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House Roll Call 1393, 95th Congress · September 14, 1978

TO AGREE TO H. RES. 1242, A RESOLUTION STATING THAT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISAPPROVES OF REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 3, AS SUBMITTED BY THE PRESIDENT ON JUNE 19, 1978. REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 3 PROVIDES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO MANAGE A NUMBER OF CIVIL PREPAREDNESS AND DISASTER RELIEF FUNCTIONS PRESENTLY SCATTERED IN VARIOUS FEDERAL AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS.

40 yea · 327 nay62 not voting or present
Democrat3 yea · 236 nay
Republican36 yea · 92 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Res. 1242

A resolution to disapprove Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 transmitted by the President on June 19, 1978.

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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.

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Disapproving the creation of FEMA affects civil disaster management, not military policy.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

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

Yea (40)

Nay (330)

Not voting or present (62)

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