Robert Smith on Education

RepublicanNH

Education134 votes · 69.3/100 consistent

Expand federal roleReduce federal role

200 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Education. 134 of them counted toward the score above: 48 toward “Expand federal role” and 86 toward “Reduce federal role”.

The other 66 did not count: 64 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
2001-12-18	A bill to close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind.H.R. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Expand federal role
2001-06-14	A bill to close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind.H.R. 1 · 107th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expand federal role
2001-06-14	To provide that no public elementary school, public secondary school, local educational agency, or State educational agency, may deny equal access or a fair opportunity to meet after school in a designated open forum to any youth group listed in title 36 of the U.S. Code as a patriotic society, including the Boy Scouts of America, based on that group's favorable or unfavorable position concerning sexual orientation.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
2001-06-14	To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regarding discipline.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Reconsider	Did not vote	Direction not readable
2001-06-14	To prohibit the use of Federal funds by any State or local educational agency or school that discriminates against the Boy Scouts of America in providing equal access to school premises or facilities.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand federal role
2001-06-14	To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regarding discipline.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-06-14	To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regarding discipline.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-06-13	To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should appropriate all funds authorized for elementary and secondary education in fiscal year 2002.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-06-13	To express the Sense of the Senate that the Appropriations Committee shall fund the authorizations in this bill to the maximum extent possible.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-06-13	To remove the 21st century community learning center program from the list of programs covered by performance agreements.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expand federal role
2001-06-13	To permit States to waive certain testing requirements.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expand federal role
2001-06-13	To express the sense of the Senate regarding science education.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-06-12	To provide for school construction.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
2001-06-12	To provide for the comparability of educational services available to elementary and secondary students within States.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
2001-06-12	To provide a low-income school choice demonstration program.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Reduce federal role
2001-06-11	To ensure adequate funding for targeted grants to local educational agencies under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
2001-06-11	To strengthen parental involvement.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand federal role
2001-06-07	To limit the conduct of certain assessments based on the provision of sufficient funding to carry out part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expand federal role
2001-06-07	Expressing the sense of the Senate to urge that no less than 95 percent of Federal education dollars be spent in the classroom.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-06-07	To limit the application of assessment requirements based on the costs to the State in administering such assessments.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expand federal role
2001-06-06	To modify provisions relating to State applications and plans and school improvement to provide for the input of the Governor of the State involved.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Reduce federal role
2001-06-06	To ensure that State applications and plans are developed and submitted in consultation with the Governor of the State involved.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expand federal role
2001-06-06	To improve the provisions relating to assessment completion bonuses.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
2001-05-22	To condition the reductions in the 39.6 percent rate in 2005 and 2007 on the Federal Government sufficiently funding Head Start to enable every eligible child access to such program.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Reduce federal role
2001-05-22	To condition the reductions in the 39.6 percent rate in 2002, 2005, and 2007 on the Federal Government funding certain increases in the maximum Federal Pell Grant amounts.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Reduce federal role
2001-05-22	To provide responsible tax relief for all income taxpayers, by way of a $1,200,000,000,000 tax cut, and to make available an additional $150,000,000,000 for critical investments in education, particularly for meeting the Federal Government's commitments under IDEA, Head Start, and the bipartisan education reform and ESEA reauthorization bill.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Reduce federal role
2001-05-22	To eliminate expenditures for tuition, fees, and room and board as qualified elementary and secondary education expenses for distributions made from education individual retirement accounts.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-05-17	To increase the deduction for higher education expenses for certain taxpayers and to increase the tax credit for student loan interest.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
2001-05-17	To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend loan forgiveness for certain loans to Head Start teachers.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand federal role
2001-05-17	To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to fully fund 40 percent of the average per pupil expenditure for programs under part B of such Act.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
2001-05-16	To liberalize the tax-exempt financing rules for public school construction.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand federal role
2001-05-16	To provide grants for the renovation of schools.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
2001-05-16	To modify provisions relating to school construction.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-05-16	To make amendments regarding the Reading First Program.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-05-16	To express the sense of the Senate regarding, and authorize appropriations for, part F of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
2001-05-15	To express the sense of the Senate that S.27, the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2001, as passed by the Senate on April 2d should be engrossed and transmitted to the House of Representatives.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-05-15	To provide for class reduction programs.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
2001-05-14	To provide for school safety.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
2001-05-14	To provide assistance to entities that emphasize language and life skills programs for limited English proficient students.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand federal role
2001-05-10	To express the sense of the Senate regarding, and authorize appropriations for, part A and part D of title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
