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'DEATH TAX ELIMINATION ACT': See who voted for & against it

On September 7, the House of Representatives failed to override President Clinton's veto of a bill to repeal the estate tax, also known as the "death tax."  Though a majority of House members supported the repeal, the vote of 274-157 fell short of the two-thirds needed to override.

Here's how House members in each state voted on The Death Tax Elimination Act (a "Yea" vote indicates support for repealing the estate tax):

Alabama
Representatives:
Sonny Callahan (R - 1)   Yea   
Terry Everett (R - 2)   Yea 
Bob Riley (R - 3)   Yea
Robert B. Aderholt (R - 4)  Yea
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer, Jr. (D - 5) Yea
Spencer T. Bachus III (R - 6)  Yea
Earl F. Hilliard (D - 7)  Nay

Alaska
Representatives:
Don Young (R - At Large)  No Vote

Arizona
Representatives:
Matt Salmon (R - 1)   Yea
Ed Pastor (D - 2)    Nay
Bob Stump (R - 3)    Yea    
John Shadegg (R - 4)    Yea
Jim Kolbe (R - 5)    Yea
J. D. Hayworth (R - 6)    Yea

Arkansas
Representatives:
Marion Berry (D - 1)    Yea
Vic Snyder (D - 2)    Nay
Asa Hutchinson (R - 3)   Yea
Jay Dickey (R - 4)    Yea

California
Representatives:
Mike Thompson (D - 1)   Yea
Wally Herger (R - 2)   Yea
Douglas Ose (R - 3)    Yea
John T. Doolittle (R - 4)  Yea
Robert T. Matsui (D - 5)   Nay
Lynn Woolsey (D - 6)   Nay
George Miller (D - 7)    Nay
Nancy Pelosi (D - 8)    Nay
Barbara Lee (D - 9)    Nay
Ellen O. Tauscher (D - 10)   Yea
Richard W. Pombo (R - 11)   Yea
Tom Lantos (D - 12)    Nay
Pete Stark (D - 13)    Nay
Anna G. Eshoo (D - 14)    Nay
Tom Campbell (R - 15)    Yea
Zoe Lofgren (D - 16)    Nay
Sam Farr (D - 17)    Nay
Gary A. Condit (D - 18)   Yea
George P. Radanovich (R - 19)   Yea
Calvin M. Dooley (D - 20)   Yea
William M. Thomas (R - 21)   Yea
Lois Capps (D - 22)   Yea
Elton Gallegly (R - 23)   Yea
Brad Sherman (D - 24)    Nay
Howard P. (Buck) McKeon (R - 25)  Yea
Howard L. Berman (D - 26)   Nay
James E. Rogan (R - 27)   Yea      
David Dreier (R - 28)    Yea
Henry A. Waxman (D - 29)   Nay
Xavier Becerra (D - 30)   Nay
Matthew G. Martinez (D - 31)  Yea
Julian C. Dixon (D - 32)   Nay
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D - 33)   Nay
Grace Napolitano (D - 34)   Nay
Maxine Waters (D - 35)   Nay
Steven Kuykendall (R - 36)  Yea
Juanita Millender-McDonald (D - 37) Nay
Stephen Horn (R - 38)   Yea 
Edward R. Royce (R - 39)   Yea
Jerry Lewis (R - 40)   Yea 
Gary Miller (R - 41)   Yea 
Joe Baca (D - 42)   Nay
Ken Calvert (R - 43)   Yea 
Mary Bono (R - 44)   Yea 
Dana Rohrabacher (R - 45)  Yea 
Loretta Sanchez (D - 46)  Yea
Christopher Cox (R - 47)  Yea 
Ron Packard (R - 48)   Yea 
Brian P. Bilbray (R - 49)  Yea 
Bob Filner (D - 50)   Nay
Randy (Duke) Cunningham (R - 51) Yea 
Duncan Hunter (R - 52)   Yea 

Colorado
Representatives:
Diana L. DeGette (D - 1)   Nay
Mark Udall (D - 2)   Nay
Scott McInnis (R - 3)   Yea      
Bob Schaffer (R - 4)   Yea    
Joel Hefley (R - 5)   Yea 
Tom Tancredo (R - 6)   Yea 

Connecticut
Representatives:
John Larson (D - 1)   Nay
Sam Gejdenson (D - 2)   Nay
Rosa L. DeLauro (D - 3)   Nay
Christopher Shays (R - 4)  Yea
James H. Maloney (D - 5)  Yea
Nancy L. Johnson (R - 6)  Yea 

