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Senate Roll Call 609, 100th Congress · June 16, 1988

TO PASS HR 1720, FAMILY SECURITY ACT OF 1988, A BILL TO FUND NEW FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS EMPHASIZING JOB TRAINING AND EDUCATION, TO PROVIDE CHILD CARE AND MEDICAID FOR FORMER WELFARE RECIPIENTS WHO TAKE JOBS, AND TO STRENGTHEN ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS.

93 yea · 3 nay4 not voting or present
Democrat52 yea · 1 nay
Republican41 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1720

Family Support Act of 1988

Policy area: Social Welfare — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Health CareA yea counts toward “Expand coverage”

    model(0.95): Passing bill provides Medicaid coverage for former welfare recipients taking jobs.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicaid

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (93)

Nay (3)

Not voting or present (4)

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