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Senate Roll Call 499, 109th Congress · May 18, 2006

To establish a grant program to provide financial assistance to States and local governments for the costs of providing health care and educational services to noncitizens, and to provide additional funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

43 yea · 52 nayAmendment Rejected5 not voting or present
Democrat40 yea · 2 nay
Republican1 yea · 50 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 2611

Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006

Policy area: Immigration — 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.

  • Health CareA yea counts toward “Expand coverage”

    model(0.85): Provides financial assistance and expands health coverage support for noncitizens.

    Tagged by: keyword:health care

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • ImmigrationA yea counts toward “Expansive”

    model(0.85): Provides grant funding for health and educational services for noncitizens.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Immigration

    Axis: Expansive ← → Restrictive

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (43)

Nay (52)

Not voting or present (5)

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