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Senate Roll Call 569, 106th Congress · July 14, 2000

To preserve budget surplus funds so that they might be available to extend the life of Social Security and Medicare.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

44 yea · 54 nayAmendment Rejected2 not voting or present
Democrat40 yea · 4 nay
Republican3 yea · 49 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 8 ↗

Death Tax Elimination Act of 2000

Policy area: Taxation — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Health CareA yea counts toward “Expand coverage”

    model(0.80): Preserves surplus funds to extend Medicare solvency and maintain healthcare coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Raise revenue”

    model(0.85): Preserves budget surplus funds for program solvency rather than enacting tax cuts.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (44)

Nay (54)

Not voting or present (2)

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