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Senate Roll Call 231, 101st Congress · October 5, 1989

To require drug testing for applicants for title IV, Social Security Act benefits aid to families with dependent children. — TO TABLE THE WALLOP (R, WY) AMENDMENT TO S 1711, NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY INITIATIVE, TO MAKE IT NECESSARY THAT THOSE APPLYING FOR AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN TAKE DRUG TESTS.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

75 yea · 24 nayMotion to Table Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat53 yea · 1 nay
Republican20 yea · 23 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1711 ↗

A bill to implement the President's 1989 National Drug Control Strategy.

Policy area: Health — 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 CareDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Drug testing for welfare applicants does not directly address health care coverage expansion or restriction.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    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 (75)

Nay (24)

Not voting or present (1)

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