James L. Oberstar on Education

DemocratMN

Education258 votes · 76.2/100 consistent

Expand federal roleReduce federal role

515 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Education. 258 of them counted toward the score above: 208 toward “Expand federal role” and 50 toward “Reduce federal role”.

The other 257 did not count: 249 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 8 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
1976-05-12	TO AMEND H.R. 12851, THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT AMENDMENTS,BY STRIKING LANGUAGE WHICH PROVIDES THAT WHEN APPROPRIATIONS FOR STUDENT AID EXCEED $2.5 BILLION, AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE EXCESS WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE APPROPRIATED ;OR PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THE PHYSICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BASE OF HIGHER EDUCATION.H.R. 12851 · 94th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1976-05-11	TO PASS H.R. 12835, THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1976.H.R. 12835 · 94th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1976-05-03	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 13035, THE NATIONAL SEA-GRANT COLLEGE AND PROGRAM ACT AMENDMENTS.H.R. 13035 · 94th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1976-02-24	TO AGREE TO H. J. RES. 811,MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1976. THIS BILL PROVIDES THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO COMPLETE THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS JAMES MADISON MEMORIAL BUILDING.H.J.Res. 811 · 94th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1976-02-17	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 116458 TO AMEND THE ACT OF OCTOBER 19, 1965, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS JAMES MADISON MEMORIAL BUILDING.H.R. 11645 · 94th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1976-02-17	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 11233 AMENDING THE LIBRARY SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION ACT TO EXTEND THE AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN.H.R. 11233 · 94th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1975-11-18	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 6, A BILL TO INSURE THE RIGHT TO AN EDUCATION FOR ALL HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND TO PROVIDE FIANANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE STATES FOR SUCH PURPOSES.S. 6 · 94th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1975-09-23	TO AGREE TO COLLINS (TEX.) AMENDMENT TO H.R. 7014. THIS AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT NO VEHICLE USING GASOLINE OR DIESEL FUEL MAY BE USED TO TRANSPORT ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT TO ANY SCHOOL FURTHER THAN THE SCHOOL CLOSEST TO HIS HOME.H.R. 7014 · 94th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1975-09-09	TO OVERRIDE VETO OF H.R. 5901, MAKING APPROPRIATION THROUGH SEPT. 30, 1976 FOR THE EDUCATION DIVISION.H.R. 5901 · 94th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1975-07-18	TO RECEDE AND CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 44 TO H.R. 5901, A BILL MAKING EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS. (SEE V. 303)H.R. 5901 · 94th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1975-07-16	TO INSIST ON DISAGREEMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 44 TO H.R. 5901, A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE EDUCATION DIVISION AND RELATED AGENCIES. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 44 DELETED THE SO-CALLED CASEY AMENDMENT, WHICH PROVIDES THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEW CANNOT COMPEL THE INTEGRATION (BY SEX) OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES BY WITHOLDING FUNDS.H.R. 5901 · 94th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1975-07-16	TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 5901, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE EDUCATION DIVISION AND RELATED AGENCIES.H.R. 5901 · 94th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1975-04-16	TO AMEND H.R. 5901 BY PROHIBITING HEW FROM ISSUING REGULATIONS TO REQUIRE INTEGRATION BY SEX IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES.H.R. 5901 · 94th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role
1975-04-16	TO AMEND H.R. 5901 BY INCREASING EDUCATIONAL SERVICE FUNDS BY ABOUT $137 MILLION.H.R. 5901 · 94th Congress	Yea	Expand federal role
1975-04-16	TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5901,MAKING, FISCAL 1976 EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS. THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENT INCREASES EDUCATIONAL SERVICE FUNDS BY $500 MILLION. WHILE THE QUIE AMENDMENT LIMITS THE INCREASE TO $137 MILLION.H.R. 5901 · 94th Congress	Nay	Expand federal role

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.