2001-05-10	To modify provisions relating to State assessments.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-05-09	To provide for teacher liability protection.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand federal role
2001-05-09	To provide for the establishment of community technology centers.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
2001-05-08	To provide a sense of the Senate regarding tax relief for elementary and secondary level educators.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-05-08	To express the sense of the Senate regarding, and to authorize appropriations for, title II, part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, with respect to the development of high-qualified teachers.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
2001-05-08	To tie funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improved student performance.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand federal role
2001-05-03	To increase the authorization of appropriations for local educational agency grants.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
2001-05-03	To improve the provisions relating to certain assessments.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
2001-05-03	To improve the Read First Program.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand federal role
2001-05-01	An 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 Proceed	Yea	Expand federal role
2000-06-28	To provide an additional $202,000,000 to carry out title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965, relating to the training and recruitment of teachers.H.R. 4577 · 106th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Reduce federal role
2000-05-09	To improve the bill.S. 2 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2000-05-09	To improve the provisions relating to teachers.S. 2 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-05-04	To provide for class size reduction programs.S. 2 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
2000-05-04	To reform certain State requirements relating to the use of funds to improve student academic achievement and student performance and to coordinate professional development activities.S. 2 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-05-04	To provide for merit school programs for rewarding all teachers in schools that improve student achievement for all students.S. 2 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
2000-05-03	To improve the bill.S. 2 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2000-05-03	To strengthen the Academic Achievement for All Demonstration Act (Straight A's Act).S. 2 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Reduce federal role
2000-04-07	To reduce the GOP tax cut by less than 1 percent in FY2001, and 1.8 percent over 5 years, to increase the Pell grant maximum by a total of $400- raising the basic Pell grant from the current $3,300 to $3,700.S.Con.Res. 101 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
1999-10-06	To increase funding for title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965.S. 1650 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Reduce federal role
1999-09-27	A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding education funding.S.Res. 187 · 106th Congress · On the Resolution	Nay	Direction not readable
1999-09-27	A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.S.Res. 186 · 106th Congress · On the Resolution	Yea	Direction not readable
1999-05-18	To allow the erecting of an appropriate and constitutional permanent memorial on the campus of any public school to honor students and teachers who have been murdered at school, and to allow students, faculty, and administrative staff of a public school to hold an appropriate and constitutional memorial service on their campus to honor students and teachers who have been murdered at their school.S. 254 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
1999-04-27	A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the tragic shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.H.Con.Res. 92 · 106th Congress · On the Concurrent Resolution	Yea	Direction not readable
1999-04-21	A bill to provide for education flexibility partnerships.H.R. 800 · 106th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Reduce federal role
1999-03-11	A bill to provide for education flexibility partnerships.H.R. 800 · 106th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Reduce federal role
1999-03-11	To provide accountability in Ed-Flex.S. 280 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Reduce federal role
1999-03-11	To assist local educational agencies to help all students achieve State achievement standards, to end the practice of social promotion, and for other purposes.S. 280 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Reduce federal role
1999-03-11	To provide all local educational agencies with the option to use the funds received under section 307 of the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1999, for activities under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and to amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act with respect to alternative educational settings.S. 280 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Reduce federal role
1999-03-11	To improve academic and social outcomes for students and reduce both juvenile crime and the risk that youth will become victims of crime by providing productive activities during after school hours.S. 280 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Reduce federal role
1999-03-11	To provide for the school dropout prevention, and for other purposes.S. 280 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Reduce federal role
1999-03-11	To provide all local educational agencies with the option to use the funds received under section 307 of the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1999, for activities under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.S. 280 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Reduce federal role
1999-03-11	To reduce class size, and for other purposes.S. 280 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Reduce federal role
1999-03-11	To express the sense of the Senate regarding flexibility to use certain Federal education funds to carry out part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, adn to provide all local educational agencies with the option to use the funds received under section 307 of the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1999, for activities under part B of the Individuals with Disabilitiesn Education Act.S. 280 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
1999-03-11	To express the sense of the Senate regarding flexibility to use certain Federal education funds to carry out part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, adn to provide all local educational agencies with the option to use the funds received under section 307 of the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1999, for activities under part B of the Individuals with Disabilitiesn Education Act.S. 280 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
1999-03-10	To authorize additional appropriations to carry out part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.S. 280 · 106th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Expand federal role
1999-03-10	A bill to provide for education flexibility partnerships.S. 280 · 106th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Expand federal role
1999-03-09	In the nature of a substitute.S. 280 · 106th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
1999-03-08	In the nature of a substitute.S. 280 · 106th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
1999-03-05	To prohibit implementation of "Know Your Customer" regulations by the Federal banking agencies.S. 280 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
1999-03-04	To provide that the Secretary of Education shall prescribe requirements on how States will provide for public comments and notice.S. 280 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Reduce federal role
