Estate Tax - Democrats Substitute

109th Congress, 1st Session

April 13, 2005

The House on April 13, 2005 voted to eliminate permanently the tax on estates. The Democrats substitute was offered by Representative Earl Pomeroy (D-ND). It would have limited exemption from the estate tax to incomes below $7 million for a couple. It failed by a vote of 194-238. The table below shows individual votes on the Pomeroy Amendment in a table that permits sorting by each of six caucuses. A column for the New Democrats has been added.

Data Set Sorted By state in Ascending Order

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Don Young
N
AK
A-L
R
Artur Davis
Y
AL
7
D
B
ND
Robert B. Aderholt
N
AL
4
R
RSC
Jo Bonner
N
AL
1
R
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.
N
AL
5
D
BD
Terry Everett
N
AL
2
R
Spencer Bachus
N
AL
6
R
RSC
Mike Rogers
N
AL
3
R
Mike Ross
Y
AR
4
D
BD
Marion Berry
Y
AR
1
D
BD
Vic Snyder
Y
AR
2
D
John Boozman
N
AR
3
R
RSC
Raúl M. Grijalva
Y
AZ
7
D
H
P
Ed Pastor
N
AZ
4
D
H
P
Jim Kolbe
N
AZ
8
R
Rick Renzi
N
AZ
1
R
RSC
J. D. Hayworth
N
AZ
5
R
RSC
Trent Franks
N
AZ
2
R
RSC
Jeff Flake
N
AZ
6
R
RSC
John B. Shadegg
N
AZ
3
R
RSC
Jim Costa
Y
CA
20
D
BD
Duncan Hunter
N
CA
52
R
RSC
Fortney Pete Stark
Y
CA
13
D
P
Mary Bono
N
CA
45
R
Lynn C. Woolsey
Y
CA
6
D
P
Grace F. Napolitano
Y
CA
38
D
H
Xavier Becerra
Y
CA
31
D
P
Elton Gallegly
N
CA
24
R
Sam Farr
Y
CA
17
D
P
Darrell E. Issa
N
CA
49
R
Ellen O. Tauscher
Y
CA
10
D
BD
ND
Gary G. Miller
N
CA
42
R
RSC
Daniel E. Lungren
N
CA
3
R
Maxine Waters
Y
CA
35
D
B
P
Howard L. Berman
Y
CA
28
D
Devin Nunes
N
CA
21
R
Susan A. Davis
Y
CA
53
D
Anna G. Eshoo
Y
CA
14
D
Dana Rohrabacher
N
CA
46
R
George Miller
Y
CA
7
D
P
Linda T. Sánchez
Y
CA
39
D
H
Hilda L. Solis
Y
CA
32
D
H
P
Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon
N
CA
25
R
Dennis A. Cardoza
Y
CA
18
D
BD
Randy ``Duke'' Cunningham
N
CA
50
R
Richard W. Pombo
N
CA
11
R
RSC
Joe Baca
Y
CA
43
D
H
BD
John T. Doolittle
N
CA
4
R
RSC
Jane Harman
Y
CA
36
D
BD
ND
Adam B. Schiff
Y
CA
29
D
BD
ND
William M. Thomas
N
CA
22
R
Michael M. Honda
Y
CA
15
D
Loretta Sanchez
Y
CA
47
D
H
BD
ND
Nancy Pelosi
Y
CA
8
D
P
Edward R. Royce
N
CA
40
R
Mike Thompson
Y
CA
1
D
BD
Diane E. Watson
Y
CA
33
D
B
P
David Dreier
N
CA
26
R
George Radanovich
N
CA
19
R
RSC
Bob Filner
Y
CA
51
D
P
Tom Lantos
Y
CA
12
D
P
Ken Calvert
N
CA
44
R
Doris Matsui
Y
CA
5
D
Juanita Millender-McDonald
Y
CA
37
D
B
ND
Henry A. Waxman
Y
CA
30
D
P
Lois Capps
Y
CA
23
D
ND
Zoe Lofgren
Y
CA
16
D
Christopher Cox
N
CA
48
R
RSC
Barbara Lee
Y
CA
9
D
B
P
Jerry Lewis
N
CA
41
R
RSC
Wally Herger
N
CA
2
R
RSC
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Y
CA
34
D
H
Brad Sherman
Y
CA
27
D
John T. Salazar
