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House Roll Call 940, 104th Congress · March 20, 1996

(HOUSE REJECTED THE VELAZQUEZ AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO STRIKE PROVISIONS THAT BAR U.S. CITIZENS FROM RECEIVING BENEFITS SUCH AS AFDC, FOOD STAMPS, AND MEDICAID,THROUGH INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS OR LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF LESS THAN SEVEN YEARS. .)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

151 yea · 269 nayFailed11 not voting or present
Democrat128 yea · 58 nay
Republican22 yea · 211 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2202 ↗

Immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996

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.

  • Health CareA yea counts toward “Expand coverage”

    model(0.95): Striking benefit restrictions expands health coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicaid

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • ImmigrationA yea counts toward “Expansive”

    model(0.95): Striking restrictions on public benefits for immigrants is an expansive policy position.

    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 (151)

Nay (269)

Not voting or present (11)

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