Senate Roll Call 734, 104th Congress · May 22, 1996

To express the sense of the Senate on tax deductibility of higher education tuition and student loan interest costs. — (SENATE TABLED WELLSTONE AMENDMENT NO. 3985, TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE ON TAX DEDUCTIBILITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION TUITION AND STUDENT LOAN INTEREST COSTS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

56 yea · 44 nayMotion to Table Agreed to

Democrat4 yea · 43 nay

Republican51 yea · 0 nay

Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.Con.Res. 57 ↗

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.

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.

EducationDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Expressing a non-binding sense of the Senate does not alter federal education policy or authority.
Tagged by: keyword:student loan,tuition
Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role
Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.90) A non-binding sense of the Senate resolution does not directly change budget totals.
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 (56)

Nay (44)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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