Y
CO
3
D
H
BD
Bob Beauprez
N
CO
7
R
RSC
Marilyn N. Musgrave
N
CO
4
R
RSC
Diana DeGette
Y
CO
1
D
Joel Hefley
N
CO
5
R
Mark Udall
Y
CO
2
D
Thomas G. Tancredo
N
CO
6
R
RSC
Rosa L. DeLauro
Y
CT
3
D
P
Christopher Shays
N
CT
4
R
John B. Larson
Y
CT
1
D
ND
Nancy L. Johnson
N
CT
5
R
Rob Simmons
N
CT
2
R
Michael N. Castle
Y
DE
A-L
R
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
N
FL
18
R
H
Jim Davis
Y
FL
11
D
ND
Ander Crenshaw
N
FL
4
R
E. Clay Shaw Jr.
N
FL
22
R
Dave Weldon
N
FL
15
R
RSC
Ric Keller
N
FL
8
R
Jeff Miller
N
FL
1
R
RSC
Robert Wexler
Y
FL
19
D
Adam H. Putnam
N
FL
12
R
Ginny Brown-Waite
N
FL
5
R
Alcee L. Hastings
Y
FL
23
D
B
Mark Foley
N
FL
16
R
Michael Bilirakis
N
FL
9
R
Allen Boyd
Y
FL
2
D
BD
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Y
FL
20
D
Katherine Harris
N
FL
13
R
Cliff Stearns
N
FL
6
R
RSC
Tom Feeney
N
FL
24
R
RSC
Kendrick B. Meek
Y
FL
17
D
B
C. W. Bill Young
N
FL
10
R
Corrine Brown
Y
FL
3
D
B
P
Lincoln Diaz-Balart
N
FL
21
R
H
Connie Mack
N
FL
14
R
John L. Mica
N
FL
7
R
Mario Diaz-Balart
N
FL
25
R
H
RSC
Phil Gingrey
N
GA
11
R
RSC
Cynthia McKinney
Y
GA
4
D
B
Lynn A. Westmoreland
N
GA
8
R
Jack Kingston
N
GA
1
R
John Barrow
Y
GA
12
D
BD
John Lewis
Y
GA
5
D
B
P
Charlie Norwood
N
GA
9
R
RSC
Sanford D. Bishop Jr.
Y
GA
2
D
B
BD
David Scott
Y
GA
13
D
B
BD
ND
Tom Price
N
GA
6
R
Nathan Deal
N
GA
10
R
Jim Marshall
Y
GA
3
D
John Linder
N
GA
7
R
Ed Case
Y
HI
2
D
BD
ND
Neil Abercrombie
N
HI
1
D
P
Leonard L. Boswell
Y
IA
3
D
BD
Tom Latham
N
IA
4
R
Jim Nussle
N
IA
1
R
Steve King
N
IA
5
R
RSC
James A. Leach
N
IA
2
R
Michael K. Simpson
N
ID
2
R
C. L. ``Butch'' Otter
N
ID
1
R
Daniel Lipinski
Y
IL
3
D
Timothy V. Johnson
N
IL
15
R
Danny K. Davis
Y
IL
7
D
B
P
John Shimkus
N
IL
19
R
Jerry Weller
N
IL
11
R
Luis V. Gutierrez
Y
IL
4
D
H
P
Donald A. Manzullo
N
IL
16
R
Melissa L. Bean
N
IL
8
D
Bobby L. Rush
Y
IL
1
D
B
P
Jerry F. Costello
Y
IL
12
D
Rahm Emanuel
Y
IL
5
D
ND
Lane Evans
Y
IL
17
D
P
Janice D. Schakowsky
Y
IL
9
D
P
Jesse L. Jackson Jr.
Y
IL
2
D
B
P
Judy Biggert
N
IL
13
R
Henry J. Hyde
N
IL
6
R
Ray LaHood
N
IL
18
R
Mark Steven Kirk
N
IL
10
R
Mark E. Souder
N
IN
3
R
RSC
Julia Carson
Y
IN
7
D
B
P
Steve Buyer
N
IN
4
R
John N. Hostettler
N
IN
8
R
RSC
Peter J. Visclosky
Y
IN
1
D
Dan Burton
N
IN
5
R
RSC
Michael E. Sodrel
N
IN
9
R
Chris Chocola
N
IN
2
R
RSC
Mike Pence
N
IN
6
R
RSC
Jerry Moran
N
KS
1
R
RSC
Jim Ryun
N
KS
2
R
RSC
Dennis Moore
Y
KS
3
D
BD
ND
Todd Tiahrt
N
KS
4
R
RSC
Geoff Davis
N
KY
4
R
Ed Whitfield
N
KY
1
R
Harold Rogers
N
KY
5
R
Ron Lewis
N
KY
2
R
Ben Chandler
Y
KY
6
D
BD
ND
Anne M. Northup
N
KY
3
R
RSC
William J. Jefferson
Y
LA
2
D
B
Richard H. Baker
N
LA
6
R
Charlie Melancon
Y
LA
3
D
BD
Charles W. Boustany Jr.
