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Senate Roll Call 783, 93rd Congress · May 15, 1974

TO AMEND GURNEY AMENDMENT TO S. 1539. THE GURNEY AMENDMENT PROHIBITS FORCED BUSING OF STUDENTS BEYOND THE SCHOOL NEXT CLOSEST TO HIS HOME. THE BAYH AMENDMENT, IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE, REQUIRES THAT ALL ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR REMEDYING, DE JRERE SEGREGATION BE USED BEFORE BUSING OF STUDENTS IS ORDERED OR PROPOSED.

9 yea · 84 nay5 not voting or present
Democrat8 yea · 46 nay
Republican2 yea · 38 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1539

Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments

Policy area: Education — 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 “Expand federal role”

    model(0.85): Softens anti-busing restrictions, preserving federal court authority in education.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Education

    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 (10)

Nay (86)

Not voting or present (5)

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