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Senate Roll Call 486, 104th Congress · October 11, 1995

To establish a requirement that individuals submit to drug tests, to ensure that applicants and participants make full use of benefits extended through workforce employment activities. — (SENATE AGREED TO ASHCROFT AMENDMENT NO. 2893 TO AMENDMENT NO. 2885, TO ESTABLISH A REQUIREMENT THAT INDIVIDUALS SUBMIT TO DRUG TESTS, AND TO ENSURE THAT APPLICANTS AND PARTICIPANTS MAKE FULL USE OF BENEFITS EXTENDED THROUGH WORKFORCE EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

54 yea · 43 nayAmendment Agreed to2 not voting or present
Democrat11 yea · 34 nay
Republican42 yea · 8 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 143 ↗

Workforce Development Act of 1995

Policy area: Labor and Employment — 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.

  • Labor & WagesA yea counts toward “Employer priority”

    model(0.90): Mandating drug testing imposes conditions and restrictions on workers seeking workforce benefits.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Labor and Employment

    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 (54)

Nay (43)

Not voting or present (2)

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