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Senate Roll Call 319, 101st Congress · February 6, 1990

To authorize funds through fiscal year 1993 to assist States in establishing competency standards for teachers. — TO TABLE THE HELMS (R, NC) AMENDMENT TO S 695, EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE ACT, TO AUTHORIZE FUNDS THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 1993 TO ASSIST STATES IN ESTABLISHING COMPETENCY STANDARDS FOR TEACHERS.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

60 yea · 37 nayMotion to Table Agreed to3 not voting or present
Democrat52 yea · 0 nay
Republican6 yea · 37 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 695 ↗

Educational Excellence Act of 1990

Policy area: Education — 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 kills an amendment authorizing federal funds for state teacher standards, reducing federal role.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Education

    Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

Who voted which way

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

Yea (60)

Nay (37)

Not voting or present (3)

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