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Roll Call Vote #83 · 104th Congress · Session 2 · Apr 25, 1996, 3:00 PM (ET)

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3739 to S.Amdt. 3725 to S. 1664 (Immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996)

Amendment S.Amdt. 3739 (To provide for temporary numerical limits on family-sponsored immigrant visas, a temporary priority-based system of allocating family-sponsored immigrant visas, and a temporary per-country limit--to apply for the five fiscal years after enactment of S. 1664.)

Amendment Rejected (20-80)
20 Yea
80 Nay
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How the Parties Voted

Republican 49 senators

11 Yea / 38 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Democrat 45 senators

7 Yea / 38 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Independent 1 senator

1 Yea / 0 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Independent Democrat 1 senator

0 Yea / 1 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Crossed Party Lines

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 20

Nay 80

Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).