House of Representatives

Vote on Passage of H.R. 8 Estate Tax Repeal

June 18, 2003

Initial Sort by Median Household Income

The table below shows the vote of each House Member on H.R. 8, the permanent repeal of the estate tax, displayed from the lowest to the highest Median Household income in each Congressional District (the table may be sorted by other columns by clicking on sort in that column. Votes in favor of passage are highlighted in green.

Figures Sorted By Med_Hsehold_Income in Ascending Order

Representative
Party Sort
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District
Median Hsehold Income
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% Indivs in Poverty
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Estate Tax Repeal Passage
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José Serrano
D
H
NY
16
$19,311
42.2%
N
Harold Rogers
R
KY
5
$21,915
28.1%
Y
Nick Rahall
D
WV
3
$25,630
21.9%
Y
Xavier Becerra
D
H
CA
31
$26,093
30.1%
N
Artur Davis
D
B
AL
7
$26,672
24.7%
N
Calvin Dooley
D
CA
20
$26,800
32.2%
Y
Bennie Thompson
D
B
MS
2
$26,894
27.3%
N
Rodney Alexander
D
LA
5
$27,453
23.6%
Y
William Jefferson
D
B
LA
2
$27,514
26.8%
N
Rubén Hinojosa
D
H
TX
15
$27,530
30.5%
Y
Jo Emerson
R
MO
8
$27,865
18.2%
Y
Brad Carson
D
OK
2
$27,885
18.5%
Y
Charles Rangel
D
B
NY
15
$27,934
30.5%
N
Robert Brady
D
PA
1
$28,295
26.9%
N
Frank Ballance
D
B
NC
1
$28,410
21.1%
N
Marion Berry
D
AR
1
$28,940
18.5%
Y
James Clyburn
D
B
SC
6
$28,967
22.4%
N
Ciro Rodriguez
D
H
TX
28
$29,127
26.7%
N
Nydia Velázquez
D
H
NY
12
$29,195
28.3%
N
Stevan Pearce
R
NM
2
$29,269
22.4%
Y
Sanford Bishop
D
B
GA
2
$29,354
22.5%
Y
Mike Ross
D
AR
4
$29,675
18.5%
Y
Rick Boucher
D
VA
9
$29,783
16.2%
Y
Corrine Brown
D
B
FL
3
$29,785
21.5%
N
Lucille Roybal-Allard
D
H
CA
34
$29,863
26.0%
N
Michael Doyle
D
PA
14
$30,140
17.1%
N
Edolphus Towns
D
B
NY
10
$30,212
29.0%
N
Alan Mollohan
D
WV
1
$30,303
17.0%
N
Ed Whitfield
R
KY
1
$30,360
16.5%
Y
Kendrick Meek
D
B
FL
17
$30,426
23.3%
N
Solomon Ortiz
D
H
TX
27
$30,431
26.5%
N
John Murtha
D
PA
12
$30,614
13.6%
N
Ed Pastor
D
H
AZ
4
$30,624
25.6%
N
Chaka Fattah
D
B
PA
2
$30,626
23.8%
N
Mike Rogers
R
AL
3
$30,806
18.8%
Y
Raúl Grijalva
D
H
AZ
7
$30,828
21.8%
N
Jim McCrery
R
LA
4
$31,085
20.0%
Y
Max Burns
R
GA
12
$31,108
21.7%
Y
Carolyn Kilpatrick
D
B
MI
13
$31,165
24.4%
N
William Jenkins
R
TN
1
$31,228
14.8%
Y
Silvestre Reyes
D
H
TX
16
$31,245
23.6%
N
Alcee Hastings
D
B
FL
23
$31,309
21.9%
N
Robert Aderholt
R
AL
4
$31,344
14.7%
Y
Jim Marshall
D
GA
3
$31,433
19.9%
N
Christopher John
D
LA
7
$31,453
19.9%
Y
Lincoln Davis
D
TN
4
$31,645
15.2%
Y
Diane Watson
D
B
CA
33
$31,655
23.5%
N
Sheila Jackson-Lee
D
B
TX
18
$31,725
23.7%
N
Louise Slaughter
D
NY
28
$31,751
18.7%
N
Charles Gonzalez
D
H
TX
20
