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Senate Roll Call 384, 105th Congress · April 21, 1998

To provide an additional 100,000, well-qualified elementary and secondary school teachers annually to the national pool of such teachers during the 10-year period beginning with 1999 through a new student loan forgiveness program. — (SENATE TABLED THE KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 2289, TO AUTHORIZE FUNDS TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 100,000 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ANNUALLY TO THE NATIONAL POOL OF SUCH TEACHERS DURING THE 10-YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING WITH 1999 THROUGH A NEW STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

56 yea · 41 nayMotion to Table Agreed to3 not voting or present
Democrat5 yea · 38 nay
Republican50 yea · 2 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 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.

  • TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) A spending and loan forgiveness measure does not directly address tax rates or tax revenue.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • EducationA yea counts toward “Reduce federal role”

    model(0.95): Tabling kills a federal student loan forgiveness program for teachers.

    Tagged by: keyword:student loan

    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 (56)

Nay (41)

Not voting or present (3)

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