To permanently repeal the death tax.

On Jun 12, 2002, the Senate voted 54–44 on “On the Motion” (HR 8). Result: Motion Rejected. By party: Democrats 9–41, Republicans 45–2, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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: 54
No: 44
Did not vote: 4
Date: Jun 12, 2002

By party

Republicans45 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Democrats9 yes · 41 no
Independents0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted yes
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted no
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL voted yes
Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA voted yes
Zell Bryan Miller D-GA voted yes
Evan Bayh D-IN voted yes
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted yes
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE voted yes
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR voted yes
Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI voted no

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
Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
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
Evan Bayh D-IN
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
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
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

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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