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House Roll Call 201, 96th Congress · June 12, 1979

TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY REQUIRING THAT ANYONE SELECTED FOR ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL POSTITIONS HAVE BEEN A TEACHER OR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR DURING 18 OF THE 24 MONTHS PRECEEDING NOMINATION FOR THE POSITION. (MOTION FAILED)

28 yea · 374 nay30 not voting or present
Democrat2 yea · 246 nay
Republican26 yea · 128 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(0.85): Adding strict teacher experience requirements restricts executive appointment discretion.

    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 (29)

Nay (375)

Not voting or present (30)

Vote records come from Voteview (voteview.com); bill titles and policy areas from the congress.gov API. See methodology for how the record was built.