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Senate Roll Call 1097, 93rd Congress · December 11, 1974

TO AMEND THE HOLT AMENDMENT TO H.R. 16900 SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEW TO MAKE A FINDING ON AN ORIGINAL COMPLAINT OF ALLEGED DISCRIMINATION IN SCHOOL DISCIPLINARY POLICIES PRIOR TO CONDUCTING A SYSTEMWIDE INVESTIGATION INTO SUCH ALLEGED DISCRIMINATION.

30 yea · 62 nay6 not voting or present
Democrat10 yea · 43 nay
Republican19 yea · 20 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 16900

Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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 “Narrow protections”

    model(0.85): Adding procedural prerequisites before investigations narrows civil rights enforcement authority.

    Tagged by: keyword:discrimination

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) This vote concerns school discipline policy procedures, not fiscal spending.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

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

Yea (31)

Nay (63)

Not voting or present (6)

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