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House Roll Call 804, 94th Congress · May 12, 1976

TO AMEND H.R. 12851, THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT AMENDMENTS,BY STRIKING LANGUAGE WHICH PROVIDES THAT WHEN APPROPRIATIONS FOR STUDENT AID EXCEED $2.5 BILLION, AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE EXCESS WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE APPROPRIATED ;OR PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THE PHYSICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BASE OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

146 yea · 255 nay30 not voting or present
Democrat42 yea · 230 nay
Republican103 yea · 24 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 12851

Higher 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 “Reduce federal role”

    model(0.90): Striking automated funding mandates reduces the federal role and funding mechanism in higher education.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Education

    Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.90): Striking mandatory additional funding requirements reduces spending, promoting fiscal restraint.

    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 (146)

Nay (256)

Not voting or present (30)

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