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House Roll Call 868, 105th Congress · June 18, 1998

Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools — H.R.2646 BY ARCHER (R-TX) -- EDUCATION SAVINGS ACT FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS (HOUSE REJECTED RANGEL MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE CONFERENCE REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO AGREE TO PROVISIONS RELATING TO TAX-FAVORED FINANCING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION CONSISTENT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF CONFERENCE.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

196 yea · 225 nayFailed12 not voting or present
Democrat190 yea · 7 nay
Republican5 yea · 218 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2646

Parent and Student Savings Account PLUS Act

Policy area: Taxation — 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.

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Cut taxes”

    model(0.85): Recommit instructions advocate tax-favored financing for school construction, lowering revenue through tax preferences.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • EducationA yea counts toward “Expand federal role”

    model(0.85): Recommit instructions support federal tax-favored financing for public school construction, expanding the federal role.

    Tagged by: keyword:public school

    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 (196)

Nay (225)

Not voting or present (12)

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