House Roll Call 188, 96th Congress · June 11, 1979

TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY MAKING IT A PURPOSE OF THE DEPARTMENT TO PERMIT DAILY OPPORTUNITY FOR VOLUNTARY PRAYER OR MEDITATION IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOLS. (MOTION PASSED)

255 yea · 122 nay43 not voting or present

Democrat129 yea · 112 nay

Republican132 yea · 15 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Other1 yea · 1 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 (0.85) Adding voluntary prayer provisions is a social rider rather than a clear shift in federal role.
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 (262)

Nay (129)

Not voting or present (43)

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