House Roll Call 217, 96th Congress · June 13, 1979

TO AMEND 2444 BY STRIKING THE TRANSFER OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION'S STUDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. (MOTION FAILED)

128 yea · 275 nay29 not voting or present

Democrat38 yea · 211 nay

Republican90 yea · 63 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 student assistance transfer, limiting 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 (129)

Nay (276)

Not voting or present (29)

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