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Senate Roll Call 670, 94th Congress · March 11, 1976

TO AMEND H.R. 8617, BY PROVIDING THAT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE "PUBLIC FIGURES" OR EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, IRS, CIA, NSA, OR DIA, MAY NOT ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES AT ANY TIME.

44 yea · 46 nay9 not voting or present
Democrat15 yea · 39 nay
Republican28 yea · 7 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 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.

  • TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) The measure regulates federal employees' political activity, not tax policy.

    Tagged by: keyword:irs

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Voting & ElectionsA yea counts toward “Restrict access”

    model(0.90): Restricts political activities for specific categories of federal employees.

    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 (45)

Nay (46)

Not voting or present (9)

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