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House Roll Call 1440, 95th Congress · September 26, 1978

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS, AS AMENDED, S. 274, THE BILL PROHIBITING UNION ORGANIZATION AND MEMBERSHIP IN THE ARMED FORCES.

395 yea · 12 nay21 not voting or present
Democrat257 yea · 12 nay
Republican139 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 274

An Act to amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit union organization of the armed forces, membership in military labor organizations by members of the armed forces, and recognition of military labor organizations by the Government, and for other purposes.

Policy area: Labor and Employment — 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.

  • Labor & WagesA yea counts toward “Employer priority”

    model(0.90): Prohibiting union organization restricts worker union rights.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Labor and Employment

    Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Banning military unions concerns labor organization, not military expansion or restraint.

    Tagged by: keyword:armed forces

    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 (399)

Nay (12)

Not voting or present (21)

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