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House Roll Call 1042, 105th Congress · September 10, 1998

H.R.3892 BY RIGGS (R-CA) -- ENGLISH LANGUAGE FLUENCY ACT (HOUSE REJECTED THE MARTINEZ AMENDMENT TO THE RIGGS AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO SPECIFY THAT THE STATE MAY APPROVE GRANTS TO LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ONLY IF IT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW REGARDING THE EDUCATION OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, EXCEPT IF IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL LAW OR A FEDERAL COURT ORDER.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

205 yea · 208 nayFailed21 not voting or present
Democrat189 yea · 3 nay
Republican15 yea · 205 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3892 ↗

English Language Fluency Act

Policy area: Education — 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.

  • EducationA yea counts toward “Expand federal role”

    model(0.85): Exception for federal law compliance preserves federal role in state grants.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Education

    Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

Who voted which way

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

Yea (205)

Nay (208)

Not voting or present (21)

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