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House Roll Call 1299, 104th Congress · September 25, 1996

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize States to deny public education benefits to aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. who are not enrolled in public schools during the period beginning September 1, 1996, and ending July 1, 1997 — H.R.4134 BY GALLEGLY (R-CA) -- IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, AMENDMENT (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 4134, TO AMEND THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT TO AUTHORIZE STATES TO DENY PUBLIC EDUCATION BENEFITS TO ALIENS NOT LAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES WHO ARE NOT ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS DURING THE PERIOD BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 1, 1996, AND ENDING JULY 1, 1997.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage

254 yea · 175 nayPassed5 not voting or present
Democrat41 yea · 152 nay
Republican213 yea · 22 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4134 ↗

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize States to deny public education benefits to aliens not lawfully present in the United States who are not enrolled in public schools during the period beginning September 1, 1996, and ending July 1, 1997.

Policy area: Immigration — 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.

  • ImmigrationA yea counts toward “Restrictive”

    model(0.95): Authorizes states to deny public education benefits to undocumented immigrants.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Immigration

    Axis: Expansive ← → Restrictive

Who voted which way

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

Yea (254)

Nay (175)

Not voting or present (5)

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