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Senate Roll Call 65, 105th Congress · May 14, 1997

To require a court in making an award under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to take into consideration the impact the granting of the award would have on the education of all children of State educational agencies and local educational agencies. — (SENATE REJECTED THE SMITH AMENDMENT NO. 245, TO REQUIRE A COURT IN MAKING AN AWARD UNDER THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE IMPACT THE GRANTING OF THE AWARD WOULD HAVE ON THE EDUCATION OF ALL CHILDREN OF STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

68 yea · 31 nayMotion to Table Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat42 yea · 2 nay
Republican24 yea · 29 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 717 ↗

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997

Policy area: Education — 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.

  • EducationA yea counts toward “Expand federal role”

    model(0.80): Tabling an amendment restricting federal court awards under IDEA preserves federal court mandate authority.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Education

    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 (68)

Nay (31)

Not voting or present (1)

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