To table the levin amendment to H.R. 2163 to increase the deduction for two-earner couples, and to keep the maximum tax rate on estates at 60 percent. (motion

On Apr 12, 1984, the Senate voted 62–19 (HR 2163). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 45–2, Democrats 18–17. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 members voted against their own party.

During the 98th Congress (1983–1984), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Yes: 62
No: 19
Did not vote: 19
Date: Apr 12, 1984

By party

Republicans45 yes · 2 no · 8 didn’t vote
Democrats18 yes · 17 no · 11 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
Alan John Dixon D-IL voted no
Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted no
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
George John Mitchell D-ME voted no
Carl Levin D-MI voted no
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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