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Senate Roll Call 631, 103rd Congress · July 27, 1994

To prohibit funds to any State or local educational agency which has a policy of denying constitutionally protected prayer in public schools by individuals on a voluntary basis. — (SENATE REJECTED HELMS AMENDMENT NO. 2416 TO AMENDMENT NO. 2415 TO PROHIBIT FUNDS TO ANY STATE OR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY WHICH HAS A POLICY OF DENYING CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED PRAYER IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY INDIVIDUALS ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

47 yea · 53 nayAmendment Rejected
Democrat11 yea · 43 nay
Republican36 yea · 8 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1513 ↗

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.

  • EducationA yea counts toward “Expand federal role”

    model(0.85): Imposing federal funding conditions on local school policies expands federal regulatory 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 (47)

Nay (53)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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