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Senate Roll Call 42, 106th Congress · March 11, 1999

To provide all local educational agencies with the option to use the funds received under section 307 of the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1999, for activities under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

61 yea · 38 nayAmendment Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat7 yea · 37 nay
Republican53 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 280 ↗

Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999

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 “Reduce federal role”

    model(0.85): A yes vote gives local agencies flexibility in using funds, reducing federal control.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Education

    Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) The amendment allows a reallocation of existing funds between programs, which is a net-neutral budget transfer.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations act,appropriations

    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 (61)

Nay (38)

Not voting or present (1)

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