Permanent Elimination of the Estate Tax
109th Congress, 1st Session
April 13, 2005
On April 13, 2005, the House voted 272-162 to eliminate permanently the estate tax. Forty-two Democrats voted with 230 Republicans in support of the bill. The table below shows individual votes and permits sorting by each of six House caucuses, by vote, party, Representative, and district median household income from the 2000 census. Most striking is the vote by eight members of the Congressional Black Caucus in favor of permanently eliminating the estate tax. Four Progressive Caucus members, which included two CBC members, supported the bill. Nineteen members of the Blue Dog Coalition voted for the bill and 16 voted against. The votes on the Democrats' alternative may be found here
Data Set Sorted By state, cd in Ascending Order
Representative Sort |
Vote Sort |
State Sort |
District |
Party Sort |
CBC Sort |
CHC Sort |
Progressive Caucus Sort |
Blue Dogs Sort |
New Democrats Sort |
Republican Study Comm. Sort |
Rural Caucus Sort |
Median Household Income Sort |
Don Young |
Y |
AK |
A-L |
R |
RURAL |
$51,571 |
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Jo Bonner |
Y |
AL |
1 |
R |
$34,739 |
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Terry Everett |
Y |
AL |
2 |
R |
RURAL |
$32,460 |
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Mike Rogers |
Y |
AL |
3 |
R |
$30,806 |
|||||||
Robert B. Aderholt |
Y |
AL |
4 |
R |
RSC |
RURAL |
$31,344 |
|||||
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. |
Y |
AL |
5 |
D |
BD |
$38,054 |
||||||
Spencer Bachus |
Y |
AL |
6 |
R |
RSC |
$46,946 |
||||||
Artur Davis |
N |
AL |
7 |
D |
B |
ND |
$26,672 |
|||||
Marion Berry |
Y |
AR |
1 |
D |
BD |
RURAL |
$28,940 |
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Vic Snyder |
N |
AR |
2 |
D |
RURAL |
$37,221 |
||||||
John Boozman |
Y |
AR |
3 |
R |
RSC |
RURAL |
$33,915 |
|||||
Mike Ross |
Y |
AR |
4 |
D |
BD |
RURAL |
$29,675 |
|||||
Rick Renzi |
Y |
AZ |
1 |
R |
RSC |
RURAL |
$32,979 |
|||||
Trent Franks |
Y |
AZ |
2 |
R |
RSC |
$42,432 |
||||||
John B. Shadegg |
Y |
AZ |
3 |
R |
RSC |
$48,108 |
||||||
Ed Pastor |
N |
AZ |
4 |
D |
H |
P |
RURAL |
$30,624 |
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J. D. Hayworth |
Y |
AZ |
5 |
R |
RSC |
RURAL |
$51,780 |
|||||
Jeff Flake |
Y |
AZ |
6 |
R |
RSC |
$47,976 |
||||||
Raúl M. Grijalva |
N |
AZ |
7 |
D |
H |
P |
$30,828 |
|||||
Jim Kolbe |
Y |
AZ |
8 |
R |
RURAL |
$40,656 |
||||||
Mike Thompson |
N |
CA |
1 |
D |
BD |
RURAL |
$38,918 |
|||||
Wally Herger |
Y |
CA |
2 |
R |
RSC |
RURAL |
$33,559 |
|||||
Daniel E. Lungren |
Y |
CA |
3 |
R |
$51,313 |
|||||||
John T. Doolittle |
Y |
CA |
4 |
R |
RSC |
$49,387 |
||||||
Doris Matsui |
N |
CA |
5 |
D |
$36,719 |
|||||||
Lynn C. Woolsey |
N |
CA |
6 |
D |
P |
$59,115 |
