George Darden on Education

DemocratGA

Education84 votes · 80.6/100 consistent

Expand federal roleReduce federal role

112 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Education. 84 of them counted toward the score above: 63 toward “Expand federal role” and 21 toward “Reduce federal role”.

The other 28 did not count: 28 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 0 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
1984-06-26	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 5885, A BILL AUTHORIZING $2.5 BILLION FOR HEAD START, FOLLOW THROUGH, AND NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS, AND ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE CHILD CARE INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES. (MOTION PASSED; 2/3 REQUIRED)H.R. 5885 · 98th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1984-06-07	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 5145, A BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR HEAD START, FOLLOW THROUGH, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGAMS, AND FOR ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE CHILD CARE INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES. (MOTION FAILED;2/3 REQUIRED)H.R. 5145 · 98th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1984-05-01	TO PASS H.R. 7, A BILL MAKING PERMANENT CERTAIN OF THE AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT AND THE CHILD NUTRITION ACT OF 1963. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 7 · 98th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1984-05-01	TO AMEND H.R. 7 WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE. H.R. 7 MAKES PERMANENT CERTAIN OF THE AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT AND THE CHILD NUTRITION ACT OF 1963. THE BARTLETT SUBSTITUTE EXTENDS FOR 3 YEARS THE AUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAMS THAT EXPIRE AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 1984. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 7 · 98th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1984-04-11	TO AMEND H.R. 7, A BILL MAKING PERMANENT CERTAIN OF THE AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT AND THE CHILD NUTRITION ACT OF 1963. THE ERLENBORN AMENDMENT STRIKES PROVISIONS PROVIDING FOR TIERED CHILD CARE FOOD PROGRAM REIMBURSEMENT RATES. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 7 · 98th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1984-03-08	TO PASS H.R. 4164, A BILL STRENGTHENING AND EXPANDING THE ECONOMIC BASE OF THE NATION, DEVELOPING HUMAN RESOURCES, REDUCING STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT, INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY, AND STRENGTHENING THE NATION'S DEFENSE CAPABILITIES BY ASSISTING THE STATES TO EXPAND, IMPROVE, AND UPDATE HIGH-QUALITY PROGRAMS OF VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 4164 · 98th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1984-03-08	TO AMEND H.R. 4164, A BILL STRENGTHENING AND EXPANDING THE ECONOMIC BASE OF THE NATION, DEVELOPING HUMAN RESOURCES, REDUCING STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT, INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY, AND STRENGTHENING THE NATION'S DEFENSE CAPABILITIES BY ASSISTING THE STATES TO EXPAND, IMPROVE, AND UPDATE HIGH-QUALITY PROGRAMS OF VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION. THE BARTLETT AMENDMENT PROHIBITS THE USE OF FUNDS TO MAINTAIN EXISTING PROGRAMS WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 4164 · 98th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1984-03-08	TO AMEND H.R. 4164, A BILL STRENGTHENING AND EXPANDING THE ECONOMIC BASE OF THE NATION, DEVELOPING HUMAN RESOURCES, REDUCING STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT, INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY, AND STRENGTHENING THE NATION'S DEFENSE CAPABILITIES BY ASSISTING THE STATES TO EXPAND, IMPROVE, AND UPDATE HIGH-QUALITY PROGRAMS OF VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION. THE ROUKEMA AMENDMENT PROHIBITS THE USE OF FUNDS TO ACQUIRE EQUIPMENT THAT RESULTS IN A DIRECT FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO ANY ORGANIZATION FOR REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF THE PURCHASING ENTITY. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 4164 · 98th Congress	Yea	Reduce federal role
1984-02-23	TO PASS H.R. 2708, A BILL TO FURTHER THE NATIONAL SECURITY AND IMPROVE THE ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES BY PROVIDING GRANTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF PROFICIENCY IN CRITICAL LANGUAGES, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION, AND FOR PER CAPITA GRANTS TO REIMBURSE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO PROMOTE THE GROWTH AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF POSTSECONDARY FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 2708 · 98th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1984-02-23	TO AMEND H.R. 2708, A BILL TO FURTHER THE NATIONAL SECURITY AND IMPROVE THE ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES BY PROVIDING GRANTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF PROFICIENCY IN CRITICAL LANGUAGES, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION, AND FOR PER CAPITA GRANTS TO REIMBURSE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO PROMOTE THE GROWTH AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF POSTSECONDARY FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION. THE GEKAS AMENDMENT PROHIBITS APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO CARRY OUT THIS BILL UNLESS SUCH FUNDS WERE APPROPRIATED IN A MEASURE CONTAINING NO OTHER APPROPRIATION TO CARRY OUT ANY OTHER LAW. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 2708 · 98th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
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

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.