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House Roll Call 77, 111th Congress · February 24, 2009

Recognizing the significance of Black History Month

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree

420 yea · 0 nayPassed12 not voting or present
Democrat248 yea · 0 nay
Republican172 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Res. 83

Recognizing the significance of Black History Month.

Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues — 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 RightsDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Commemorative resolution recognizing Black History Month is non-binding.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

    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 (420)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (12)

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