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Senate Votes on 2007-108

 


Vote number 2007-108 repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax
on Mar 23, 2007 regarding bill S.Amdt.471 on S.Con.Res.21 Grassley Amendment
Results: Amendment rejected 44-53

Amendment would accommodate the full repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax, preventing 23 million families and individuals from being subject to the AMT in 2007, and millions of families and individuals in subsequent years.

Proponents recommend voting YES because:

This amendment repeals the AMT. Except for the telephone tax, the alternative minimum tax is the phoniest tax we have ever passed. The AMT, in 1969, was meant to hit 155 taxpayers who used legal means to avoid taxation, under the theory that everybody ought to pay some income tax.

This very year, more than 2,000 people who are very wealthy are not paying any income tax or alternative minimum income tax. So it is not even working and hitting the people it is supposed to hit. Right now, this year, 2007, the year we are in, there are 23 million families that are going to be hit by this tax. It is a phony revenue machine, over 5 years, $467 billion dollars.

Voting N counts for 2 points on VoteMatch question 11: Repeal tax cuts on wealthy.





Democrats voting on 2007-108

Daniel Akaka NOHI Democrat Jr Senator
Max Baucus NOMT Democrat Sr Senator
Evan Bayh NOIN Democratic Jr Senator
Joe Biden NODE Democrat Jr Senator
Jeff Bingaman NONM Democrat Jr Senator
Barbara Boxer NOCA Democratic incumbent
Sherrod Brown NOOH Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep.
Robert Byrd NOWV Democrat Sr Senator
Maria Cantwell NOWA Democrat Jr Senator
Benjamin Cardin NOMD Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep.
Tom Carper NODE Democrat Jr Senator
Bob Casey NOPA Democratic challenger, state treasurer
Hillary Clinton NONY Democrat Jr Senator
Kent Conrad NOND Democrat Sr Senator
Chris Dodd NOCT Democratic incumbent
Byron Dorgan NOND Democratic incumbent
Richard Durbin NOIL Democrat Sr Senator
Russell Feingold NOWI Democratic incumbent
Dianne Feinstein NOCA Democrat Sr Senator
Tom Harkin NOIA Democrat Jr Senator
Daniel Inouye NOHI Democratic incumbent
Ted Kennedy NOMA Democrat Sr Senator
John Kerry NOMA Democrat Jr Senator, ran for President 2004
Amy Klobuchar NOMN DFL challenger, Hennepin County Attorney
Herbert Kohl NOWI Democrat Sr Senator
Mary Landrieu NOLA Democrat Sr Senator
Frank Lautenberg NONJ Democrat Sr Senator
Patrick Leahy NOVT Democratic incumbent
Carl Levin NOMI Democrat Sr Senator
Joseph Lieberman NOCT Democratic Jr Senator; Gore's VP nominee; ran for Pres. 2004
Blanche Lambert Lincoln NOAR Democratic incumbent
Claire McCaskill NOMO Democratic challenger; state Auditor
Robert Menendez NONJ Democratic appointee; previously U.S. Rep.
Barbara Mikulski NOMD Democratic incumbent
Patty Murray NOWA Democratic incumbent
Ben Nelson NONE Democrat Jr Senator
Bill Nelson NOFL Democrat Sr Senator
Barack Obama NOIL Democratic Jr Senator
Mark Pryor NOAR Democrat Challenger (Former)
Jack Reed NORI Democrat Sr Senator
Harry Reid NONV Democratic incumbent
John Rockefeller NOWV Democratic Jr Senator
Ken Salazar NOCO Democratic Jr Senator
Charles Schumer NONY Democratic incumbent
Debbie Stabenow NOMI Democrat Jr Senator
Jon Tester NOMT Democratic challenger; state Senator
James Webb NOVA Democratic challenger
Sheldon Whitehouse NORI Democratic challenger, previously attorney general
Ron Wyden NOOR Democratic incumbent



Republicans voting on 2007-108

Lamar Alexander YESTN Republican Jr Senator
Wayne Allard YESCO Republican Jr Senator
Robert Bennett YESUT Republican incumbent
Kit Bond YESMO Republican incumbent
Sam Brownback YESKS Republican incumbent
Jim Bunning YESKY Republican incumbent
Richard Burr YESNC Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
Saxby Chambliss YESGA Republican Sr Senator
Tom Coburn YESOK Republican Jr Senator; previously US Rep
Thad Cochran YESMS Republican Sr Senator
Norm Coleman YESMN Republican Jr Senator
Susan Collins YESME Republican Jr Senator
Bob Corker YESTN Republican challenger
John Cornyn YESTX Republican Jr Senator
Larry Craig YESID Republican Sr Senator
Michael Crapo YESID Republican incumbent
Jim DeMint YESSC Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
Elizabeth Dole YESNC Republican Sr Senator
Pete Domenici YESNM Republican Sr Senator
John Ensign YESNV Republican Jr Senator
Michael Enzi YESWY Republican Jr Senator
Lindsey Graham YESSC Republican Jr Senator
Chuck Grassley YESIA Republican incumbent
Judd Gregg NONH Republican incumbent
Chuck Hagel YESNE Republican Jr Senator
Orrin Hatch YESUT Republican Sr Senator
Kay Bailey Hutchison YESTX Republican Jr Senator
James Inhofe YESOK Republican Sr Senator
Johnny Isakson YESGA Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
Jon Kyl YESAZ Republican Jr Senator
Richard Lugar YESIN Republican Sr Senator
Mel Martinez YESFL Republican Jr Senator; previously US Housing Secretary
John McCain YESAZ Republican incumbent
Mitch McConnell YESKY Republican Sr Senator
Lisa Murkowski YESAK Republican incumbent
Pat Roberts YESKS Republican Jr Senator
Richard Shelby YESAL Republican incumbent
Gordon Harold Smith YESOR Republican Jr Senator
Olympia Snowe NOME Republican Sr Senator
Arlen Specter YESPA Republican incumbent
Ted Stevens YESAK Republican Sr Senator
John Sununu YESNH Republican Jr Senator
Craig Thomas YESWY Republican Sr Senator
John Thune YESSD Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
David Vitter YESLA Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
George Voinovich NOOH Republican incumbent
John Warner YESVA Republican Sr Senator

Independents voting on 2007-108

Bernie Sanders NOVT Independent challenger, U.S. Rep



Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: YES 0; NO 49
Republicans: YES 44; NO 3
Independents: YES 0; NO 1