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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001259708
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		FORM TYPE:		N-PX
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-21413
		FILM NUMBER:		061067253

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		MERRILL LYNCH ASSET MANAGEMENT
		STREET 2:		800 SCUDDERS MILL ROAD
		CITY:			PLAINSBORO
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08536
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6092822000
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                              UNITED STATES
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C. 20549

                                FORM N-PX

           ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED
                      MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY


Investment Company Act File Number 811-21413

Name of Fund:  Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.

Fund Address:  P.O. Box 9011
               Princeton, NJ  08543-9011

Name and address of agent for service:
       Robert C. Doll, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, Floating Rate Income
       Strategies Fund, Inc., 800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536.
       Mailing address:  P.O. Box 9011, Princeton, NJ, 08543-9011

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (609) 282-2800

Date of fiscal year end: 08/31/2006

Date of reporting period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006

Item 1 - Proxy Voting Record

The information contained herein discloses the following information for each
matter relating to a portfolio security considered at any shareholder meeting
held during the period covered by the report and with respect to which the
registrant was entitled to vote:

(a) The name of the issuer of the portfolio security;

(b) The exchange ticker symbol of the portfolio security;

(c) The Council on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ("CUSIP")
    number for the portfolio security;

(d) The shareholder meeting date;

(e) A brief identification of the matter voted on;

(f) Whether the matter was proposed by the issuer or by a security holder;

(g) Whether the registrant cast its vote on the matter;

(h) How the registrant cast its vote; and

(i) Whether the registrant cast its vote for or against management.


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ICA File Number: 811-21413
Reporting Period: 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006
Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.









================== FLOATING RATE INCOME STRATEGIES FUND, INC. ==================


GEO SPECIALTY CHEMICALS INC.

Ticker:       GSCQ           Security ID:  37246R205
Meeting Date: NOV 17, 2005   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  OCT 7, 2005

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1     Elect Director David L. Eaton             For       For        Management
2     Elect Director Charles Macaluso           For       For        Management
3     Elect Director Michael Y. McGovern        For       For        Management
4     Elect Director Nathaniel Mass             For       For        Management
5     Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter-Non-Routine For       For        Management

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.


By:    /s/ Robert C. Doll, Jr.
       -----------------------
       Robert C. Doll, Jr.
       Chief Executive Officer
       Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.

Date: August 24, 2006

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