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House Roll Call 861, 105th Congress · June 16, 1998

Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives concerning promotions in American Schools — H.RES.401 BY MARTINEZ (D-CA) -- RESOLUTION CONCERNING SOCIAL PROMOTION IN AMERICA'S SCHOOLS (HOUSE AGREED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H. RES. 401, AMENDED, EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT SOCIAL PROMOTION IN AMERICA'S SCHOOLS SHOULD BE ENDED AND CAN BE ENDED THROUGH THE USE OF HIGH-QUALITY, PROVEN PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES.)

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

405 yea · 1 nayPassed27 not voting or present
Democrat185 yea · 1 nay
Republican219 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Res. 401 ↗

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that social promotion in America's schools should be ended and can be ended through the use of high-quality, proven programs and practices.

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 (0.95) Non-binding sense of the House resolution.

    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 (405)

Nay (1)

Not voting or present (27)

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