Sam Farr on Education

DemocratCA

Education128 votes · 67.8/100 consistent

Expand federal roleReduce federal role

406 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Education. 128 of them counted toward the score above: 98 toward “Expand federal role” and 30 toward “Reduce federal role”.

The other 278 did not count: 274 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 4 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
1993-10-13	(ON A SEPARATE VOTE, HOUSE AGREED TO THE GOODLING AMENDMENT THAT CLARIFIES THAT NOTHING IN THIS BILL GIVES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THE AUTHORITY TO CONTROL OR MANAGE LOCAL CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION OR ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES.)H.R. 1804 · 103rd Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Reduce federal role
1993-10-13	(HOUSE REJECTED THE ARMEY AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT AUTHORIZES $400 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 1994 AND REQUIRES THAT THE FUNDS BE USED FOR ONLY FOUR USES; MERIT SCHOOLS, MODEL SCHOOLS, SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAMS, AND DECENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS INVOLVING PARENTS.)H.R. 1804 · 103rd Congress · ON AGREEING TO THE AMENDMENT	Nay	Expand federal role
1993-10-13	H.R.1804 BY KILDEE (D-MI) -- GOALS 2000: EDUCATE AMERICA ACT EDUCATION FLEXIBILITY PARTNERSHIP DEMONSTRATION ACT NATIONAL SKILL STANDARDS ACT OF 1994 SAFE SCHOOLS ACT OF 1994 MINORITY-FOCUSED CIVICS EDUCATION ACT OF 1994 EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DISSEMINATION, AND IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1994 GUN-FREE SCHOOLS ACT OF 1994 PRO-CHILDREN ACT OF 1994 MIDNIGHT BASKETBALL LEAGUE TRAINING AND PARTNERSHIP ACT (PUB. L. 103-227, APPROVED 3/31/94) (HOUSE AGREED TO THE GOODLING AMENDMENT THAT CLARIFIES THAT NOTHING IN THE BILL GIVES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THE AUTHORITY TO CONTROL OR MANAGE LOCAL CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION OR ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES.)H.R. 1804 · 103rd Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Reduce federal role
1993-08-05	OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1993 — H.R.2264 BY SABO (D-MN) -- OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1993 AGRICULTURAL RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1993 STUDENT LOAN REFORM ACT OF 1993 VETERANS RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1993 REVENUE RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1993 MICKEY LELAND CHILDHOOD HUNGER RELIEF ACT (PUB. L. 103-66, APPROVED 8/10/93) (THE HOUSE AGREED TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2264, TO PROVIDE FOR RECONCILIATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 7 OF THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994.)H.R. 2264 · 103rd Congress · On Agreeing to the Conference Report	Yea	Expand federal role
1993-07-14	OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1993 — H.R.2264 BY SABO (D-MN) -- OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1993 AGRICULTURAL RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1993 STUDENT LOAN REFORM ACT OF 1993 VETERANS RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1993 REVENUE RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1993 MICKEY LELAND CHILDHOOD HUNGER RELIEF ACT (PUB. L. 103-66, APPROVED 8/10/93) (HOUSE FAILED TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON THE KASICH MOTION THAT SOUGHT TO INSTRUCT HOUSE CONFEREES TO REJECT INCREASES IN FEDERAL SPENDING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE BY EXCLUDING FROM THE CONFERENCE REPORT ALL PROVISIONS THAT INCREASE DIRECT SPENDING (EXCEPT SOCIAL SECURITY); AND TO ACCEPT THE HIGHER THRESHOLDS ON THE TREATMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS IN SECTION 8215 OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT.)H.R. 2264 · 103rd Congress · PREVIOUS QUESTION ON MOTION TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES	Nay	Direction not readable
1993-06-30	(ON A SEPARATE VOTE, THE HOUSE AGREED TO THE GORDON AMENDMENT THAT CLARIFIES THAT THE $22 MILLION APPROPRIATION FOR THE DIRECT STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM IS TO BE USED ONLY FOR THE DIRECT STUDENT LOAN DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM AUTHORIZED BY THE 1992 HIGHER EDUCATION ACT AMENDMENTS.)H.R. 2518 · 103rd Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	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.