Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006

109th Congress, 2nd Session

July 29, 2006

Another attempt to substantially reduce the estate tax was passed by the House on July 29, 2006, but a cloture vote later failed in the Senate. This bill was unusual in that the Republican leadership included an increase in the minimum wage along with substantial reduction of the estate tax. Most Democrats opposed the bill even with the inclusion of a provision they would support. Fewer Congressional Black Caucus members voted for this measure than had supported straight estate tax elimination of the estate tax in the past. The four CBC members who voted Aye are Bobby Rush (D-IL), William Jefferson (D-LA), Harold Ford (D-TN) and Edolphus Towns (D-NY). Details are seen in the table below, which can be sorted by clicking on Sort at the head of columns.

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

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

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