House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Table: Part 1 | Part 2 |
House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies* | ||||||||
(Votes are in favor of passage unless otherwise indicated.) | HR 3248 Dollars to the Classroom Act, would block-grant funds for 31 education programs. 212-198 | Amendment to HR 3248 Would fund elements of the Clinton education agenda. Defeated: 215-190 | HR 2846 Would bar national testing without specific congressional approval. 242-174 | HR 2646 Would allow tax breaks for K-12 education expenses. 225-197 | ||||
Republicans | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | NO |
John Edward Porter, Ill., chairman | ||||||||
C.W. Bill Young, Fla. | ||||||||
Henry Bonilla, Texas | ||||||||
Ernest J. Istook, Okla. | No Vote | |||||||
Dan Miller, Fla. | ||||||||
Jay Dickey, Ark. | ||||||||
Roger F. Wicker, Miss. | ||||||||
Anne M. Northup, Ky. | ||||||||
Democrats | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | NO |
David R. Obey, Wis., ranking | ||||||||
Louis Stokes, Ohio, retiring | No Vote | No Vote | ||||||
Steny H. Hoyer, Md. | No Vote | |||||||
Nancy Pelosi, Calif. | ||||||||
Nita M. Lowey, N.Y. | ||||||||
Rosa L. DeLauro, Conn. |
* All House members are up for re-election Nov. 3, unless they have plans to leave Congress. |
† Senate passed S1502, the proposal to offer vouchers to low-income students in Washington, D.C., on a voice vote on Nov. 9, 1997. |