Delaware
Representatives:
Michael N. Castle (R - At Large) Yea 

Florida
Representatives:
Joe Scarborough (R - 1)   Yea 
F. Allen Boyd, Jr. (D - 2)  Nay
Corrine Brown (D - 3)   Nay
Tillie K. Fowler (R - 4)  Yea 
Karen L. Thurman (D - 5)  Nay
Clifford B. Stearns (R - 6)  Yea 
John L. Mica (R - 7)   Yea 
Bill McCollum (R - 8)   Yea
Michael Bilirakis (R - 9)  Yea 
C. W. Bill Young (R - 10)  Yea 
James O. Davis (D - 11)   Nay
Charles T. Canady (R - 12)  Yea 
Dan Miller (R - 13)   Yea 
Porter J. Goss (R - 14)   Yea 
Dave Weldon (R - 15)   Yea 
Mark Foley (R - 16)   Yea 
Carrie P. Meek (D - 17)   Nay
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R - 18)  Yea 
Robert Wexler (D - 19)    Nay
Peter Deutsch (D - 20)   Nay
Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R - 21)  Yea 
E. Clay Shaw (R - 22)   Yea 
Alcee L. Hastings (D - 23)  Nay
 
Georgia
Representatives:
Jack Kingston (R - 1)   Yea 
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D - 2)  Yea
Michael A. (Mac) Collins (R - 3) Yea 
Cynthia A. McKinney (D - 4)  Nay
John Lewis (D - 5)   Nay
Johnny Isakson (R - 6)   Yea 
Bob Barr (R - 7)   Yea 
Saxby Chambliss (R - 8)   Yea 
Nathan Deal (R - 9)   Yea 
Charlie Norwood (R - 10)  Yea 
John Linder (R - 11)   Yea 

Hawaii
Representatives:
Neil Abercrombie (D - 1)  Yea
Patsy T. Mink (D - 2)   Yea

Idaho
Representatives:
Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R - 1)  Yea 
Mike Simpson (R - 2)   Yea 

Illinois
Representatives:
Bobby L. Rush (D - 1)   Nay
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D - 2)  Nay
William O. Lipinski (D - 3)  Yea
Luis V. Gutierrez (D - 4)  Nay
Rod R. Blagojevich (D - 5)  Yea
Henry J. Hyde (R - 6)   Yea 
Danny K. Davis (D - 7)   Nay
Philip M. Crane (R - 8)   Yea 
Janice Schakowsky (D - 9)  Nay
John Edward Porter (R - 10)  Yea 
Gerald C. Weller (R - 11)  Yea 
Jerry F. Costello (D - 12)  Yea
Judy Biggert (R - 13)   Yea 
J. Dennis Hastert (R - 14)  Yea 
Thomas W. Ewing (R - 15)  Yea 
Donald A. Manzullo (R - 16)  Yea 
Lane Evans (D - 17)   Nay
Ray LaHood (R - 18)   Yea 
David Phelps (D - 19)    Yea
John M. Shimkus (R - 20)  Yea 

Indiana
Representatives:
Peter J. Visclosky (D - 1)  Nay
David M. McIntosh (R - 2)  Yea 
Tim Roemer (D - 3)   Yea
Mark E. Souder (R - 4)   Yea 
Stephen E. Buyer (R - 5)  Yea
Dan Burton (R - 6)   Yea 
Edward A. Pease (R - 7)   Yea 
John N. Hostettler (R - 8)  Yea 
Baron Hill (D - 9)    Nay
Julia M. Carson (D - 10)  Nay

Iowa
Representatives:
James A. Leach (R - 1)   Yea 
Jim Nussle (R - 2)   Yea  
Leonard L. Boswell (D - 3)   Yea
Greg Ganske (R - 4)    Yea
Tom Latham (R - 5)   Yea 

Kansas
Representatives:
Jerry Moran (R - 1)   Yea 
Jim Ryun (R - 2)   Yea 
Dennis Moore (D - 3)   Yea
Todd Tiahrt (R - 4)   Yea 

Kentucky
Representatives:
Edward Whitfield (R - 1)  Yea 
Ron Lewis (R - 2)   Yea 
Anne Meagher Northup (R - 3)  Yea 
Ken Lucas (D - 4)   Yea
Harold Rogers (R - 5)   Yea 
Ernie Fletcher (R - 6)   Yea 

Louisiana
Representatives:
David Vitter (R - 1)   Yea 
William J. Jefferson (D - 2)  No Vote
W. J. (Billy) Tauzin (R - 3)  Yea 
Jim McCrery (R - 4)   Yea 
John C. Cooksey (R - 5)   Yea 
Richard H. Baker (R - 6)  Yea 
Christopher C. John (D - 7)  Yea

