House Roll Call 1080, 105th Congress · September 24, 1998

Workforce Improvement and Protection Act — (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 3736, TO AMEND THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT TO MAKE CHANGES RELATING TO H-1B NONIMMIGRANTS.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage

288 yea · 133 nayPassed14 not voting or present

Democrat99 yea · 96 nay

Republican189 yea · 36 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3736 ↗

Temporary Access to Skilled Workers and H-1B Nonimmigrant Program Improvement Act of 1998

Policy area: Immigration — 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 “Expansive”
model(0.90): Passing the bill increases availability of H-1B nonimmigrant visas.
Tagged by: policy-area:Immigration
Axis: Expansive ← → Restrictive

Who voted which way

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

Yea (288)

Nay (133)

Not voting or present (14)

Kevin BradyDid not vote
Dan BurtonDid not vote
Porter J. GossDid not vote
Barbara Bailey KennellyDid not vote
Thomas J. MantonDid not vote
John P. MurthaDid not vote
Glenn PoshardDid not vote
Deborah D. PryceDid not vote
Loretta SanchezDid not vote
Daniel SchaeferDid not vote
Ike SkeltonDid not vote
Esteban Edward TorresDid not vote
Maxine WatersDid not vote
Sidney Richard YatesDid not vote

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