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House Roll Call 1245, 95th Congress · July 28, 1978

TO AGREE TO SEVERAL AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 12432. THE BUTLER AMENDMENTS STRIKE PROVISIONS IN THE BILL THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS TO STUDY DISCRIMINATION BASED ON AGE OR HANDICAPS.

87 yea · 224 nay115 not voting or present
Democrat23 yea · 177 nay
Republican64 yea · 51 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 12432

Civil Rights Commission Act

Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues — 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.

  • Civil RightsA yea counts toward “Narrow protections”

    model(0.90): Striking authority to study age and handicap discrimination narrows civil rights scope.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

Who voted which way

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

Yea (87)

Nay (230)

Not voting or present (115)

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