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Senate Roll Call 793, 100th Congress · October 14, 1988

TO AMEND HR 5210, OMNIBUS DRUG BILL, TO AUTHORIZE STATES TO RECEIVE FEDERAL HIGHWAY FUNDS FOR A ONE YEAR PILOT STUDY FOR DRUG TESTING OF FIRST TIME DRIVER'S LICENSE APPLICANTS.

77 yea · 10 nay12 not voting or present
Democrat40 yea · 7 nay
Republican38 yea · 3 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5210

Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement — 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.

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.90): Authorizing drug testing for driver's license applicants adds punitive enforcement.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.85): Authorizing federal highway funds for a pilot study expands spending.

    Tagged by: keyword:omnibus

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

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

Yea (78)

Nay (10)

Not voting or present (12)

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