 All 233 House Democrats voted "Aye," and 82 Republicans joined them.116 Republican representatives voted "No," and 4 representatives did not vote.President Bush advised that the bill should include tax cuts for small businesses that could be harmed by the wage increase, and on January 24, 2007, a cloture motion in the Senate failed as 43 Republican Senators (all but 5) rejected the bill without the tax cuts, opposing all 47 Democrats who were present for the vote.