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Senate Roll Call 579, 95th Congress · October 26, 1977

TO TABLE THE HELMS AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5263, THE BILL TO SUSPEND THE DUTY ON CERTAIN BICYCLE PARTS AND TO PROVIDE CERTAIN TAX INCENTIVES FOR THE PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF ENERGY. HELMS AMENDMENT #1503 AMENDS THE EQUAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES ACT OF 1974 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE BUSING OF CHILDREN FOR THE PURPOSES OF DESEGREGATION DURING A NATIONAL ENERGY CRISIS.

55 yea · 31 nay13 not voting or present
Democrat37 yea · 17 nay
Republican19 yea · 13 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5263

Energy Tax Act of 1978

Policy area: Foreign Trade and International 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.

  • TradeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) The amendment addresses school busing, which is unrelated to trade policy.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Foreign Trade and International Finance

    Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade

Who voted which way

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

Yea (56)

Nay (31)

Not voting or present (13)

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