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House Roll Call 185, 96th Congress · June 11, 1979

THAT THE HOUSE RESOLVE ITSELF INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2444, A BILL TO ESTABLISH A DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. (MOTION PASSED)

308 yea · 28 nay94 not voting or present
Democrat196 yea · 2 nay
Republican114 yea · 26 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2444

Department of Education Organization Act

Policy area: Education — 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.

  • EducationDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.98) Procedural motion to resolve into Committee of the Whole.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Education

    Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (312)

Nay (28)

Not voting or present (94)

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