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House Roll Call 644, 103rd Congress · March 9, 1994

(HOUSE AGREED TO THE DURBIN AMENDMENT THAT ADDS LANGUAGE SETTING FORTH STATISTICAL DATA ON THE USE OF TOBACCO BY CHILDREN AND TEENS WHICH STATES THAT 30 PERCENT OF ALL HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS ARE SMOKERS; THAT HALF OF ALL SMOKERS BEGIN AT THE AGE OF 14 AND 90 PERCENT BEFORE THE AGE OF 21; THAT NICOTINE IN TOBACCO IS AN ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCE; THAT DRUG EDUCATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS THAT INCLUDE TOBACCO USE PREVENTION HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING TEENAGE USE OF TOBACCO; AND THAT PREVENTION PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH WHICH DO NOT INCLUDE TOBACCO SEND AN ERRONEOUS MESSAGE THAT TOBACCO USE DOES NOT HAVE ADVERSE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

348 yea · 70 nayAgreed to15 not voting or present
Democrat209 yea · 35 nay
Republican143 yea · 35 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 6 ↗

Improving America's Schools Act of 1994

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.

  • EducationDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Adding statistical data findings on teen tobacco use does not alter the 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 (353)

Nay (70)

Not voting or present (15)

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