N
LA
7
R
Jim McCrery
N
LA
4
R
Bobby Jindal
NV
LA
1
R
Rodney Alexander
N
LA
5
R
Stephen F. Lynch
Y
MA
9
D
Richard E. Neal
Y
MA
2
D
John F. Tierney
Y
MA
6
D
P
William D. Delahunt
Y
MA
10
D
James P. McGovern
Y
MA
3
D
P
Edward J. Markey
Y
MA
7
D
Barney Frank
Y
MA
4
D
P
Michael E. Capuano
Y
MA
8
D
P
John W. Olver
N
MA
1
D
Martin T. Meehan
Y
MA
5
D
Roscoe G. Bartlett
N
MD
6
R
RSC
Benjamin L. Cardin
Y
MD
3
D
Elijah E. Cummings
Y
MD
7
D
B
Albert Russell Wynn
Y
MD
4
D
B
Chris Van Hollen
Y
MD
8
D
Wayne T. Gilchrest
N
MD
1
R
Steny H. Hoyer
Y
MD
5
D
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger
Y
MD
2
D
Michael H. Michaud
Y
ME
2
D
BD
Thomas H. Allen
Y
ME
1
D
Vernon J. Ehlers
N
MI
3
R
John Conyers Jr.
Y
MI
14
D
B
P
John J. H. ``Joe'' Schwarz
N
MI
7
R
Thaddeus G. McCotter
N
MI
11
R
Dave Camp
N
MI
4
R
RSC
John D. Dingell
Y
MI
15
D
Mike Rogers
N
MI
8
R
Bart Stupak
Y
MI
1
D
Sander M. Levin
Y
MI
12
D
Dale E. Kildee
Y
MI
5
D
Joe Knollenberg
N
MI
9
R
Peter Hoekstra
N
MI
2
R
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick
Y
MI
13
D
B
Fred Upton
N
MI
6
R
Candice S. Miller
N
MI
10
R
Mark R. Kennedy
N
MN
6
R
Jim Ramstad
N
MN
3
R
Collin C. Peterson
Y
MN
7
D
BD
Betty McCollum
Y
MN
4
D
James L. Oberstar
Y
MN
8
D
Gil Gutknecht
N
MN
1
R
RSC
Martin Olav Sabo
Y
MN
5
D
John Kline
N
MN
2
R
RSC
Emanuel Cleaver
Y
MO
5
D
B
P
Kenny C. Hulshof
N
MO
9
R
W. Todd Akin
N
MO
2
R
RSC
Sam Graves
N
MO
6
R
Russ Carnahan
Y
MO
3
D
ND
Roy Blunt
N
MO
7
R
Ike Skelton
Y
MO
4
D
Jo Ann Emerson
N
MO
8
R
Wm. Lacy Clay
Y
MO
1
D
B
P
Charles W. ``Chip'' Pickering
N
MS
3
R
Gene Taylor
Y
MS
4
D
BD
Roger F. Wicker
N
MS
1
R
Bennie G. Thompson
Y
MS
2
D
B
P
Dennis R. Rehberg
N
MT
A-L
R
RSC
Sue Wilkins Myrick
N
NC
9
R
RSC
Bob Etheridge
Y
NC
2
D
ND
Brad Miller
Y
NC
13
D
Howard Coble
N
NC
6
R
Patrick T. McHenry
N
NC
10
R
Walter B. Jones
N
NC
3
R
RSC
Mike McIntyre
Y
NC
7
D
BD
ND
Charles H. Taylor
N
NC
11
R
RSC
David E. Price
Y
NC
4
D
ND
Robin Hayes
N
NC
8
R
RSC
G. K. Butterfield
Y
NC
1
D
B
Melvin L. Watt
Y
NC
12
D
B
P
Virginia Foxx
N
NC
5
R
Earl Pomeroy
Y
ND
A-L
D
BD
Lee Terry
N
NE
2
R
RSC
Tom Osborne
N
NE
3
R
Jeff Fortenberry
N
NE
1
R
Jeb Bradley
N
NH
1
R
Charles F. Bass
N
NH
2
R
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen
N
NJ
11
R
Christopher H. Smith
N
NJ
4
R
Bill Pascrell Jr.
