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Senate Roll Call 503, 104th Congress · October 26, 1995

To strike those portions of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources reconciliation title that impose higher student loan costs on students and families, by striking the 85 percent fee imposed on colleges and universities based on their student loan volume, restoring Federal interest payments on subsidized student loans during the 6-month grace period in which graduates look for jobs, eliminating interest rate increases on parent (PLUS) loans, and eliminating the 20 percent cap on direct lending, and to provide an offset by striking the provisions that dilute the alternative minimum tax. — (SENATE TABLED KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 2959, TO STRIKE THOSE PROVISIONS THAT IMPOSE HIGHER STUDENT LOAN COSTS ON STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

51 yea · 48 nayMotion to Table Agreed to
Democrat1 yea · 45 nay
Republican49 yea · 2 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1357 ↗

Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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.

  • EducationA yea counts toward “Reduce federal role”

    model(0.90): Tabling kills an amendment that would have expanded the federal role in subsidizing student loans.

    Tagged by: keyword:student loan

    Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.90): Tabling kills an amendment that increased spending by restoring subsidies and removing caps.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

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

Yea (51)

Nay (48)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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