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House Roll Call 659, 95th Congress · October 31, 1977

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H. J. RES. 611, THE RESOLUTION EXTENDING UNTIL APR. 30, 1978 THE AUTHORITY OF THE U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS TO PURCHASE UP TO $5 BILLION IN OBLIGATIONS FROM THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

388 yea · 14 nay29 not voting or present
Democrat255 yea · 4 nay
Republican133 yea · 10 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 611 ↗

Joint resolution to extend the authority of the Federal Reserve Banks to buy and sell certain obligations.

Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector — 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 RegulationDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Extending Treasury debt purchase authority relates to monetary powers, not direct financial regulation or deregulation.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Finance and Financial Sector

    Axis: Regulate ← → Deregulate

Who voted which way

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

Yea (391)

Nay (14)

Not voting or present (29)

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