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Senate Roll Call 135, 105th Congress · June 26, 1997

To provide for children's health insurance initiatives. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE AGREED TO WAIVE THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF ROTH AMENDMENT NO. 520.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

80 yea · 19 nayMotion Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat44 yea · 1 nay
Republican34 yea · 18 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 949 ↗

Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1997

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.

  • Health CareA yea counts toward “Expand coverage”

    model(0.95): Providing for children's health insurance initiatives expands health coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:health insurance

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) The text describes a health initiative without specifying the tax mechanics involved.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

Who voted which way

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

Yea (80)

Nay (19)

Not voting or present (1)

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