To provide for a tax cut accelerator.

On Apr 5, 2001, the Senate voted 45–55 on “On the Motion” (HCONRES 83). Result: Motion Rejected. By party: Republicans 43–7, Democrats 2–48. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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: 45
No: 55
Did not vote: 2
Date: Apr 5, 2001

By party

Republicans43 yes · 7 no
Democrats2 yes · 48 no

Who broke with their party

Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
Zell Bryan Miller D-GA voted yes
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted no
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE voted yes
Michael Dewine R-OH voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI voted no
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
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
Zell Bryan Miller D-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
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond 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
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
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Gordon Harold Smith R-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
George Allen R-VA
John William Warner R-VA
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Dean Barkley I-MN
James Merrill Jeffords I-VT

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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