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House Roll Call 990, 95th Congress · May 18, 1978

TO AGREE TO H. CON. RES. 624, THE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD CONTINUE TO OPPOSE THE IMPRISONMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE SOVIET HELSINKI GROUPS, AND THAT THE HELSINKI FINAL ACT, AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL LAW, DOES GUARANTEE THE RIGHT OF PUBLIC GROUPS IN THE U.S.S.R. TO PROMOTE OBSERVANCE OF THE HELSINKI AGREEMENT.

399 yea · 0 nay32 not voting or present
Democrat262 yea · 0 nay
Republican138 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Con.Res. 624 ↗

Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Helsinki Final Act, as well as international law, guarantees the right of the members of the Public Groups To Promote Observance of the Helsinki Agreement in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to pursue their lawful activities, and urging the President to continue to express U.S. opposition to the imprisonment of members of the Soviet Helsinki Groups.

Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues — 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.

  • Civil RightsDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Expressing the sense of Congress is a non-binding resolution.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

Who voted which way

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

Yea (402)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (32)

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