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Senate Roll Call 45, 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, and to amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act with respect to alternative educational settings.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

78 yea · 21 nayAmendment Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat23 yea · 21 nay
Republican53 yea · 0 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 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(0.80): Providing local options and flexibility reduces federal control over educational spending.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Education

    Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Reallocating existing funds between programs is a net-neutral 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 (78)

Nay (21)

Not voting or present (1)

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