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Senate vote #229

On the Cloture Motion H.R. 5970

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, to repeal the sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and to extend expiring … Read full descriptionHide

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, to repeal the sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and to extend expiring provisions, and for other purposes.

Rejected Congress 109 · Session 2 Aug 3, 2006 · 9:41 PM EDT  H.R. 5970
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REJECTED
56–42
+14 margin
Democrats
4 38
Republicans
52 3
Independents
1
Majority threshold YES 56 42 NO
98 members voted · 2 Not Voting Passed by 14 votes
 Voted yes 12
Burr Collins R Cornyn R Crapo R DeMint Graham R Grassley R Isakson McConnell R Murkowski R Thune R Vitter
 Voted no 7
Cantwell D Durbin D Menendez Murray D Reed D Schumer D Wyden D
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