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House Roll Call 216, 96th Congress · June 13, 1979

TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY STRIKING THE TRANSFER OF THE INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS FROM THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. (MOTION PASSED)

235 yea · 170 nay19 not voting or present
Democrat154 yea · 101 nay
Republican86 yea · 71 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.

  • EducationA yea counts toward “Reduce federal role”

    model(0.90): A yes vote strikes Indian education transfer, narrowing the Department's 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 (241)

Nay (174)

Not voting or present (19)

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