Vote 74

Question: On the Motion to Table
Bill: S CON RES 20
Vote description: Motion to table Dodd Amdt. No.160, as modified; To increase the mandatory spending in the Child Care and Development Block Grant by $7.5 billion over five years, the amendment reduces the resolution's tax cut and leaves adequate room in the revenue instructions for targeted tax cuts that help families with the costs of caring for their children, and that such relief would assist all working families with employment related child care expenses, as well as families in which one paren stays home to care for an infant.
Vote type: 1/2 (Help)
A simple majority of those present and voting is required for approval or passage.
Result: Failed, 40-57, with 3 not voting.
Date/time: March 25, 1999, 7:38 p.m.
Amendment num: S.Amdt. 160
Republican majority opinion: Yes (Help)
The position of more than 50 percent of voting Republicans. "None" means an equal split between "Yes" and "No."
Democrat majority opinion: No (Help)
The position of more than 50 percent of voting Democrats. "None" means an equal split between "Yes" and "No."

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