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Floor vote

Senate vote #83

On the Cloture Motion H.R. 6

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the marriage penalty by providing that the income tax rate bracket amounts, and the amount of the standard deduction, for joint returns shall be twice the amounts applicable to unmarried individuals.

Rejected Congress 106 · Session 2 Apr 13, 2000 · 6:27 PM
REJECTED
53–45
+8 margin
Democrats
44
Republicans
53 1
Majority threshold YES 53 45 NO
98 members voted · 2 present/absent Passed by 8 votes