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Senate Roll Call 707, 104th Congress · April 30, 1996

To provide exceptions to the sponsor deeming requirements for legal immigrants for programs for which illegal aliens are eligible, and for other purposes. — S.1664 BY HATCH (R-UT) -- IMMIGRATION CONTROL AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT 1996 USE OF ASSISTED HOUSING BY ALIENS ACT OF 1996 (SENATE REJECTED THE KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 3820 TO AMENDMENT NO. 3743, TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS TO THE SPONSOR DEEMING REQUIREMENTS FOR LEGAL IMMIGRANTS FOR PROGRAMS FOR WHICH ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE ELIGIBLE, AND KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 3823 TO AMENDMENT NO. 3743, TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS TO THE DEFINITION OF PUBLIC CHARGE FOR LEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHEN PUBLIC HEALTH IS AT STAKE, FOR SCHOOL LUNCHES, AND FOR CHILD-NUTRITION PROGRAMS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

46 yea · 53 nayAmendment Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat41 yea · 6 nay
Republican4 yea · 46 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1664 ↗

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(0.85): Creating exceptions to deeming requirements expands health coverage for legal immigrants.

    Tagged by: keyword:public health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • ImmigrationA yea counts toward “Expansive”

    model(0.85): Creating exceptions to deeming requirements expands access to benefits for legal immigrants.

    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 (46)

Nay (53)

Not voting or present (1)

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