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House Roll Call 178, 96th Congress · June 8, 1979

TO AGREE TO H. RES. 272, THE RULE PERMITTING FLOOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2641, THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1979. (MOTION PASSED)

279 yea · 0 nay150 not voting or present
Democrat172 yea · 0 nay
Republican110 yea · 1 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Res. 272

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 2641) to amend section 106 of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to raise the limitation on appropriations for the United States Commission on Civil Rights.

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 for floor 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 (283)

Nay (1)

Not voting or present (150)

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