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House Roll Call 607, 93rd Congress · March 25, 1974

TO PASS H.R. 8747, REPEALING THAT PART OF THE U.S. STATUTES REQUIRING COMPULSORY SMALLPOX VACCINATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

316 yea · 1 nay110 not voting or present
Democrat173 yea · 1 nay
Republican147 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 8747

A bill to repeal section 274 of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia, requiring compulsory vaccination against smallpox for public school students.

Policy area: District of Columbia — 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.

  • EducationA yea counts toward “Reduce federal role”

    model(0.90): Repealing a federal compulsory vaccination requirement reduces federal involvement in local schools.

    Tagged by: keyword:public school

    Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

Who voted which way

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

Yea (321)

Nay (1)

Not voting or present (110)

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