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House Roll Call 1115, 94th Congress · August 26, 1976

TO TABLE THE ALEXANDER MOTION TO INSTRUCT THE CONFEREES TO INSIST ON THE FOLLOWING HOUSE-PASSED PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN H.R. 86038 REGARDING ORGANIZATIONAL AND FINANCIAL MATTERS OF THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE: 1) THAT POSTAL SERVICE AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATIONS BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL, AND 2) THAT THE POSTMASTER GENERAL AND HIS CHIEF DEPUTY BE SUBJECT TO PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT AND SENATE APPROVAL.

234 yea · 153 nay28 not voting or present
Democrat176 yea · 97 nay
Republican65 yea · 62 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 8603 ↗

Postal Reorganization Act Amendments of 1976

Policy area: Postal rates and revenues — 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.

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Tabling a motion regarding Postal Service governance structure is procedural.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations

    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 (242)

Nay (161)

Not voting or present (28)

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