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Senate Roll Call 724, 104th Congress · May 9, 1996

To provide for the repeal of the 4.3 cent increase in fuel tax rates enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, to clarify that an employer may establish and participate in worker-management cooperative organizations to address matters of mutual interest to employers and employees, and to provide for an increase in the minimum wage rate. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE FAILED TO CLOSE FURTHER DEBATE ON DOLE AMENDMENT NO. 3960 TO NO. 3955.)

Question before the chamber: On the Cloture Motion

52 yea · 44 nayCloture Motion Rejected4 not voting or present
Democrat1 yea · 42 nay
Republican50 yea · 1 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2937 ↗

For the reimbursement of legal expenses and related fees incurred by former employees of the White House Travel Office with respect to the termination of their employment in that Office on May 19, 1993.

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics — 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 & WagesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) The amendment combines employer-friendly org provisions with worker-friendly minimum wage increases.

    Tagged by: keyword:minimum wage

    Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.80): Repealing the fuel tax rate reduces federal revenues, expanding budget deficits.

    Tagged by: keyword:omnibus

    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 (52)

Nay (44)

Not voting or present (4)

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