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House Roll Call 1523, 95th Congress · October 14, 1978

TO AMEND THE FORD(MI) SUBSTITUTE FOR H.R. 11274, THE MIDDLE INCOME STUDENT ASSISTENCE ACT. THE ERLENBORN AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW ONLY STUDENTS FROM FAMILIES WITH AN ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME OF LESS THAN $40,000 TO APPLY FOR INTEREST SUBSIDIES ON GUARANTEED STUDENT LOANS. THE FORD SUBSTITUTE FOR THE BILL INCORPORATES EIGHT CHANGES THAT WILL BRING H.R. 11274 INTO CLOSER CONFORMITY WITH ITS SENATE COMPANION BILL S. 2539, THE COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 1978.

86 yea · 301 nay41 not voting or present
Democrat14 yea · 242 nay
Republican71 yea · 59 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 11274 ↗

Middle Income Student Assistance Act

Policy area: Education — 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.

  • EducationA yea counts toward “Reduce federal role”

    model(0.90): Imposing an income eligibility cap reduces federal involvement in student loan subsidies.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Education

    Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

Who voted which way

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

Yea (86)

Nay (303)

Not voting or present (41)

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