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Senate Roll Call 417, 103rd Congress · February 3, 1994

To prohibit the use of funds to any state or local educational agency which has a policy of denying prayer in public schools by individuals on a voluntary basis. — (SENATE AGREED TO THE HELMS/LOTT MODIFIED AMENDMENT NO. 1382, TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF FUNDS TO ANY STATE OR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY WHICH HAS A POLICY OF DENYING PRAYER IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY INDIVIDUALS ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

75 yea · 22 nayAmendment Agreed to3 not voting or present
Democrat37 yea · 17 nay
Republican37 yea · 4 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1150 ↗

Goals 2000: Educate America Act

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 “Expand federal role”

    model(0.85): Attaching federal funding conditions to local school prayer policies expands 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 (75)

Nay (22)

Not voting or present (3)

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