Y
NJ
8
D
Robert E. Andrews
Y
NJ
1
D
Rush D. Holt
Y
NJ
12
D
ND
Scott Garrett
N
NJ
5
R
RSC
Steven R. Rothman
Y
NJ
9
D
Frank A. LoBiondo
N
NJ
2
R
Robert Menendez
Y
NJ
13
D
H
Frank Pallone Jr.
Y
NJ
6
D
Donald M. Payne
Y
NJ
10
D
B
Jim Saxton
N
NJ
3
R
Mike Ferguson
N
NJ
7
R
Stevan Pearce
N
NM
2
R
Tom Udall
Y
NM
3
D
P
ND
Heather Wilson
N
NM
1
R
Jon C. Porter
N
NV
3
R
Shelley Berkley
Y
NV
1
D
ND
Jim Gibbons
N
NV
2
R
Sherwood Boehlert
N
NY
24
R
Eliot L. Engel
Y
NY
17
D
ND
Edolphus Towns
Y
NY
10
D
B
Peter T. King
N
NY
3
R
Louise McIntosh Slaughter
Y
NY
28
D
Michael R. McNulty
Y
NY
21
D
Carolyn B. Maloney
Y
NY
14
D
Joseph Crowley
Y
NY
7
D
ND
James T. Walsh
N
NY
25
R
Nita M. Lowey
Y
NY
18
D
Major R. Owens
Y
NY
11
D
B
P
Carolyn McCarthy
Y
NY
4
D
ND
John R. ``Randy'' Kuhl Jr.
N
NY
29
R
Maurice D. Hinchey
Y
NY
22
D
P
Charles B. Rangel
Y
NY
15
D
B
Jerrold Nadler
Y
NY
8
D
P
Timothy H. Bishop
Y
NY
1
D
Thomas M. Reynolds
N
NY
26
R
RSC
Sue W. Kelly
N
NY
19
R
Nydia M. Velázquez
Y
NY
12
D
H
P
Gary L. Ackerman
Y
NY
5
D
John M. McHugh
N
NY
23
R
José E. Serrano
Y
NY
16
D
H
P
Anthony D. Weiner
Y
NY
9
D
Steve Israel
Y
NY
2
D
BD
ND
Brian Higgins
Y
NY
27
D
ND
John E. Sweeney
N
NY
20
R
Vito Fossella
N
NY
13
R
Gregory W. Meeks
Y
NY
6
D
B
ND
Sherrod Brown
Y
OH
13
D
P
Ted Strickland
Y
OH
6
D
Tim Ryan
Y
OH
17
D
Dennis J. Kucinich
Y
OH
10
D
P
Michael R. Turner
N
OH
3
R
Steven C. LaTourette
N
OH
14
R
David L. Hobson
N
OH
7
R
Robert W. Ney
N
OH
18
R
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Y
OH
11
D
B
P
Michael G. Oxley
N
OH
4
R
Deborah Pryce
N
OH
15
R
John A. Boehner
N
OH
8
R
Steve Chabot
N
OH
1
R
RSC
Patrick J. Tiberi
N
OH
12
R
RSC
Paul E. Gillmor
NV
OH
5
R
Ralph Regula
N
OH
16
R
Marcy Kaptur
Y
OH
9
D
P
Rob Portman
N
OH
2
R
Dan Boren
Y
OK
2
D
BD
Frank D. Lucas
N
OK
3
R
Tom Cole
N
OK
4
R
RSC
John Sullivan
N
OK
1
R
RSC
Ernest J. Istook Jr.
N
OK
5
R
RSC
Peter A. DeFazio
Y
OR
4
D
P
David Wu
Y
OR
1
D
ND
Darlene Hooley
Y
OR
5
D
ND
Greg Walden
N
OR
2
R
Earl Blumenauer
Y
OR
3
D
Tim Holden
Y
PA
17
D
BD
Don Sherwood
N
PA
10
R
Phil English
N
PA
3
R
Michael F. Doyle
Y
PA
14
D
Curt Weldon
N
PA
7
R
Tim Murphy
N
PA
18
R
RSC
Paul E. Kanjorski
Y
PA
11
D
Melissa A. Hart
N
PA
4
R
Charles W. Dent
N
PA
15
R
Michael G. Fitzpatrick
N
PA
8
R
Robert A. Brady
N
PA
1
D
Todd Russell Platts
N
PA
19
R
John P. Murtha
N
PA
12
D
John E. Peterson
N
PA
5
R
Joseph R. Pitts
N
PA
16
R
RSC
Bill Shuster
N
PA
9
R
Chaka Fattah
Y
PA
2
D
B
P
Allyson Y. Schwartz
Y
PA
13
D
ND
Jim Gerlach
N
PA
6
R
James R. Langevin
Y
RI
2
D
Patrick J. Kennedy
Y
RI
1
D
J. Gresham Barrett
N
SC
3
R
RSC
Bob Inglis
N
SC
4
R
Henry E. Brown Jr.
