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Senate Roll Call 263, 105th Congress · September 30, 1997

To prohibit alcoholic beverage advertisements on billboards, signs, posters, and other forms of advertising in certain publicly visible locations in the District of Columbia where children are likely to walk to school or play. — (SENATE AGREED TO BYRD AMENDMENT NO. 1267, TO PROHIBIT ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ADVERTISEMENTS ON BILLBOARDS, SIGNS, POSTERS, AND OTHER FORMS OF ADVERTISING IN CERTAIN PUBLICLY VISIBLE LOCATIONS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WHERE CHILDREN ARE LIKELY TO WALK TO SCHOOL OR PLAY; BYRD AMENDMENT NO. 1268, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ABC INSPECTORS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND FOCUS ENFORCEMENT ON SALES TO MINORS; BYRD AMENDMENT NO. 1269, TO REQUIRE THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF THE LOW RATE OF TAXATION ON ALCOHOL IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. .)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

69 yea · 27 nayAmendment Agreed to4 not voting or present
Democrat35 yea · 7 nay
Republican32 yea · 20 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1156

District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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.

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Restricting billboard advertising is a policy regulation, not a fiscal spending measure.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

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

Yea (69)

Nay (27)

Not voting or present (4)

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