||||||
George Miller |
N |
CA |
7 |
D |
P |
$52,778 |
||||||
Nancy Pelosi |
N |
CA |
8 |
D |
P |
$52,322 |
||||||
Barbara Lee |
N |
CA |
9 |
D |
B |
P |
$44,314 |
|||||
Ellen O. Tauscher |
N |
CA |
10 |
D |
BD |
ND |
$65,245 |
|||||
Richard W. Pombo |
Y |
CA |
11 |
R |
RSC |
RURAL |
$61,996 |
|||||
Tom Lantos |
N |
CA |
12 |
D |
P |
$70,307 |
||||||
Fortney Pete Stark |
N |
CA |
13 |
D |
P |
$62,415 |
||||||
Anna G. Eshoo |
N |
CA |
14 |
D |
$77,985 |
|||||||
Michael M. Honda |
N |
CA |
15 |
D |
$74,947 |
|||||||
Zoe Lofgren |
N |
CA |
16 |
D |
$67,689 |
|||||||
Sam Farr |
Y |
CA |
17 |
D |
P |
$49,234 |
||||||
Dennis A. Cardoza |
Y |
CA |
18 |
D |
BD |
$34,211 |
||||||
George Radanovich |
Y |
CA |
19 |
R |
RSC |
$41,225 |
||||||
Jim Costa |
Y |
CA |
20 |
D |
BD |
$26,800 |
||||||
Devin Nunes |
Y |
CA |
21 |
R |
$36,047 |
|||||||
William M. Thomas |
Y |
CA |
22 |
R |
$41,801 |
|||||||
Lois Capps |
N |
CA |
23 |
D |
ND |
RURAL |
$44,874 |
|||||
Elton Gallegly |
Y |
CA |
24 |
R |
$61,453 |
|||||||
Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon |
Y |
CA |
25 |
R |
$49,002 |
|||||||
David Dreier |
Y |
CA |
26 |
R |
$58,968 |
|||||||
Brad Sherman |
N |
CA |
27 |
D |
$46,781 |
|||||||
Howard L. Berman |
N |
CA |
28 |
D |
$40,439 |
|||||||
Adam B. Schiff |
N |
CA |
29 |
D |
BD |
ND |
$43,895 |
|||||
Henry A. Waxman |
N |
CA |
30 |
D |
P |
$60,713 |
||||||
Xavier Becerra |
N |
CA |
31 |
D |
P |
$26,093 |
||||||
Hilda L. Solis |
N |
CA |
32 |
D |
H |
P |
$41,394 |
|||||
Diane E. Watson |
N |
CA |
33 |
D |
B |
P |
$31,655 |
|||||
Lucille Roybal-Allard |
N |
CA |
34 |
D |
H |
$29,863 |
||||||
Maxine Waters |
N |
CA |
35 |
D |
B |
P |
$32,156 |
|||||
Jane Harman |
N |
CA |
36 |
D |
BD |
ND |
$51,633 |
|||||
Juanita Millender-McDonald |
N |
CA |
37 |
D |
B |
ND |
RURAL |
$34,006 |
||||
Grace F. Napolitano |
N |
CA |
38 |
D |
H |
$42,488 |
||||||
Linda T. Sánchez |
N |
CA |
39 |
D |
H |
$45,307 |
||||||
Edward R. Royce |
Y |
CA |
40 |
R |
$54,356 |
|||||||
Jerry Lewis |
Y |
CA |
41 |
R |
RSC |
$38,721 |
||||||
Gary G. Miller |
Y |
CA |
42 |
R |
RSC |
$70,463 |
||||||
Joe Baca |
N |
CA |
43 |
D |
H |
BD |
$37,390 |
|||||
Ken Calvert |
Y |
CA |
44 |
R |
$51,578 |
|||||||
Mary Bono |
Y |
CA |
45 |
R |
RURAL |
$40,468 |
||||||
Dana Rohrabacher |
Y |
CA |
46 |
R |
$61,567 |
|||||||
Loretta Sanchez |
Y |
CA |
47 |
D |
H |
BD |
ND |
$41,618 |
||||
Christopher Cox |
Y |
CA |
48 |
R |
RSC |
$69,663 |
||||||
Darrell E. Issa |
Y |
CA |
49 |
R |
$46,445 |
|||||||
Randy ``Duke'' Cunningham |
Y |
CA |
50 |
R |
$59,813 |
|||||||
Bob Filner |
Y |
CA |
51 |
D |
P |
$39,243 |
||||||
Duncan Hunter |
Y |
CA |
52 |
R |
RSC |
$52,940 |
||||||
Susan A. Davis |
N |
CA |
53 |
D |
$36,637 |
|||||||
Diana DeGette |
N |
CO |
1 |
D |
$39,658 |
|||||||
Mark Udall |
N |
CO |
2 |
D |
$55,204 |
|||||||
