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House Roll Call 151, 105th Congress · May 22, 1997

Drug Free Communities Act — H.R.956 BY PORTMAN (R-OH) -- DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES ACT OF 1997 (HOUSE VOTED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 956, AMENDED, TO AMEND THE NATIONAL NARCOTICS LEADERSHIP ACT OF 1988 TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE LOCAL COMMUNITIES THAT FIRST DEMONSTRATE A COMPREHENSIVE, LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AMONG YOUTH.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

420 yea · 1 nayPassed13 not voting or present
Democrat200 yea · 0 nay
Republican219 yea · 1 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 956 ↗

Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997

Policy area: Health — 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 CareDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Youth drug abuse prevention community programs do not directly expand or restrict healthcare coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    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 (420)

Nay (1)

Not voting or present (13)

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