C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger on Education

DemocratMD

Education88 votes · 64.8/100 consistent

Expand federal roleReduce federal role

322 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Education. 88 of them counted toward the score above: 76 toward “Expand federal role” and 12 toward “Reduce federal role”.

The other 234 did not count: 228 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 6 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
2005-09-22	School Readiness Act of 2005H.R. 2123 · 109th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2005-09-22	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2123) to reauthorize the Head Start Act to improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children, and for other purposesH.Res. 455 · 109th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	Direction not readable
2005-09-08	Student Grant Hurricane and Disaster Relief ActH.R. 3668 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Expand federal role
2005-09-07	To provide the Secretary of Education with waiver authority for students who are eligible for Pell Grants who are adversely affected by a natural disasterH.R. 3169 · 109th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Expand federal role
2004-11-19	To reauthorize the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and for other purposesH.R. 1350 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Conference Report	Yea	Expand federal role
2004-10-07	Taxpayer-Teacher Protection ActH.R. 5186 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Expand federal role
2004-05-04	Recognizing the benefits and importance of school-based music educationH.Con.Res. 380 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-03-10	Expressing the sense of Congress that Kids Love a Mystery is a program that promotes literacy and should be encouragedH.Con.Res. 373 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-07-25	School Readiness ActH.R. 2210 · 108th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Reduce federal role
2003-07-25	School Readiness ActH.R. 2210 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-07-25	School Readiness Act of 2003H.R. 2210 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-07-25	School Readiness Act of 2003H.R. 2210 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-07-09	Teacher Recruitment and Retention ActH.R. 438 · 108th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Expand federal role
2003-07-09	Ready to Teach ActH.R. 2211 · 108th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Expand federal role
2003-07-09	Ready to Teach Act of 2003H.R. 2211 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-05-21	Child Medication Safety ActH.R. 1170 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Expand federal role
2003-04-30	To Reauthorize the Individuals with Disabilities Education ActH.R. 1350 · 108th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Reduce federal role
2003-04-30	Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004H.R. 1350 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2003-04-30	Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004H.R. 1350 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2003-04-30	Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004H.R. 1350 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2003-04-30	Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004H.R. 1350 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-04-01	Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students ActH.R. 1412 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	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.