1999-03-04	To honor the Federal commitment to fund part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.S. 280 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand federal role
1999-03-03	To preserve accountability for funds under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.S. 280 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Reduce federal role
1998-09-29	A bill to extend the authorization of programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. — (SENATE AGREED TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 6, TO EXTEND THE AUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAMS UNDER THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.)H.R. 6 · 105th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Expand federal role
1998-07-09	A bill to extend the authorization of programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. — (SENATE PASSED H.R. 6, TO EXTEND THE AUTORIZATION OF PROGRAMS UNDER THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.)H.R. 6 · 105th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expand federal role
1998-07-09	To reduce student loan fees, and for other purposes. — (SENATE REJECTED THE HARKIN AMENDMENT NO. 3118, TO PROVIDE FOR REDUCTION IN STUDENT LOAN FEES.)S. 1882 · 105th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
1998-07-09	To ensure that secondary school teachers are sufficiently prepared during their pre-service training to have sufficient academic knowledge to be able to help their students reach high academic standards. — (SENATE REJECTED THE BINGAMAN AMENDMENT NO. 3116, TO ENSURE THAT SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE SUFFICIENTLY PREPARED DURING THEIR PRE-SERVICE TRAINING TO HAVE SUFFICIENT ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEIR STUDENTS REACH HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARDS.)S. 1882 · 105th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
1998-07-09	To provide for market-based determinations of lender returns. — (SENATE REJECTED THE KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 3119, TO PROVIDE FOR MARKET-BASED DETERMINATIONS OF LENDER RETURNS.)S. 1882 · 105th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expand federal role
1998-07-09	To expand the educational opportunities for welfare recipients. — (SENATE AGREED TO THE WELLSTONE AMENDMENT NO. 3111, TO EXPAND THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WELFARE RECIPIENTS.)S. 1882 · 105th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reduce federal role
1998-04-21	To provide an additional 100,000, well-qualified elementary and secondary school teachers annually to the national pool of such teachers during the 10-year period beginning with 1999 through a new student loan forgiveness program. — (SENATE TABLED THE KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 2289, TO AUTHORIZE FUNDS TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 100,000 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ANNUALLY TO THE NATIONAL POOL OF SUCH TEACHERS DURING THE 10-YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING WITH 1999 THROUGH A NEW STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM.)H.R. 2646 · 105th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Reduce federal role
1997-09-10	To increase funding for the Head Start Act. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF WELLSTONE MODIFIED AMENDMENT NO. 1087, TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE HEAD START ACT. .)S. 1061 · 105th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Reduce federal role
1997-09-08	To provide funding for grants to States for State Student Incentives under subpart 4 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. — (SENATE AGREED TO THE REED AMENDMENT NO. 1096, TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR STATE STUDENT INCENTIVE GRANTS. .)S. 1061 · 105th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Expand federal role
1997-06-25	To improve the provisions relating to the Higher Education Act of 1965. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF LAUTENBERG (FOR KENNEDY) AMENDMENT NO. 490, TO IMPROVE THE PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.)S. 947 · 105th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Reduce federal role
1997-05-14	A bill to amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, to reauthorize and make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes. — (SENATE PASSED H.R. 5, TO AMEND THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT. .)H.R. 5 · 105th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Expand federal role
1997-05-14	To require a court in making an award under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to take into consideration the impact the granting of the award would have on the education of all children of State educational agencies and local educational agencies. — (SENATE REJECTED THE SMITH AMENDMENT NO. 245, TO REQUIRE A COURT IN MAKING AN AWARD UNDER THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE IMPACT THE GRANTING OF THE AWARD WOULD HAVE ON THE EDUCATION OF ALL CHILDREN OF STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.)S. 717 · 105th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Reduce federal role
1997-05-14	To permit State and local educational agencies to establish uniform disciplinary policies. — (SENATE REJECTED THE GORTON AMENDMENT NO. 243, TO PERMIT STATE AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES TO ESTABLISH UNIFORM DISCIPLINARY POLICIES.)S. 717 · 105th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Reduce federal role
1996-05-22	To express the sense of the Senate on tax deductibility of higher education tuition and student loan interest costs. — (SENATE TABLED WELLSTONE AMENDMENT NO. 3985, TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE ON TAX DEDUCTIBILITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION TUITION AND STUDENT LOAN INTEREST COSTS.)S.Con.Res. 57 · 104th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
1995-10-26	To strike those portions of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources reconciliation title that impose higher student loan costs on students and families, by striking the 85 percent fee imposed on colleges and universities based on their student loan volume, restoring Federal interest payments on subsidized student loans during the 6-month grace period in which graduates look for jobs, eliminating interest rate increases on parent (PLUS) loans, and eliminating the 20 percent cap on direct lending, and to provide an offset by striking the provisions that dilute the alternative minimum tax. — (SENATE TABLED KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 2959, TO STRIKE THOSE PROVISIONS THAT IMPOSE HIGHER STUDENT LOAN COSTS ON STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.)S. 1357 · 104th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Reduce federal role
1995-05-25	To add $8,871,091,316 in budget authority and $6,770,659,752 in outlays to Function 500 over seven years to restore funding to the Pell Grant Program by closing tax loopholes. — (SENATE TABLED KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 1190, TO ADD $8,871,091,316 IN BUDGET AUTHORITY AND $6,770,659,752 IN OUTLAYS TO FUNCTION 500 OVER SEVEN YEARS TO RESTORE FUNDING TO THE PELL GRANT PROGRAM BY CLOSING TAX LOOPHOLES.)S.Con.Res. 13 · 104th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Reduce federal role
1994-10-05	A bill to extend for six years the authorizations of appropriations for the programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and for other purposes. — (SENATE AGREED TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 6, TO EXTEND FOR SIX YEARS THE AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PROGRAMS UNDER THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.)H.R. 6 · 103rd Congress · On the Conference Report	Nay	Reduce federal role

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