$31,801
20.3%
N
Max Sandlin
D
TX
1
$31,894
16.8%
Y
Charles Pickering
R
MS
3
$31,907
19.2%
Y
Stephanie Jones
D
B
OH
11
$31,998
19.5%
N
Frank Lucas
R
OK
3
$32,098
15.0%
Y
Gene Green
D
TX
29
$32,128
21.5%
N
Maxine Waters
D
B
CA
35
$32,156
26.4%
N
Robert Scott
D
B
VA
3
$32,238
18.9%
N
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
R
H
FL
18
$32,298
19.3%
Y
Randy Neugebauer
R
TX
19
$32,409
17.5%
Y
Charles Stenholm
D
TX
17
$32,413
15.1%
N
Terry Everett
R
AL
2
$32,460
17.2%
Y
Roger Wicker
R
MS
1
$32,535
16.4%
Y
Michael Michaud
D
ME
2
$32,678
13.2%
N
Ted Strickland
D
OH
6
$32,888
14.0%
N
Roy Blunt
R
MO
7
$32,929
13.0%
Y
Rick Renzi
R
AZ
1
$32,979
20.3%
Y
Jim Turner
D
TX
2
$32,986
15.9%
N
John Tanner
D
TN
8
$33,001
15.0%
Y
Gene Taylor
D
MS
4
$33,023
16.9%
N
Dennis Rehberg
R
MT
A-L
$33,024
14.6%
Y
Gerald Kleczka
D
WI
4
$33,121
19.8%
N
Shelley Capito
R
WV
2
$33,198
14.8%
Y
John Peterson
R
PA
5
$33,320
13.5%
Y
Mac Thornberry
R
TX
13
$33,361
14.4%
Y
Jim Davis
D
FL
11
$33,559
17.5%
N
Wally Herger
R
CA
2
$33,559
17.0%
Y
Harold Ford
D
B
TN
9
$33,806
19.4%
Y
Tom Osborne
R
NE
3
$33,866
11.1%
Y
Ernest Istook
R
OK
5
$33,893
15.8%
Y
John Boozman
R
AR
3
$33,915
13.7%
Y
Mike McIntyre
D
NC
7
$33,998
16.7%
Y
Juanita Millender-McDonald
D
B
CA
37
$34,006
25.2%
N
Bart Stupak
D
MI
1
$34,076
11.2%
N
Major Owens
D
B
NY
11
$34,082
23.2%
N
Dennis Cardoza
D
CA
18
$34,211
22.7%
Y
Robert Ney
R
OH
18
$34,462
12.6%
Y
W. Tauzin
R
LA
3
$34,463
18.6%
Y
Ike Skelton
D
MO
4
$34,541
12.1%
Y
Earl Pomeroy
D
ND
A-L
$34,604
11.9%
N
Allen Boyd
D
FL
2
$34,718
16.5%
N
Charles Taylor
R
NC
11
$34,720
12.0%
Y
Jo Bonner
R
AL
1
$34,739
16.9%
Y
Ginny Brown-Waite
R
FL
5
$34,815
10.6%
Y
Bill Shuster
R
PA
9
$34,850
11.1%
Y
Jerry Moran
R
KS
1
$34,869
11.0%
Y
Paul Kanjorski
D
PA
11
$34,979
11.3%
N
Tom Udall
D
NM
3
$35,058
19.0%
N
Lane Evans
D
IL
17
$35,066
12.5%
N
Jerry Costello
D
IL
12
$35,198
15.0%
Y
William Janklow
R
SD
A-L
$35,282
13.2%
Y
John Spratt
D
SC
5
$35,416
15.2%
N
Zach Wamp
R
TN
3
$35,434
13.4%
Y
John McHugh
R
NY
23
$35,434
13.5%
Y
Tom Cole
R
OK
4
$35,510
13.1%
Y
Greg Walden
R
OR
2
$35,600
13.0%
Y
Eddie Johnson
D
B
TX
30
$35,612
19.1%
N
George Nethercutt
R
WA
5
$35,720
14.4%
Y
Ron Lewis
R
KY
2
$35,724
13.3%
Y
Virgil Goode
R
VA
5
$35,739
13.2%
Y
Melvin Watt
D
B
NC
12
$35,775
15.9%
N
Peter DeFazio
D
OR
4
$35,796
13.7%
N
Phil English
R
PA
3
$35,876
11.6%
Y
Luis Gutierrez
D
H
IL
4
$35,935
20.2%
N
Ron Paul
R
TX
14
$35,966
15.0%
Y
Scott McInnis
R
CO
3
$35,970
12.8%
Y
Don Sherwood
R
PA
10
$35,984
10.3%
Y
Devin Nunes
R
CA
21
$36,047
20.7%
Y
Sherwood Boehlert
R
NY
24
$36,082
12.6%
Y
J. Barrett
R
SC
3
$36,092
13.3%
Y
John Conyers
D
B
MI
14
$36,099
19.7%
Jack Kingston
R
GA
1
$36,158
14.8%
Y
Henry Bonilla
R
H
TX
23
$36,158
22.1%
Y
Wm. Clay
D
B
MO
1
$36,314
15.8%
