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Senate Roll Call 673, 94th Congress · March 11, 1976

TO AMEND H.R. 8617, BY RETAINING THE HATCH ACT PROVISIONS STRONGLY RESTRICTING THE POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE IRS AND THE CIA.

68 yea · 23 nay8 not voting or present
Democrat37 yea · 19 nay
Republican30 yea · 4 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 addresses political activity restrictions, not tax policy.

    Tagged by: keyword:irs

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Voting & ElectionsA yea counts toward “Restrict access”

    model(0.90): Retains Hatch Act restrictions on political participation for DOJ, IRS, and CIA 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 (69)

Nay (23)

Not voting or present (8)

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