House Roll Call 200, 96th Congress · June 12, 1979

TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY STRIKING THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN REHABILITATION SERVICES TO THE DEPARTMENT AND TO INSTEAD AUTHORIZE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE HANDICAPPED IN HEW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF REHABILITATION SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HANDICAPPED RESEARCH, AND SUCH OTHER PROGRAMS. (MOTION FAILED)

148 yea · 265 nay15 not voting or present

Democrat102 yea · 157 nay

Republican48 yea · 109 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Other0 yea · 2 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(0.92): Preventing transfer of rehabilitation programs into the new department limits its overall scope.
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 (150)

Nay (269)

Not voting or present (15)

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