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House Roll Call 532, 105th Congress · October 29, 1997

Dollars to Classroom Act — H.RES.139 BY PITTS (R-PA) -- DOLLARS TO THE CLASSROOM RESOLUTION (HOUSE AGREED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H. RES. 139, AMENDED, EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, STATES, AND LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES SHOULD SPEND A GREATER PERCENTAGE OF FEDERAL EDUCATION TAX DOLLARS IN OUR CHILDREN'S CLASSROOMS.)

Question before the chamber: Suspend the rules and agree, as amended

310 yea · 99 nayPassed23 not voting or present
Democrat93 yea · 97 nay
Republican217 yea · 1 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Res. 139 ↗

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Education, States, and local education agencies should spend a greater percentage of Federal education tax dollars in our children's classrooms.

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.

  • EducationDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Non-binding sense of the House resolution does not alter federal educational authority or spending.

    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 (310)

Nay (99)

Not voting or present (23)

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