House Roll Call 141, 96th Congress · May 16, 1979

TO AGREE TO H. RES. 241, THE RULE PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 10, A BILL FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS. (MOTION PASSED)

398 yea · 4 nay31 not voting or present

Democrat244 yea · 2 nay

Republican152 yea · 2 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Res. 241 ↗

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 10) to authorize actions for redress in cases involving deprivations of rights of institutionalized persons secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.

Policy area: Congress — 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) Procedural vote agreeing to a rule providing for consideration of a bill.
Tagged by: keyword:civil rights
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 (399)

Nay (4)

Not voting or present (31)

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