To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the estates tax with modifications.

On Jun 12, 2002, the Senate voted 38–60 on “On the Motion” (HR 8). Result: Motion Rejected. By party: Democrats 37–13, Republicans 0–47, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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: Motion Rejected
Yes: 38
No: 60
Did not vote: 4
Date: Jun 12, 2002

By party

Republicans0 yes · 47 no · 3 didn’t vote
Democrats37 yes · 13 no
Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted no
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE voted no
Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA voted no
Zell Bryan Miller D-GA voted no
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted no
Jean Carnahan D-MO voted no
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE voted no
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR voted no
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
Maria E. Cantwell D-WA voted no
Patty Murray D-WA voted no
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

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
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
Zell Bryan Miller D-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Larry Edwin Craig 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
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
Jean Carnahan D-MO
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Conrad Burns R-MT
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
John Eric Ensign R-NV
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
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
Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
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
George Allen R-VA
John William Warner R-VA
Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
Patty Murray D-WA
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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