Maine
Representatives:
Thomas H. Allen (D - 1)   Nay
John E. Baldacci (D - 2)  Nay

Maryland
Representatives:
Wayne T. Gilchrest (R - 1)  Yea 
Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. (R - 2)  Yea 
Benjamin L. Cardin (D - 3)  Nay
Albert R. Wynn (D - 4)    Nay
Steny H. Hoyer (D - 5)   Nay
Roscoe G. Bartlett (R - 6)  Yea 
Elijah E. Cummings (D - 7)  Nay
Constance A. Morella (R - 8)  Yea 

Massachusetts
Representatives:
John W. Olver (D - 1)   Nay
Richard E. Neal (D - 2)   Nay
James P. McGovern (D - 3)  Nay
Barney Frank (D - 4)   Nay
Martin T. Meehan (D - 5)  Nay 
John F. Tierney (D - 6)   Nay
Edward J. Markey (D - 7)  Nay
Mike Capuano (D - 8)    Nay
John Joseph Moakley (D - 9)  Nay
William D. Delahunt (D - 10)  Yea

Michigan
Representatives:
Bart Stupak (D - 1)   Nay
Peter Hoekstra (R - 2)   Yea 
Vernon J. Ehlers (R - 3)  Yea 
Dave Camp (R - 4)   Yea 
James A. Barcia (D - 5)   Yea
Fred Upton (R - 6)   Yea 
Nick Smith (R - 7)   Yea 
Deborah Stabenow (D - 8)  Nay
Dale E. Kildee (D - 9)   Nay
David E. Bonior (D - 10)  Nay
Joe Knollenberg (R - 11)  Yea 
Sander M. Levin (D - 12)  Nay
Lynn N. Rivers (D - 13)   Nay
John Conyers, Jr. (D - 14)  Nay
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick (D - 15)  Nay
John D. Dingell (D - 16)  Nay

Minnesota
Representatives:
Gil Gutknecht (R - 1)   Yea 
David Minge (D - 2)   Nay
Jim Ramstad (R - 3)   Yea 
Bruce F. Vento (D - 4)   No Vote
Martin Olav Sabo (D - 5)  Nay
Bill Luther (D - 6)   Nay
Collin C. Peterson (D - 7)  Yea
James L. Oberstar (D - 8)   Nay

Mississippi
Representatives:
Roger F. Wicker (R - 1)   Yea 
Bennie G. Thompson (D - 2)  Nay
Charles W. Pickering, Jr. (R - 3) Yea 
Ronnie Shows (D - 4)   Yea 
Gene Taylor (D - 5)    Nay

Missouri
Representatives:
William L. Clay (D - 1)   Nay
James M. Talent (R - 2)   Yea 
Richard A.  Gephardt (D - 3)  Nay
Ike Skelton (D - 4)   Yea
Karen McCarthy (D - 5)   Nay
Pat Danner (D - 6)    Yea
Roy D. Blunt (R - 7)   Yea 
Jo Ann Emerson (R - 8)   Yea 
Kenny Hulshof (R - 9)   Yea 

Montana
Representatives:
Rick Hill (R - At Large)  Ye
a

Nebraska
Representatives:
Doug Bereuter (R - 1)   Yea 
Lee Terry (R - 2)   Yea 
Bill Barrett (R - 3)   Yea 

Nevada
Representatives:
Shelly Berkley (D - 1)   Yea
Jim Gibbons (R - 2)   Yea 

New Hampshire
Representatives:
John E. Sununu (R - 1)   Yea 
Charles F. Bass (R - 2)   Yea 

New Jersey
Representatives:
Robert E. Andrews (D - 1)  Yea
Frank A. LoBiondo (R - 2)  Yea 
Jim Saxton (R - 3)   Yea 
Christopher H. Smith (R - 4)   Yea
Marge Roukema (R - 5)   Yea 
Frank Pallone, Jr. (D - 6)  Nay
Bob Franks (R - 7)   Yea 
William J. Pascrell, Jr. (D - 8) Nay
Steven R. Rothman (D - 9)  Nay
Donald M. Payne (D - 10)  Nay
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (R - 11) Yea 
Rush Holt (D - 12)   Yea
Robert Menendez (D - 13)   Nay

New Mexico
Representatives:
Heather Wilson (R - 1)   Yea 
Joe Skeen (R - 2)   Yea 
Thomas Udall (D - 3)    Nay

