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Senate Roll Call 816, 104th Congress · July 18, 1996

To ensure that welfare recipients are drug-free as a condition for receiving welfare assistance from the American taxpayers. — S.1956 BY DOMENICI (R-NM) -- PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WORK OPPORTUNITY AND MEDICAID RESTRUCTURING ACT OF 1996 AGRICULTURAL RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1996 MEDICAID RESTRUCTURING ACT OF 1996 (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF ASHCROFT AMENDMENT NO. 4901, TO ENSURE THAT WELFARE RECIPIENTS ARE DRUG-FREE AS A CONDITION FOR RECEIVING WELFARE ASSISTANCE.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

50 yea · 47 nayMotion Rejected3 not voting or present
Democrat5 yea · 40 nay
Republican44 yea · 6 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1956 ↗

Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity, and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996

Policy area: Social Welfare — 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 “Restrict coverage”

    model(0.90): Conditioning welfare benefits on drug testing restricts coverage eligibility.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicaid

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

Who voted which way

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

Yea (50)

Nay (47)

Not voting or present (3)

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