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Senate Roll Call 459, 105th Congress · June 17, 1998

A bill to reform and restructure the processes by which tobacco products are manufactured, marketed, and distributed, to prevent the use of tobacco products by minors, to redress the adverse health effects of tobacco use, and for other purposes. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE FAILED TO CLOSE FURTHER DEBATE ON THE MODIFIED COMMITTEE AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE. .)

Question before the chamber: On the Cloture Motion

57 yea · 42 nayCloture Motion Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat42 yea · 2 nay
Republican13 yea · 40 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1415 ↗

National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act

Policy area: Health — 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 CareDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Tobacco regulation bill cloture vote does not directly alter health care coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

Who voted which way

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

Yea (57)

Nay (42)

Not voting or present (1)

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