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House Roll Call 955, 104th Congress · March 21, 1996

Immigration Act of 1995 — (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 2202, TO AMEND THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT TO IMPROVE DETERRENCE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES BY INCREASING BORDER PATROL AND INVESTIGATIVE PERSONNEL, BY INCREASING PENALTIES FOR ALIEN SMUGGLING AND FOR DOCUMENT FRAUD, BY REFORMING EXCLUSION AND DEPORTATION LAW AND PROCEDURES, BY IMPROVING THE VERIFICATION SYSTEM FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR EMPLOYMENT, AND THROUGH OTHER MEASURES, TO REFORM THE LEGAL IMMIGRATION SYSTEM AND FACILITATE LEGAL ENTRIES INTO THE UNITED STATES. .)

Question before the chamber: On Passage

333 yea · 87 nayPassed12 not voting or present
Democrat105 yea · 79 nay
Republican228 yea · 7 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): Increasing border patrol, penalties, and deportation measures restricts illegal immigration.

    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 (333)

Nay (87)

Not voting or present (12)

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