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House Roll Call 944, 104th Congress · March 20, 1996

(HOUSE AGREED TO THE CANADY AMENDMENT THAT ADDS ENGLISH PROFICIENCY TO THE LIST OF REQUIREMENTS OF IMMIGRANTS ARRIVING IN THE U.S. UNDER THE DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT PROGRAM AND UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT BASED CLASSIFICATION; PROVIDES THAT ENGLISH PROFICIENCY WOULD BE ESTABLISHED BY A STANDARDIZED TEST ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; AND ADVANCES BY 180 DAYS THE PRIORITY DATE OF BACKLOGGING SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIENS WHO DEMONSTRATE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

210 yea · 207 nayAgreed to15 not voting or present
Democrat28 yea · 155 nay
Republican182 yea · 51 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 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.

  • ImmigrationA yea counts toward “Restrictive”

    model(0.95): Adding English proficiency requirements creates new restrictions on entry.

    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 (210)

Nay (207)

Not voting or present (15)

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