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House Roll Call 259, 104th Congress · March 24, 1995

(HOUSE REJECTED THE MINK AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SOUGHT TO TRANSFORM THE AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN (AFDC) PROGRAM INTO A PROGRAM THAT MOVES RECIPIENTS FROM WELFARE TO WORK BY PROVIDING A PUBLIC SECTOR OR SUBSIDIZED PRIVATE SECTOR JOB PAYING MINIMUM WAGE FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS; INCREASE FUNDING IN THE JOBS PROGRAM PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS BY FIVE PERCENT PER YEAR OVER SEVEN YEARS, RISING FROM 15 PERCENT IN FISCAL YEAR 1997 TO 50 PERCENT IN FISCAL YEAR 2003, RESULTING IN A $14.9 BILLION AUTHORIZATION IN ADDITIONAL JOBS FUNDING OVER THE FIVE YEARS; TAKE STEPS TO EXPAND CHILD CARE SERVICES FOR POOR FAMILIES; AND FINANCE THE SPENDING INCREASES BY RAISING THE TOP CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATE BY 1.25 PERCENT TO 36.25 PERCENT.)

Question before the chamber: On agreeing to the Substitute Amendment

96 yea · 336 nayFailed2 not voting or present
Democrat94 yea · 102 nay
Republican1 yea · 234 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4 ↗

Work Opportunity Act of 1995

Policy area: Social Welfare — 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.

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Raise revenue”

    model(0.95): Increases the top corporate income tax rate to raise revenue.

    Tagged by: keyword:income tax

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Labor & WagesA yea counts toward “Worker priority”

    model(0.95): Provides subsidized minimum wage jobs and expands employment support programs.

    Tagged by: keyword:minimum wage

    Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority

Who voted which way

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

Yea (96)

Nay (336)

Not voting or present (2)

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