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House Roll Call 947, 95th Congress · May 4, 1978

TO AGREE TO A MODIFIED AMENDMENT TO H. CON. RES. 559 THAT WOULD REDUCE THE TARGET FOR TOTAL REVENUES BY $635 MILLION IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR A PROGRAM OF TUITION TAX CREDITS FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND POSTSECONDARY SCHOOLS. THE ORIGINAL COUGHLIN AMENDMENT WOULD HAVE DECREASED THE TARGET FOR TOTAL REVENUES BY $500 MILLION IN ORDER TO ACCOMODATE TUITION TAX CREDITS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS ONLY.

227 yea · 136 nay39 not voting or present
Democrat120 yea · 130 nay
Republican119 yea · 23 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Con.Res. 559

A resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal year 1979.

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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 “Expand federal role”

    model(0.90): Expanding tuition tax credits to elementary and secondary levels broadens the federal role.

    Tagged by: keyword:tuition

    Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Reducing total revenue targets to fund tuition tax credits constitutes fiscal expansion.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    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 (153)

Not voting or present (39)

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