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Senate Roll Call 439, 105th Congress · May 18, 1998

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to assist the United States to remain competitive by increasing the access of the United States firms and institutions of higher education to skilled personnel and by expanding educational and training opportunities for American students and workers. — (SENATE PASSED S. 1723, TO AMEND THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT TO ASSIST THE UNITED STATES TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE BY INCREASING THE ACCESS OF THE UNITED STATES FIRMS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO SKILLED PERSONNEL AND BY EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMERICAN STUDENTS AND WORKERS.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

78 yea · 20 nayBill Passed2 not voting or present
Democrat27 yea · 18 nay
Republican49 yea · 2 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1723 ↗

American Competitiveness Act

Policy area: Immigration — 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.

  • ImmigrationA yea counts toward “Expansive”

    model(0.95): Passing legislation to increase visas for foreign skilled workers expands immigration levels.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Immigration

    Axis: Expansive ← → Restrictive

Who voted which way

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

Yea (78)

Nay (20)

Not voting or present (2)

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