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Senate Roll Call 199, 101st Congress · September 21, 1989

To transfer $5 million in outlays to the programs under the Head Start Act from amounts appropriated for unauthorized child care programs. — TO TABLE THE NICKLES (R, OK) AMENDMENT TO HR 2990, LABOR, HHS AND EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS, TO TRANSFER FUNDS FROM OUTLAYS TO HEAD START PROGRAMS.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

66 yea · 32 nayMotion to Table Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat51 yea · 3 nay
Republican13 yea · 30 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2990 ↗

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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.

  • EducationA yea counts toward “Reduce federal role”

    model(0.90): Tabling an amendment to transfer funds to Head Start prevents expanding federal education programs.

    Tagged by: keyword:head start

    Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Transferring funds between budget accounts is a net-neutral spending move.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    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 (66)

Nay (33)

Not voting or present (1)

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