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House Roll Call 392, 95th Congress · July 15, 1977

TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE TO THE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE BILL FOR H.R. 4287. THE SARASIN AMENDMENT WOULD PROVIDE SEPARATE ADMINISTRATIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS FOR COAL AND FOR NON-COAL MINES.

151 yea · 188 nay60 not voting or present
Democrat61 yea · 175 nay
Republican107 yea · 28 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4287

Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act

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.

  • Climate & EnergyDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Mine health and safety administration structure does not align with climate action vs fossil fuels.

    Tagged by: keyword:coal

    Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority

  • Labor & WagesA yea counts toward “Employer priority”

    model(0.85): Creating separate safety administrations dilutes federal mine safety oversight, favoring employers.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Labor and Employment

    Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority

Who voted which way

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

Yea (168)

Nay (205)

Not voting or present (60)

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