New York
Representatives:
Michael P. Forbes (D - 1)  Yea
Rick A. Lazio (R - 2)   Yea 
Peter T. King (R - 3)   Yea 
Carolyn McCarthy (D - 4)  Yea
Gary L. Ackerman (D - 5)  Nay
Gregory W. Meeks (D - 6)  Nay 
Jospeh Crowley (D - 7)    Nay
Jerrold Nadler (D - 8)    Nay
Anthony Weiner (D - 9)   Nay 
Edolphus Towns (D - 10)   Nay
Major R. Owens (D - 11)   Nay
Nydia M. Velazquez (D - 12)  Nay
Vito Fossella (R - 13)   Yea 
Carolyn B. Maloney (D - 14)   Nay
Charles B. Rangel (D - 15)  Nay 
Jose' E. Serrano (D - 16)  Nay 
Eliot L. Engel (D - 17)   Nay
Nita M. Lowey (D - 18)   Nay 
Sue W. Kelly (R - 19)   Yea 
Benjamin A. Gilman (R - 20)  Yea 
Michael R. McNulty (D - 21)  Nay
John Sweeney (R - 22)   Yea 
Sherwood L. Boehlert (R - 23)  Yea 
John M. McHugh (R - 24)   Yea
James T. Walsh (R - 25)   Yea 
Maurice D. Hinchey (D - 26)  Nay
Tom Reynolds (R - 27)   Yea 
Louise M. Slaughter (D - 28)  Nay
John J. LaFalce (D - 29)  Nay
Jack Quinn (R - 30)   Yea 
Amo Houghton (R - 31)   Yea

North Carolina
Representatives:
Eva M. Clayton (D - 1)   Yea
Bobby R. Etheridge (D - 2)  Yea
Walter B. Jones (R - 3)   Yea 
David E. Price (D - 4)   Nay
Richard M. Burr (R - 5)   Yea 
Howard Coble (R - 6)   Yea 
Mike McIntyre (D - 7)   Yea
Robin Hayes (R - 8)   Yea 
Sue Myrick (R - 9)   Yea 
Cass Ballenger (R - 10)   Yea 
Charles H. Taylor (R - 11)  Yea 
Melvin L. Watt (D - 12)   Nay

North Dakota
Representatives:
Earl Pomeroy (D - At Large)  Nay

Ohio
Representatives:
Steve J. Chabot (R - 1)   Yea
Rob Portman (R - 2)   Yea 
Tony P. Hall (D - 3)   Nay
Michael G. Oxley (R - 4)  Yea 
Paul E. Gillmor (R - 5)   Yea
Ted Strickland (D - 6)   Nay
David L. Hobson (R - 7)   Yea 
John A. Boehner (R - 8)   Yea 
Marcy Kaptur (D - 9)   Nay
Dennis J. Kucinich (D - 10)   Nay
Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D - 11)  Nay
John R. Kasich (R - 12)   Yea 
Sherrod Brown (D - 13)   Nay
Thomas C. Sawyer (D - 14)  Nay
Deborah Pryce (R - 15)   Yea 
Ralph Regula (R - 16)   Yea 
James A. Traficant, Jr. (D - 17) Yea
Robert W. Ney (R - 18)   Yea 
Steven C. LaTourette (R - 19)  Yea 

Oklahoma
Representatives:
Steve Largent (R - 1)   Yea 
Tom A. Coburn (R - 2)   Yea 
Wes W. Watkins (R - 3)    Yea
J. C. Watts, Jr. (R - 4)   Yea
Ernest J. Istook, Jr. (R - 5)   Yea
Frank D. Lucas (R - 6)    Yea

Oregon
Representatives:
David Wu (D - 1)   Nay
Greg Walden (R - 2)   Yea 
Earl Blumenauer (D - 3)   Nay
Peter A. DeFazio (D - 4)  Nay
Darlene Hooley (D - 5)   Yea

Pennsylvania
Representatives:
Robert Brady (D - 1)   Nay
Chaka Fattah (D - 2)   Nay
Robert A. Borski (D - 3)  Nay
Ron Klink (D - 4)   Yea
John E. Peterson (R - 5)  Yea 
Tim Holden (D - 6)   Nay
Curt Weldon (R - 7)   Yea 
James C. Greenwood (R - 8)   No Vote
Bud Shuster (R - 9)    Yea
Donald Sherwood (R - 10)   Yea
Paul E. Kanjorski (D - 11)  Nay
John P. Murtha (D - 12)   Nay
Joseph Hoeffel (D - 13)   Nay
William J. Coyne (D - 14)  Nay
Patrick Toomey (R - 15)   Yea
Joseph R. Pitts (R - 16)   Yea
George W. Gekas (R - 17)   Yea
Michael F. Doyle (D - 18)  Nay
William F. Goodling (R - 19)  Yea 
Frank R. Mascara (D - 20)   Nay
Phil English (R - 21)   Yea 

