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House Roll Call 181, 96th Congress · June 8, 1979

TO PASS H.R. 2641, THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1979. (MOTION PASSED)

276 yea · 14 nay138 not voting or present
Democrat177 yea · 3 nay
Republican102 yea · 12 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2641

Civil Rights Commission Authorization Act of 1979

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.

  • Civil RightsA yea counts toward “Broaden protections”

    model(0.95): Authorizing funds for the Civil Rights Commission broadens federal civil rights protections.

    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 (281)

Nay (15)

Not voting or present (138)

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