House Roll Call 1444, 95th Congress · September 26, 1978

TO AMEND H.R. 12005, THE BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1979. THE COLLINS AMENDMENT PROHIBITS THE USE OF THESE FUNDS TO ENFORCE BUSING OF STUDENTS TO SCHOOLS OTHER THAN THE SCHOOLS NEAREST TO THEIR HOMES, EXCEPT FOR CASES INVOLVING BUSING OF MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.

235 yea · 158 nay26 not voting or present

Democrat130 yea · 137 nay

Republican111 yea · 25 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 12005 ↗

Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics — 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.

Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.90) A rider blocking funds for school busing is a social policy debate, not a fiscal policy issue.
Tagged by: keyword:appropriations
Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

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

Yea (242)

Nay (164)

Not voting or present (26)

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