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House Roll Call 653, 105th Congress · February 25, 1998

H.R.1544 BY GEKAS (R-PA) -- FEDERAL AGENCY COMPLIANCE ACT (HOUSE REJECTED THE JACKSON-LEE AMENDMENT TO EXEMPT THE ADHERENCE TO COURT PRECEDENT IF THE AGENCY MATTER IS UNDER CONSIDERATION BY A U.S. COURT OF APPEALS AND INVOLVES ISSUES OF CIVIL RIGHTS, LABOR RIGHTS, OR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

164 yea · 253 nayFailed13 not voting or present
Democrat160 yea · 32 nay
Republican3 yea · 221 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1544 ↗

Federal Agency Compliance Act

Policy area: Law — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Civil RightsA yea counts toward “Broaden protections”

    model(0.90): Exempting civil rights matters to protect favorable court precedents broadens and safeguards civil rights protections.

    Tagged by: keyword:civil rights

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (164)

Nay (253)

Not voting or present (13)

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