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House Roll Call 195, 96th Congress · June 12, 1979

TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY PROHIBITING DENIAL OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES BY RULES WHICH UTILIZE ANY RATIO OR OTHER NUMERICAL REQUIREMENT RELATED TO RACE, CREED, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR SEX. (MOTION PASSED)

277 yea · 126 nay23 not voting or present
Democrat136 yea · 119 nay
Republican145 yea · 9 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 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.

  • EducationA yea counts toward “Reduce federal role”

    model(0.95): Prohibiting numerical ratios restricts federal regulatory power over educational institutions.

    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 (282)

Nay (129)

Not voting or present (23)

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