Rhode Island
Representatives:
Patrick J. Kennedy (D - 1)  Nay
Robert A. Weygand (D - 2)  Nay

South Carolina
Representatives:
Marshall (Mark) Sanford (R - 1)  Yea 
Floyd D. Spence (R - 2)   Yea 
Lindsey O. Graham (R - 3)   Yea
James DeMint (R - 4)    Yea
John M. Spratt, Jr. (D - 5)  Nay
James E. Clyburn (D - 6)  Nay

South Dakota
Representatives:
John R. Thune (R - At Large)  Yea 

Tennessee
Representatives:
William L. Jenkins (R - 1)   Yea
John J. Duncan, Jr. (R - 2)   Yea
Zach Wamp (R - 3)    Yea
Van Hilleary (R - 4)    Yea
Bob Clement (D - 5)    Yea
Bart Gordon (D - 6)   Yea
Ed Bryant (R - 7)   Yea 
John S. Tanner (D - 8)   Yea
Harold E. Ford, Jr. (D - 9)  Yea

Texas
Representatives:
Max Sandlin (D - 1)   Yea
Jim Turner (D - 2)   Nay
Sam Johnson (R - 3)   Yea 
Ralph M. Hall (D - 4)   Yea
Pete Sessions (R - 5)    Yea
Joe Barton (R - 6)    Yea
Bill Archer (R - 7)    Yea
Kevin Brady (R - 8)    Yea
Nick Lampson (D - 9)   Yea
Lloyd Doggett (D - 10)    Nay
Chet Edwards (D - 11)   Nay
Kay Granger (R - 12)   Yea 
William M. (Mac) Thornberry (R - 13)  Yea
Ron Paul (R - 14)    Yea
Ruben E. Hinojosa (D - 15)  Nay
Silvestre Reyes (D - 16)  Nay 
Charles W. Stenholm (D - 17)  Nay 
Sheila Jackson Lee (D - 18)  Nay  
Larry Combest (R - 19)   Yea 
Charlie Gonzalez (D - 20)  Nay 
Lamar Smith (R - 21)   Yea 
Tom DeLay (R - 22)    Yea
Henry Bonilla (R - 23)    Yea
Martin Frost (D - 24)   Nay
Ken Bentsen (D - 25)   Nay 
Richard K. Armey (R - 26)  Yea
Solomon P. Ortiz (D - 27)  Nay
Ciro D. Rodriguez (D - 28)  Nay
Gene Green (D - 29)   Nay
Eddie Bernice Johnson (D - 30)  Nay 

Utah
Representatives:
James V. Hansen (R - 1)   Yea 
Merrill Cook (R - 2)    Yea
Christopher B. Cannon (R - 3)  Yea 

Vermont
Representatives:
Bernard Sanders (I - At Large)  Nay

Virginia
Representatives:
Herbert H. Bateman (R - 1)  Yea 
Owen B. Pickett (D - 2)   Nay
Robert C. Scott (D - 3)   Nay
Norman Sisisky (D - 4)   Yea
Virgil H. Goode, Jr. (I - 5)  Yea
Bob Goodlatte (R - 6)   Yea 
Tom Bliley (R - 7)   Yea 
James P. Moran (D - 8)   Nay
Rick Boucher (D - 9)   Yea
Frank R. Wolf (R - 10)   Yea 
Thomas M. Davis III (R - 11)  Yea 

Washington
Representatives:
Jay Inslee (D - 1)   Yea
Jack Metcalf (R - 2)   Yea  
 Brian Baird (D - 3)   Yea
Doc Hastings (R - 4)   Yea 
George Nethercutt (R - 5)   Yea
Norm Dicks (D - 6)   Nay
Jim McDermott (D - 7)   Nay
Jennifer B. Dunn (R - 8)  Yea
Adam Smith (D - 9)   Yea

West Virginia
Representatives:
Alan B. Mollohan (D - 1)   Yea
Bob Wise (D - 2)    Yea
Nick J. Rahall II (D - 3)  Yea

Wisconsin
Representatives:
Paul Ryan (R - 1)   Yea 
Tammy Baldwin (D - 2)   Nay
Ron Kind (D - 3)   Nay
Jerry Kleczka (D - 4)   Nay
Thomas M. Barrett (D - 5)  Nay
Thomas E. Petri (R - 6)   Yea 
David R. Obey (D - 7)   Nay
Mark Green (R - 8)   Yea
F. James Sensenbrenner (R - 9)   Yea

Wyoming 
Representatives:
Barbara Cubin (R - At Large)   Yea


 
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