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Senate Roll Call 121, 106th Congress · May 18, 1999

To allow the erecting of an appropriate and constitutional permanent memorial on the campus of any public school to honor students and teachers who have been murdered at school, and to allow students, faculty, and administrative staff of a public school to hold an appropriate and constitutional memorial service on their campus to honor students and teachers who have been murdered at their school.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

85 yea · 13 nayAmendment Agreed to2 not voting or present
Democrat31 yea · 13 nay
Republican52 yea · 0 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 254

Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Accountability and Rehabilitation Act of 1999

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement — 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.

  • Criminal JusticeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) A memorial on school campuses is a ceremonial measure that does not affect criminal justice policy.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • EducationDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Authorizing school memorials is ceremonial and does not meaningfully expand or reduce the federal role in education.

    Tagged by: keyword:public school

    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 (85)

Nay (13)

Not voting or present (2)

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