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Senate Roll Call 792, 93rd Congress · May 16, 1974

TO TABLE SEN. ERVIN'S AMENDMENT TO S.1539 WHICH DENIES TO U.S. COURTS JURISDICTION TO ORDER SCHOOL BUSING BY STATE OR LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES TO ALTER THE RACIAL COMPOSITION OF THE STUDENT BODY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SUPREME COURT WHEN ACTING WITHIN ITS ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.

51 yea · 41 nay7 not voting or present
Democrat34 yea · 19 nay
Republican17 yea · 22 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(0.90): Tabling restriction on federal court jurisdiction maintains federal authority.

    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 (51)

Nay (43)

Not voting or present (7)

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