Y
Chet Edwards
D
TX
11
$36,378
13.6%
Y
Collin Peterson
D
MN
7
$36,453
10.3%
Y
Bob Etheridge
D
NC
2
$36,510
14.3%
N
Julia Carson
D
B
IN
7
$36,522
13.5%
Susan Davis
D
CA
53
$36,637
20.2%
N
Kenny Hulshof
R
MO
9
$36,693
11.8%
Y
Timothy Ryan
D
OH
17
$36,705
12.3%
Y
Robert Matsui
D
CA
5
$36,719
19.7%
N
John Hostettler
R
IN
8
$36,732
10.7%
Y
Jeff Miller
R
FL
1
$36,738
13.1%
Y
Steve King
R
IA
5
$36,773
8.9%
Y
John Duncan
R
TN
2
$36,796
12.2%
Y
Cliff Stearns
R
FL
6
$36,846
13.4%
Y
Jack Quinn
R
NY
27
$36,884
12.0%
Y
Michael Simpson
R
ID
2
$36,934
12.6%
Y
Martin Frost
D
TX
24
$36,962
17.2%
N
Joseph Crowley
D
NY
7
$36,990
17.7%
N
Robert Menendez
D
H
NJ
13
$37,129
18.0%
N
C. Young
R
FL
10
$37,168
8.9%
Y
Vic Snyder
D
AR
2
$37,221
12.7%
N
Bobby Rush
D
B
IL
1
$37,222
19.7%
N
Joe Baca
D
H
CA
43
$37,390
20.7%
N
Steve Chabot
R
OH
1
$37,414
13.9%
Y
Walter Jones
R
NC
3
$37,510
12.4%
Y
Ernie Fletcher
R
KY
6
$37,544
13.2%
Y
Phil Gingrey
R
GA
11
$37,582
13.8%
Y
Cass Ballenger
R
NC
10
$37,649
10.6%
Y
Doc Hastings
R
WA
4
$37,764
16.2%
Y
Adam Putnam
R
FL
12
$37,769
12.4%
Y
Bob Goodlatte
R
VA
6
$37,773
11.0%
Y
Jim Ryun
R
KS
2
$37,855
11.2%
Y
Barbara Cubin
R
WY
A-L
$37,892
11.4%
Y
James Oberstar
D
MN
8
$37,911
10.4%
N
Richard Baker
R
LA
6
$37,931
16.6%
Y
Chris Bell
D
TX
25
$38,048
16.3%
Y
Robert Cramer
D
AL
5
$38,054
12.5%
Y
Donald Payne
D
B
NJ
10
$38,177
17.5%
N
Tom Latham
R
IA
4
$38,242
8.9%
Y
Karen McCarthy
D
MO
5
$38,311
12.4%
N
C. Otter
R
ID
1
$38,364
11.0%
Y
Robin Hayes
R
NC
8
$38,390
12.4%
Y
Heather Wilson
R
NM
1
$38,413
14.0%
Y
Timothy Johnson
R
IL
15
$38,583
11.7%
Y
Maurice Hinchey
D
NY
22
$38,586
14.3%
N
John Sullivan
R
OK
1
$38,610
11.3%
Y
Ralph Hall
D
TX
4
$38,677
12.5%
Y
Jerry Lewis
R
CA
41
$38,721
15.2%
Y
Jim Nussle
R
IA
1
$38,727
10.1%
Y
Elijah Cummings
D
B
MD
7
$38,885
17.6%
N
Mike Thompson
D
CA
1
$38,918
15.3%
Y
John Shimkus
R
IL
19
$38,955
9.1%
Y
Mike Pence
R
IN
6
$39,002
9.7%
Y
Baron Hill
D
IN
9
$39,011
10.5%
N
Dave Camp
R
MI
4
$39,020
10.5%
Y
David Obey
D
WI
7
$39,026
8.6%
N
Norman Dicks
D
WA
6
$39,205
13.2%
N
Jeb Hensarling
R
TX
5
$39,227
12.3%
Y
Bob Filner
D
CA
51
$39,243
16.3%
N
Michael Capuano
D
MA
8
$39,300
19.9%
N
Dave Weldon
R
FL
15
$39,397
9.8%
Y
Mark Foley
R
FL
16
$39,408
10.0%
Y
Jim DeMint
R
SC
4
$39,417
11.4%
Y
Anne Northup
R
KY
3
$39,468
12.4%
Y
Shelley Berkley
D
NV
1
$39,480
13.9%
Y
Diana DeGette
D
CO
1
$39,658
13.7%
N
Dale Kildee
D
MI
5
$39,675
13.7%
N
Richard Burr
R
NC
5
$39,710
9.5%
Y
Bart Gordon
D
TN
6
$39,721
11.1%
Y
John Lewis
D
B
GA
5
$39,725
19.7%
N
Charlie Norwood
R
GA
9
$39,987
11.2%
Y
Ron Kind
D
WI
3
$40,006
9.8%
N
Doug Bereuter
R
NE
1
$40,021
9.2%
N
Michael Oxley
R
OH
4
$40,100
9.4%
Y
James Leach
R
IA
2
$40,121
9.9%
N
Ken Lucas
D
KY
4
$40,150
11.4%
Y
Katherine Harris
R
FL
13
$40,187
9.4%
Y