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House Roll Call 762, 94th Congress · April 29, 1976

TO OVERRIDE THE PRESIDENT'S VETO OF A H.R. 8617, TO RESTORE TO FEDERAL CIVILIAN AND POSTAL SERVICE EMPLOYEES THEIR RIGHTS TO PARTICIPATE VOLUNTARILY, AS PRIVATE CITIZENS, IN THE POLITICAL PROCESSES OF THE NATION, TO PROTECT SUCH EMPLOYEES FROM IMPROPER POLITICAL SOLICITATION.

243 yea · 160 nay5 not voting or present
Democrat236 yea · 51 nay
Republican19 yea · 118 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 8617

Federal Employees' Political Activities Act

Policy area: Political participation — 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.

  • Voting & ElectionsA yea counts toward “Expand access”

    model(0.90): Allowing federal civil employees to participate in political processes expands political access.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Political participation

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

Who voted which way

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

Yea (258)

Nay (169)

Not voting or present (5)

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