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House Roll Call 1044, 105th Congress · September 10, 1998

English Language Fluency Act — (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 3892, TO AMEND THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO HELP CHILDREN AND YOUTH LEARN ENGLISH.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage

221 yea · 189 nayPassed24 not voting or present
Democrat13 yea · 177 nay
Republican208 yea · 11 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 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(0.90): Creates a federal program under ESEA to assist English language learners.

    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 (221)

Nay (189)

Not voting or present (24)

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