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Vote number 1998-71 requiring super-majority for raising taxes
on Apr 2, 1998 regarding bill S Con Res 86 Kyl Amdt #2221
Results: Y)50; N)48; NV)2 Amdt Agreed to

Senator Kyl (R-AZ) offered an amendment to the 1999 budget resolution to express the sense of the Senate on support for a Constitutional amendment requiring a supermajority to pass tax increases.

Categorized under Tax Reform

Voting NO counts for 1 points on VoteMatch question 11:
Make taxes more progressive;
Voting YES counts for -1 points on VoteMatch question 11.


Democrats voting on 1998-71

Max Baucus NOMT Democratic Sr Senator
Barbara Boxer NOCA Democratic Jr Senator
John Breaux NOLA Former Democratic incumbent; retired 2004
Richard Bryan NONV Democratic Senator (Former)
Dale Bumpers NOAR Democratic Senator (Former)
Robert Byrd NOWV Former Democratic Senator
Max Cleland NOGA Democratic Senator (Former)
Tom Daschle NOSD Former Democratic Senator
Richard Durbin NOIL Democratic Sr Senator
Russell Feingold NOWI Former Democratic Senator
Dianne Feinstein NOCA Democratic Sr Senator
Wendell Ford NOKY Democratic Senator (Former)
John Glenn NOOH Democratic Senator (Former)
Bob Graham NOFL Former Democratic Senator; retired 2004
Tom Harkin NOIA Democratic Jr Senator
Fritz Hollings NOSC Former Democratic Sr Senator; retired 2004
Tim Johnson NOSD Democratic Sr Senator
Ted Kennedy NOMA Former Democrat Senator (until 2009)
Bob Kerrey NONE Former Democratic Senator
John Kerry NOMA Democratic Sr Senator
Mary Landrieu NOLA Democratic Sr Senator
Frank Lautenberg NONJ Democratic Sr Senator
Patrick Leahy NOVT Democratic Sr Senator
Carl Levin NOMI Democratic Sr Senator
Barbara Mikulski NOMD Democratic Sr Senator
Carol Moseley-Braun NOIL Former Democratic Senator (Until 1998)
Pat Moynihan NONY Democratic Senator (Former)
Patty Murray NOWA Democratic Sr Senator
Jack Reed NORI Democratic Sr Senator
Harry Reid NONV Democratic Sr Senator
Charles Robb NOVA Democratic Senator (Former)
John Rockefeller NOWV Democratic Sr Senator
Paul Sarbanes NOMD Former Democrat Senator (Retired 2006)
Arlen Specter NOPA Former Democratic incumbent (elected as Republican)
Bob Torricelli NONJ Former Democratic Senator
Paul Wellstone NOMN Democratic Senator (Former)
Ron Wyden YESOR Democratic Sr Senator


Republicans voting on 1998-71

Spencer Abraham YESMI Republican Senator (Former)
John Ashcroft YESMO Republican Senator (Former)
Robert Bennett YESUT Former Republican Senator
Conrad Burns YESMT Former Republican Senator (MT, 1989-2007)
Ben Nighthorse Campbell YESCO Former Republican incumbent; retired 2004
John Chafee NORI Republican Senator (Former)
Thad Cochran YESMS Republican Sr Senator
Susan Collins YESME Republican Jr Senator
Paul Coverdell YESGA Republican Senator (Former)
Al D'Amato YESNY Former Republican Jr Senator
Mike DeWine NOOH Former Republican Senator (lost re-election, 2006)
Michael Enzi YESWY Republican Sr Senator
Lauch Faircloth YESNC Republican Senator (Former)
Bill Frist YESTN Former Republican Senator (retired 2006)
Slade Gorton YESWA Republican Senator (Former)
Phil Gramm YESTX Former Republican Senator
Rod Grams YESMN Republican Senator (Former)
Chuck Grassley YESIA Republican Sr Senator
Orrin Hatch YESUT Republican Sr Senator
Tim Hutchinson YESAR Former Republican Sr Senator (until 2002)
James Inhofe YESOK Republican Sr Senator
Dirk Kempthorne YESID Former Republican Governor; former Senate (retired 1998)
Trent Lott YESMS Former Republican Senator (MS, 1989-2007)
Richard Lugar NOIN Republican Sr Senator
Connie Mack YESFL Former Republican Senator (until 2000)
John McCain YESAZ Republican Sr Senator
Mitch McConnell YESKY Republican Sr Senator
Frank Murkowski YESAK Former Republican Senator; Former Governor
Don Nickles YESOK Former Republican incumbent; retired 2004
Pat Roberts YESKS Republican Sr Senator
Jack Robinson NOMA Former Republican Special Election Challenger (2009)
William Roth YESDE Former Republican Senator (unseated, 2000)
Rick Santorum YESPA Former Republican Senator (lost re-election, 2006)
Jeff Sessions YESAL Republican Sr Senator
Richard Shelby YESAL Republican Jr Senator
Olympia Snowe YESME Republican Sr Senator
Craig Thomas YESWY Former Republican Senator (deceased in office 2007)
Fred Thompson YESTN Former Republican Senator; 2004 candidate for Pres.
Strom Thurmond YESSC Former Republican Senator


Independents voting on 1998-71

Jim Jeffords NOVT Former Independent Senator (retired 2006)
Bob Smith YESFL 2010 Challenger; lost FL GOP primary; previous NH Senator



Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: YES 1; NO 36
Republicans: YES 35; NO 4
Independents: YES 1; NO 1