Jim Cooper on Education

DemocratTN

Education172 votes · 65.6/100 consistent

Expand federal roleReduce federal role

416 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Education. 172 of them counted toward the score above: 134 toward “Expand federal role” and 38 toward “Reduce federal role”.

The other 244 did not count: 240 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 4 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
1983-11-17	TO PASS H.R. 3435, A BILL REVISING AND EXTENDING THE EDUCATION OF THE HANDICAPPED ACT. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 3435 · 98th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1983-11-16	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H. RES. 190, A MEASURE EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WITH RESPECT TO THE NEED TO MAINTAIN GUIDELINES WHICH INSURE EQUAL RIGHTS WITH REGARD TO EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY. (MOTION PASSED; 2/3 REQUIRED)H.Res. 190 · 98th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1983-11-08	TO AGREE TO THAT PORTION OF THE WRIGHT AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 403 WHICH PROVIDES $10.0 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY GRANTS UNDER TITLE IV OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965. (MOTION PASSED)H.J.Res. 403 · 98th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1983-11-08	TO AGREE TO THAT PORTION OF THE WRIGHT AMENDMENT WHICH PROVIDES $20.0 MILLION IN FUNDS FOR WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS UNDER TITLE IV OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965. (MOTION PASSED)H.J.Res. 403 · 98th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1983-11-08	TO AGREE TO THAT PORTION OF THE WRIGHT AMENDMENT WHICH PROVIDES $20.1 MILLION TO CARRY OUT PART B OF TITLE VII OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 FOR CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED COSTS OF A MODEL ENGINEERING CENTER AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY AND $18.2 MILLION FOR A MODEL ENGINERING CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, AND $5.0 MILLION FOR A MODEL COMPUTER CENTER AT BARRY UNIVERSITY. (MOTION FAILED)H.J.Res. 403 · 98th Congress	Nay	Reduce federal role
1983-11-08	TO AGREE TO THAT PORTION OF THE WRIGHT AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 403 WHICH PROVIDES $145.0 MILLION FOR CARRYING OUT EMERGENCY IMMIGRANT EDUCATION ASSISTANCE UNDER TITLE V OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965. 13, 1983. (MOTION PASSED)H.J.Res. 403 · 98th Congress	Nay	Reduce federal role
1983-10-25	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 4091, A BILL AMENDING THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT AND THE CHILD NUTRITION ACT OF 1966 TO IMPROVE THE OPERATION OF PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED UNDER SUCH ACTS. (MOTION PASSED;2/3 REQUIRED)H.R. 4091 · 98th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1983-10-21	TO PASS H.R. 3324, A BILL AUTHORIZING $1.5 MILLION IN GRANTS IN EACH OF THE FISCAL YEARS, 1983, 1984 AND 1985 FOR THE CLOSE UP FOUNDATION AND FOR CERTAIN LAW-RELATED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 3324 · 98th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1983-10-21	TO AMEND H.R. 3324, A BILL AUTHORIZING $1.5 MILLION IN GRANTS IN EACH OF THE FISCAL YEARS, 1983, 1984, AND 1985 FOR THE CLOSE UP FOUNDATION AND FOR CERTAIN LAW-RELATED EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THE ERLENBORN AMENDMENT STRIKES LANGUAGE TRANSFERING THE LAW-RELATED EDUCATION PROGRAMS FROM THE STATE BLOCK GRANTS TO THE EDUCATION SECRETARY'S DISCRETIONARY FUND. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 3324 · 98th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1983-06-07	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 2943, A BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON WORKSHOP FOUNDATION. (MOTION FAILED;2/3 REQUIRED)H.R. 2943 · 98th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1983-06-07	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 2148 TO REENACT THE FOLLOW THROUGH PROGRAM WITH CERTAIN TECHNICAL CHANGES, AND TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEARS 1984 AND 1985. (MOTION PASSED, 2/3 REQUIRED)H.R. 2148 · 98th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1983-06-07	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 2207, TO REENACT THE EMERGENCY SCHOOL AID ACT. (MOTION PASSED;2/3 REQUIRED)H.R. 2207 · 98th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1983-03-02	TO PASS H.R. 1310. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 1310 · 98th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1983-03-02	TO AMEND H.R. 1310 BY REPLACING THE NATIONAL TEACHING SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WITH A ONE-YEAR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WHICH WOULD RETRAIN EXISTING TEACHERS TO BE MATH OR SCIENCE TEACHERS. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 1310 · 98th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1983-03-02	TO AMEND H.R. 1310 BY REPLACING THE NATIONAL TEACHING SCHOLARSHIPS WITH $50 MILLION IN BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 1310 · 98th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1983-03-02	TO ADOPT H. RES. 109, THE RULE FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1310, A BILL AUTHORIZING FUNDS TO: IMPROVE ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE; ESTABLISH A NATIONAL POLICY FOR ENGINEERING, TECHNICAL, AND SCIENTIFIC PERSONNEL; AND PROVIDE FOR COST-SHARING BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN TRAINING SUCH PERSONNEL. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 1310 · 98th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Expand federal role / Reduce federal role axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.