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Senate Roll Call 465, 103rd Congress · March 24, 1994

A bill to improve learning and teaching by providing a national framework for education reform; to promote the research, consensus building, and systemic changes needed to ensure equitable educational opportunities and high levels of educational achievement for all American students; to provide a framework for reauthorization of all Federal education programs; to promote the development and adoption of a voluntary national system of skill standards and certifications, and for other purposes. — H.R.1804 BY KILDEE (D-MI) -- GOALS 2000: EDUCATE AMERICA ACT EDUCATION FLEXIBILITY PARTNERSHIP DEMONSTRATION ACT NATIONAL SKILL STANDARDS ACT OF 1994 SAFE SCHOOLS ACT OF 1994 MINORITY-FOCUSED CIVICS EDUCATION ACT OF 1994 EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DISSEMINATION, AND IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1994 GUN-FREE SCHOOLS ACT OF 1994 PRO-CHILDREN ACT OF 1994 MIDNIGHT BASKETBALL LEAGUE TRAINING AND PARTNERSHIP ACT (PUB. L. 103-227, APPROVED 3/31/94) (SENATE AGREED TO A MOTION TO PROCEED TO THE CONSIDERATION OF THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 1804, TO IMPROVE LEARNING AND TEACHING BY PROVIDING A NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR EDUCATION REFORM; TO PROMOTE THE RESEARCH, CONSENSUS BUILDING, AND SYSTEMIC CHANGES NEEDED TO ENSURE EQUITABLE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND HIGH LEVELS OF EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR ALL AMERICAN STUDENTS; TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR REAUTHORIZATION OF ALL FEDERAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS; AND TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF A VOLUNTARY NATIONAL SYSTEM OF SKILL STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Proceed

60 yea · 31 nayMotion to Proceed Agreed to9 not voting or present
Democrat48 yea · 0 nay
Republican10 yea · 31 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1804

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(0.90): Proceeding advances a bill establishing a national educational framework and federal standards.

    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 (31)

Not voting or present (9)

Vote records come from Voteview (voteview.com); bill titles and policy areas from the congress.gov API. See methodology for how the record was built.