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Ben Nelson

Ben Nelson on Education

DemocratNE

Education67 votes · 58/100 consistent
Expand federal roleReduce federal role

104 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Education. 67 of them counted toward the score above: 47 toward “Expand federal role” and 20 toward “Reduce federal role”.

The other 37 did not count: 37 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 0 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.

DateWhat was voted onVotedCounted as
2001-05-03To increase the authorization of appropriations for local educational agency grants.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaExpand federal role
2001-05-03To improve the provisions relating to certain assessments.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaExpand federal role
2001-05-03To improve the Read First Program.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaExpand federal role
2001-05-01An original bill to extend programs and activities under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedYeaExpand 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.