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House Roll Call 1115, 96th Congress · August 27, 1980

TO AMEND H.R. 7998, LABOR HHS EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS, BY PROHIBITING USE OF OSHA FUNDS, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, TO ADMINISTER OR ENFORCE ANY SAFETY STANDARD OR ORDER WITH RESPECT TO ANY EMPLOYER OF TEN OR FEWER EMPLOYEES WHO IS INCLUDED WITHIN A CATEGORY HAVING AN OCCUPATIONAL INJURY LOST WORK DAY CASE RATE LESS THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE RATE. (MOTION PASSED)

225 yea · 178 nay21 not voting or present
Democrat90 yea · 158 nay
Republican137 yea · 23 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 7998

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1981

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics — 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.

  • Labor & WagesA yea counts toward “Employer priority”

    model(0.95): Restricting OSHA safety enforcement on small businesses prioritizes employer interests over worker safety protections.

    Tagged by: keyword:osha

    Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) A rider restricting agency enforcement policy is a regulatory dispute where fiscal impact is incidental.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations

    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 (229)

Nay (182)

Not voting or present (21)

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