Senate Roll Call 859, 104th Congress · July 26, 1996

To strike the provision which extends reduced refugee standards for certain groups. — (SENATE REJECTED SIMPSON AMENDMENT NO. 5088, TO STRIKE THE PROVISION WHICH EXTENDS REDUCED REFUGEE STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN GROUPS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

22 yea · 78 nayAmendment Rejected

Democrat0 yea · 47 nay

Republican21 yea · 30 nay

Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3540 ↗

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997

Policy area: International Affairs — 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.

ImmigrationA yea counts toward “Restrictive”
model(0.90): Striking a provision that eases refugee admission standards makes immigration rules more restrictive.
Tagged by: keyword:refugee
Axis: Expansive ← → Restrictive

Who voted which way

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

Yea (22)

Nay (78)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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