N
SC
1
R
RSC
John M. Spratt Jr.
Y
SC
5
D
Joe Wilson
N
SC
2
R
RSC
James E. Clyburn
Y
SC
6
D
B
Stephanie Herseth
Y
SD
A-L
D
BD
ND
Zach Wamp
N
TN
3
R
Marsha Blackburn
N
TN
7
R
RSC
Lincoln Davis
Y
TN
4
D
BD
John S. Tanner
N
TN
8
D
BD
William L. Jenkins
N
TN
1
R
Jim Cooper
Y
TN
5
D
BD
Harold E. Ford Jr.
Y
TN
9
D
B
BD
ND
John J. Duncan Jr.
N
TN
2
R
Bart Gordon
N
TN
6
D
Michael C. Burgess
N
TX
26
R
RSC
Randy Neugebauer
N
TX
19
R
Kay Granger
N
TX
12
R
Jeb Hensarling
N
TX
5
R
RSC
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Y
TX
30
D
B
Henry Bonilla
N
TX
23
R
H
Silvestre Reyes
Y
TX
16
D
H
Al Green
Y
TX
9
D
B
Ted Poe
N
TX
2
R
Solomon P. Ortiz
Y
TX
27
D
H
Charles A. Gonzalez
Y
TX
20
D
H
Mac Thornberry
N
TX
13
R
RSC
Joe Barton
N
TX
6
R
RSC
John R. Carter
N
TX
31
R
RSC
Kenny Marchant
N
TX
24
R
Chet Edwards
Y
TX
17
D
Michael T. McCaul
N
TX
10
R
Sam Johnson
N
TX
3
R
RSC
Henry Cuellar
Y
TX
28
D
H
Lamar S. Smith
N
TX
21
R
Ron Paul
N
TX
14
R
John Abney Culberson
N
TX
7
R
RSC
Pete Sessions
N
TX
32
R
RSC
Lloyd Doggett
Y
TX
25
D
Sheila Jackson-Lee
Y
TX
18
D
B
P
K. Michael Conaway
N
TX
11
R
Ralph M. Hall
N
TX
4
R
Gene Green
Y
TX
29
D
Tom DeLay
N
TX
22
R
Rubén Hinojosa
Y
TX
15
D
H
Kevin Brady
N
TX
8
R
Louie Gohmert
N
TX
1
R
Jim Matheson
Y
UT
2
D
BD
Chris Cannon
N
UT
3
R
Rob Bishop
N
UT
1
R
Rick Boucher
Y
VA
9
D
Thelma D. Drake
N
VA
2
R
RSC
Bob Goodlatte
N
VA
6
R
RSC
Frank R. Wolf
N
VA
10
R
Robert C. Scott
Y
VA
3
D
B
Eric Cantor
N
VA
7
R
RSC
Tom Davis
N
VA
11
R
J. Randy Forbes
N
VA
4
R
RSC
James P. Moran
Y
VA
8
D
ND
Jo Ann Davis
N
VA
1
R
RSC
Virgil H. Goode Jr.
N
VA
5
R
RSC
BERNARD SANDERS
N
VT
A-L
I
P
Doc Hastings
N
WA
4
R
David G. Reichert
N
WA
8
R
Jay Inslee
Y
WA
1
D
ND
Cathy McMorris
N
WA
5
R
Adam Smith
Y
WA
9
D
ND
Rick Larsen
Y
WA
2
D
ND
Norman D. Dicks
Y
WA
6
D
Brian Baird
Y
WA
3
D
ND
Jim McDermott
Y
WA
7
D
P
Tammy Baldwin
Y
WI
2
D
P
Thomas E. Petri
N
WI
6
R
Ron Kind
Y
WI
3
D
ND
David R. Obey
Y
WI
7
D
Gwen Moore
Y
WI
4
D
B
Mark Green
N
WI
8
R
RSC
Paul Ryan
N
WI
1
R
RSC
F. James Sensenbrenner Jr.
N
WI
5
R
Shelley Moore Capito
N
WV
2
R
Nick J. Rahall II
Y
WV
3
D
Alan B. Mollohan
Y
WV
1
D
Barbara Cubin
N
WY
A-L
R
RSC

Source: Clerk of the House, Web pages of the caucuses, file sent by staff for Blue Dogs.

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