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Senate Roll Call 354, 115th Congress · February 8, 2018

To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a voluntary national criminal history background check system and criminal history review program for certain individuals who, related to their employment, have access to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.

Question before the chamber: On the Cloture Motion

55 yea · 44 nayCloture Motion Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat5 yea · 41 nay
Republican49 yea · 1 nay
Independent1 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 695 ↗

Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017

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.

  • GunsDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Caregiver background checks do not relate to firearm laws or gun rights.

    Tagged by: keyword:background check

    Axis: Gun restrictions ← → Gun rights

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.80) Caregiver background check authorization is not primarily a spending or budget measure.

    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 (55)

Nay (44)

Not voting or present (1)

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