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House Roll Call 190, 96th Congress · June 11, 1979

TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY PROVIDING THAT NO PROVISION OF LAW SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY TO REQUIRE BUSING OF STUDENTS OR TEACHERS TO CARRY OUT DESEGREGATION AS A CONDITION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE. (MOTION PASSED)

227 yea · 135 nay54 not voting or present
Democrat109 yea · 125 nay
Republican126 yea · 17 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 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.

  • EducationA yea counts toward “Reduce federal role”

    model(0.95): Prohibiting federal busing mandates restricts federal authority over local schools.

    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 (237)

Nay (143)

Not voting or present (54)

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