Senate Roll Call 89, 105th Congress · May 23, 1997

To provide children who have been victims of violent crime the ability to transfer to another school by allowing states and local educational agencies to use Federal eductation funds in the jurisdiction of the Labor Committee to assist such victims in attending any other school of their choice, whether public, private, or sectarian. — (SENATE AGREED TO COVERDELL AMENDMENT NO. 357 TO AMENDMENT NO. 313, TO ALLOW CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME THE ABILITY TO TRANSFER TO ANOTHER SCHOOL BY ALLOWING STATES AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES TO USE FEDERAL EDUCATION FUNDS IN THE JURISDICTION OF THE LABOR COMMITTEE TO ASSIST SUCH VICTIMS IN ATTENDING ANY OTHER SCHOOL OF THEIR CHOICE.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

51 yea · 49 nayAmendment Agreed to

Democrat0 yea · 45 nay

Republican51 yea · 2 nay

Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.Con.Res. 27 ↗

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.

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 (0.85) Reallocates existing education funds without changing total federal outlays.
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 (51)

Nay (49)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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