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House Roll Call 599, 95th Congress · October 13, 1977

TO AMEND H.R. 3816, THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AMENDMENTS OF 1977, BY STRIKING THE SECTION THAT AUTHORIZES CLASS OR INDIVIDUAL ACTION CONSUMER SUITS ON RULINGS OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.

281 yea · 125 nay12 not voting or present
Democrat149 yea · 126 nay
Republican138 yea · 6 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3816 ↗

Federal Trade Commission Amendments

Policy area: Independent regulatory commissions — 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.

  • Financial RegulationA yea counts toward “Deregulate”

    model(0.85): Striking the authorization for consumer lawsuits weakens FTC regulatory enforcement.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Independent regulatory commissions

    Axis: Regulate ← → Deregulate

Who voted which way

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

Yea (289)

Nay (133)

Not voting or present (12)

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