On February 10, 2000, the House of
Representatives voted 268-158 in favor of a bill that would end the
"marriage penalty" tax. The bill now goes
to the Senate, which is expected to have a vote on the measure by the end of
March.
Here's how House representatives voted on the
Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Act of 2000 (A "Yea" vote indicates support for
eliminating the marriage penalty):
Alabama
Representatives:
Sonny Callahan (R -
1)
Yea
Terry Everett (R - 2)
NV
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)
Yea
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)
Nay
Vic Snyder (D -
2)
Nay
Asa Hutchinson (R -
3)
Yea
Jay Dickey (R -
4)
Yea
California
Representatives:
Mike Thompson (D -
1)
Nay
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)
Nay
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)
NV
Sam Farr (D -
17)
Nay
Gary A. Condit (D -
18)
Yea*
George P.
Radanovich (R -
19) Yea
Calvin M. Dooley (D -
20)
Nay
William M. Thomas (R -
21)
Yea
Lois Capps
(D
- 22) NV
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)
Nay
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)
Yea*
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) NV
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) Yea*
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)
Nay
Patsy T. Mink (D -
2)
Nay
Idaho
Representatives:
Helen Chenoweth (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)
Yea*
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)
Nay
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) Nay
Michigan
Representatives:
Bart Stupak (D - 1)
Yea*
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)
Yea*
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)
NV
Martin Olav Sabo (D - 5)
Nay
Bill Luther (D -
6) Nay
Collin C. Peterson (D -
7)
Nay
James L. Oberstar (D
-
8) Nay
Mississippi
Representatives:
Roger F. Wicker (R -
1)
Yea
Bennie G. Thompson (D -
2)
Yea*
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)
Yea
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) Nay
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) Yea*
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)
Nay
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)
NV
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 Brow
(D-13)
NV
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)
Yea*
Greg Walden (R -
2) Yea
Earl Blumenauer (D -
3)
Nay
Peter A. DeFazio (D -
4) NV
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)
Nay
John E. Peterson (R - 5)
Yea
Tim Holden (D -
6)
Nay
Curt
Weldon (R -
7)
Yea
James C. Greenwood (R - 8)
Yea
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)
Yea*
William F. Goodling (R
-
19) Yea
Frank R. Mascara (D - 20)
Yea*
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)
Yea*
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)
Nay
Harold E. Ford, Jr. (D - 9)
Nay
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)
Nay
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) NV
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)
Yea*
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)
Yea*
Rick Boucher (D -
9)
Nay
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)
Nay
Bob Wise (D -
2)
Yea*
Nick J. Rahall II (D - 3)
Nay
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
Totals: 268
YEAS
158 NAYS 9
NV
NV= Did not vote
* Democrats who voted
"Yea"
