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Senate Roll Call 710, 104th Congress · April 30, 1996

To adjust the definition of public charge. — (SENATE REJECTED THE SIMON AMENDMENT NO. 3809 TO AMENDMENT NO. 3743, TO ADJUST THE DEFINITION OF PUBLIC CHARGE.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

36 yea · 63 nayAmendment Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat32 yea · 15 nay
Republican2 yea · 48 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 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.

  • ImmigrationDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Adjusting a definition is neutral without specifying if it broadens or narrows the standard.

    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 (36)

Nay (63)

Not voting or present (1)

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