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House Roll Call 1179, 96th Congress · September 23, 1980

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 7939, AMENDING THE SECURITIES INVESTOR PROTECTION ACT TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF PROTECTION AVAILABLE UNDER SUCH ACT TO CUSTOMERS OF BROKERS AND DEALERS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPLICABILITY OF THE RIGHT TO FINANCIAL PRIVACY ACT OF 1978 TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISION. (MOTION PASSED; 2/3 REQUIRED)

315 yea · 83 nay34 not voting or present
Democrat221 yea · 21 nay
Republican91 yea · 62 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 7939

A bill to amend the Securities Investor Protection Act to increase the amount of protection available under such Act to customers of brokers and dealers, and to provide for the applicability of the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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 RegulationA yea counts toward “Regulate”

    model(0.90): Increases customer protections for securities accounts and regulates SEC privacy standards.

    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 (315)

Nay (83)

Not voting or present (34)

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