- Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL
- Cynthia Ann Mckinney D-GA
- Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Bobby L. Rush D-IL
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D-IL
- William Oliver Lipinski D-IL
- Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL
- Rod R. Blagojevich D-IL
- Danny K. Davis D-IL
- Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL
- Lane Allen Evans D-IL
- Peter Visclosky D-IN
- Timothy John Roemer D-IN
- Baron P. Hill D-IN
- Julia May Carson D-IN
- Dennis Moore D-KS
- John Walter Olver D-MA
- Richard Edmund Neal D-MA
- James P. Mcgovern D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- Martin Thomas Meehan D-MA
- John F. Tierney D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Stephen F. Lynch D-MA
- Bill Delahunt D-MA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Albert Russell Wynn D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Elijah Eugene Cummings D-MD
- Constance A. Morella R-MD
- Thomas H. Allen D-ME
- John Elias Baldacci D-ME
- Bart T. Stupak D-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- Sander Martin Levin D-MI
- Lynn Nancy Rivers D-MI
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- Betty Mccollum D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- William Paul Luther D-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Karen Mccarthy D-MO
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS
- Eva M. Clayton D-NC
- Bobby R. Etheridge D-NC
- David Eugene Price D-NC
- Melvin L. Watt D-NC
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy III D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Robert Ernest Andrews D-NJ
- Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ
- William J. Pascrell Jr. D-NJ
- Steven Rothman D-NJ
- Donald Milford Payne D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Gary Leonard Ackerman D-NY
- Gregory W. Meeks D-NY
- Joseph Crowley D-NY
- Jerrold Lewis Nadler D-NY
- Anthony D. Weiner D-NY
- Edolphus Towns D-NY
- Major Robert Odell Owens D-NY
- Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY
- Carolyn Bosher Maloney D-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Eliot Lance Engel D-NY
- Nita M. Lowey D-NY
- Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY
- Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Amory Houghton Jr. R-NY
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Ted Strickland D-OH
- Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
- Dennis Kucinich D-OH
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Charles Sawyer D-OH
- David Wu D-OR
- Earl Blumenauer D-OR
- Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR
- Robert A. Brady D-PA
- Chaka Fattah D-PA
- Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA
- Thomas Timothy (Tim) Holden D-PA
- Paul E. Kanjorski D-PA
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Joseph M. Hoeffel D-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Michael F. Doyle D-PA
- Frank R. Mascara D-PA
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy D-RI
- James Langevin D-RI
- John McKee Spratt Jr. D-SC
- James Enos Clyburn D-SC
- Jim Turner D-TX
- Lloyd Alton Doggett II D-TX
- Silvestre Reyes D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Charles A. Gonzalez D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
- Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX
- Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX
- Robert C. Scott D-VA
- James P. Moran D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Jay Robert Inslee D-WA
- Brian Baird D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- James A. Mcdermott D-WA
- Adam Smith D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Ron Kind D-WI
- Gerald Daniel Kleczka D-WI
- Thomas M. Barrett D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan D-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
Did not vote
- Asa Hutchinson R-AR
- Charles Joseph Scarborough R-FL
- John R. Lewis D-GA
- Michael Everett Capuano D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
- Jo Ann Emerson R-MO
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- José E. Serrano D-NY
- James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH
- Steve Largent R-OK
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Larry Ed Combest R-TX
- Norman Sisisky D-VA
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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