Alfonse Marcello D’Amato on Education

RepublicanNY

Education79 votes · 60.7/100 consistent

Expand federal roleReduce federal role

106 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Education. 79 of them counted toward the score above: 49 toward “Expand federal role” and 30 toward “Reduce federal role”.

The other 27 did not count: 25 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 2 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
1983-11-16	TO TABLE THE DOLE AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 290, A MEASURE (CONTINUED) PERMITTING FREE ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES OF THE PERSONAL EFFECTS, EQUIPMENT, AND OTHER RELATED ARTICLES OF FOREIGN PARTICIPANTS, OFFICIALS, AND OTHER ACCREDITED MEMBERS OF DELEGATIONS INVOLVED IN THE GAMES OF THE XXIII OLYMPIAD TO BE HELD IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1984. THE DOLE AMENDMENT PROVIDES A REFUNDABLE FEDERAL INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR TUITION. (MOTION PASSED)98th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1981-12-09	TO PASS S.RES.218 AS AMENDED RETAINING NUTRITIONAL GOALS IN THE SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM. (MOTION PASSED).S.Res. 218 · 97th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1981-12-09	TO AMEND S.CON.RES.50, A BILL REAFFIRMING THE PROVISIONS OF S.CON.RES. 115, SETTING FORTH RECOMMENDED LEVELS OF TOTAL BUDGET OUTLAYS, FEDERAL REVENUES, AND NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEARS 1982, 1983, AND 1984. THIS AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT IT IS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT (1)PROMPT CONGRESSIONAL ACTION IS REQUIRED TO BRING INTEREST RATES DOWN, DECREASE UNEMPLOYMENT, DECREASE INFLATION SUBSTANTIALLY AND TO BALANCE THE BUDGET IN FISCAL YEAR 1984; THAT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE REPORT NO LATER THAN MARCH 31, 1982, A COMBINED REVISED SECOND CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1984 THAT SHALL BALANCE REVENUES AND OUTLAYS; (2) FEDERAL OUTLAYS BE REDUCED AND THE FEDERAL BUDGET BE BALANCED THROUGH SPENDING REDUCTIONS IN ALL PARTS OF THE BUDGET, INCLUDING ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS AND REVENUE INCREASES ACHIEVED OTHER THAN THROUGH CHANGES IN THE ACCELERATED COST RECOVERY TAX ACT; AND (3)PLAN SUBMITTED BY COMMITTEES SHOULD BE A BALANCED PLAN WHICH PROVIDES FOR FEDERAL OUTLAYS NO GREATER THAN 20.5 PERCENT OF GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT IN FISCAL YEAR 1984. (MOTION PASSED).S.Con.Res. 115 · 97th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1981-07-16	TO TABLE THE GARN AMENDMENT TO THE BENTSEN AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 266 TO INCLUDE WITHIN THE MEANING OF "QUALIFIED RESIDENTIAL LOAN" ANY LOAN FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES, ANY LOAN FOR ACQUISITION OF AN AUTOMOBILE, ANY SMALL BUSINESS LOAN, AND ANY STUDENT LOAN. THE BENTSEN AMENDMENT LIMITED THE EXCLUSION ON THE SAVINGS CERTIFICATES TO CERTIFICATES, THE DEPOSITS ON WHICH ARE USED FOR QUALIFIED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY FINANCING. (MOTION FAILED0 SEE NOTE(S) 8H.J.Res. 266 · 97th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1981-05-21	TO AMEND H. R. 3512 BY RESTORING FUNDS FOR THE STRENGTHENING OF DEVELOPING INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AS PROVIDED FOR IN TITLE III OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 5H.R. 3512 · 97th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1981-05-11	TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 19 TO REDUCE FUNDING FOR WATER PROJECTS BY $200 MILLION, AND INCREASE FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION AND THE GUARANTEED STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM BY $100 MILLION EACH. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 3S.Con.Res. 19 · 97th Congress	Nay	Reduce federal role

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Expand federal role / Reduce federal role axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.