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House Roll Call 722, 105th Congress · April 1, 1998

H.R.2400 BY SHUSTER (R-PA) -- BUILDING EFFICIENT SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND EQUITY ACT OF 1998 RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1998 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION REVENUE ACT OF 1998 (HOUSE REJECTED THE ROUKEMA AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO STRIKE THE DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES SECTION AND INSERT LANGUAGE ENCOURAGING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION OR PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. .)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

194 yea · 225 nayFailed12 not voting or present
Democrat2 yea · 194 nay
Republican192 yea · 30 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2400 ↗

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century

Policy area: Transportation and Public Works — 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.

  • Civil RightsA yea counts toward “Narrow protections”

    model(0.85): Striking disadvantaged business enterprise set-asides narrows civil rights protections.

    Tagged by: keyword:discrimination,affirmative action

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

Who voted which way

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

Yea (194)

Nay (225)

Not voting or present (12)

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