John T. Salazar |
Y |
CO |
3 |
D |
H |
BD |
$35,970 |
|||||
Marilyn N. Musgrave |
Y |
CO |
4 |
R |
RSC |
$43,389 |
||||||
Joel Hefley |
Y |
CO |
5 |
R |
$45,454 |
|||||||
Thomas G. Tancredo |
Y |
CO |
6 |
R |
RSC |
$73,393 |
||||||
Bob Beauprez |
Y |
CO |
7 |
R |
RSC |
$46,149 |
||||||
John B. Larson |
N |
CT |
1 |
D |
ND |
$50,227 |
||||||
Rob Simmons |
Y |
CT |
2 |
R |
$54,498 |
|||||||
Rosa L. DeLauro |
N |
CT |
3 |
D |
P |
$49,752 |
||||||
Christopher Shays |
Y |
CT |
4 |
R |
$66,598 |
|||||||
Nancy L. Johnson |
Y |
CT |
5 |
R |
RURAL |
$53,118 |
||||||
Michael N. Castle |
Y |
DE |
A-L |
R |
$47,381 |
|||||||
Jeff Miller |
Y |
FL |
1 |
R |
RSC |
$36,738 |
||||||
Allen Boyd |
N |
FL |
2 |
D |
BD |
RURAL |
$34,718 |
|||||
Corrine Brown |
N |
FL |
3 |
D |
B |
P |
$29,785 |
|||||
Ander Crenshaw |
Y |
FL |
4 |
R |
$43,947 |
|||||||
Ginny Brown-Waite |
Y |
FL |
5 |
R |
$34,815 |
|||||||
Cliff Stearns |
Y |
FL |
6 |
R |
RSC |
RURAL |
$36,846 |
|||||
John L. Mica |
Y |
FL |
7 |
R |
$40,525 |
|||||||
Ric Keller |
Y |
FL |
8 |
R |
$41,568 |
|||||||
Michael Bilirakis |
Y |
FL |
9 |
R |
$40,742 |
|||||||
C. W. Bill Young |
Y |
FL |
10 |
R |
$37,168 |
|||||||
Jim Davis |
N |
FL |
11 |
D |
ND |
$33,559 |
||||||
Adam H. Putnam |
Y |
FL |
12 |
R |
$37,769 |
|||||||
Katherine Harris |
Y |
FL |
13 |
R |
$40,187 |
|||||||
Connie Mack |
Y |
FL |
14 |
R |
$42,541 |
|||||||
Dave Weldon |
Y |
FL |
15 |
R |
RSC |
$39,397 |
||||||
Mark Foley |
Y |
FL |
16 |
R |
RURAL |
$39,408 |
||||||
Kendrick B. Meek |
N |
FL |
17 |
D |
B |
$30,426 |
||||||
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen |
Y |
FL |
18 |
R |
H |
$32,298 |
||||||
Robert Wexler |
N |
FL |
19 |
D |
$42,237 |
|||||||
Debbie Wasserman Schultz |
N |
FL |
20 |
D |
$44,034 |
|||||||
Lincoln Diaz-Balart |
Y |
FL |
21 |
R |
H |
$41,426 |
||||||
E. Clay Shaw Jr. |
Y |
FL |
22 |
R |
$51,200 |
|||||||
Alcee L. Hastings |
N |
FL |
23 |
D |
B |
$31,309 |
||||||
Tom Feeney |
Y |
FL |
24 |
R |
RSC |
$43,954 |
||||||
Mario Diaz-Balart |
Y |
FL |
25 |
R |
H |
RSC |
$44,489 |
|||||
Jack Kingston |
Y |
GA |
1 |
R |
$36,158 |
|||||||
Sanford D. Bishop Jr. |
Y |
GA |
2 |
D |
B |
BD |
RURAL |
$29,354 |
||||
Jim Marshall |
N |
GA |
3 |
D |
$31,433 |
|||||||
Cynthia McKinney |
N |
GA |
4 |
D |
B |
$49,307 |
||||||
John Lewis |
N |
GA |
5 |
D |
B |
P |
$39,725 |
|||||
Tom Price |
Y |
GA |
6 |
R |
$53,847 |
|||||||
John Linder |
Y |
GA |
7 |
R |
$63,455 |
|||||||
Lynn A. Westmoreland |
Y |
GA |
8 |
R |
$52,406 |
|||||||
Charlie Norwood |
Y |
GA |
9 |
R |
RSC |
$39,987 |
||||||
Nathan Deal |
Y |
GA |
10 |
R |
RURAL |
$42,037 |
||||||
Phil Gingrey |
Y |
GA |
11 |
R |
RSC |
$37,582 |
||||||
John Barrow |
Y |
GA |
12 |
D |
BD |
$31,108 |
||||||
David Scott |
Y |
GA |
13 |
D |
B |
BD |
ND |
$43,429 |
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