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House Roll Call 219, 96th Congress · June 13, 1979

THAT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE RISE AND REPORT H.R. 2444 BACK TO THE HOUSE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE ENACTING CLAUSE BE STRIKEN. (MOTION FAILED)

146 yea · 266 nay20 not voting or present
Democrat43 yea · 211 nay
Republican103 yea · 54 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(0.95): A yes vote strikes the enacting clause, killing the bill establishing the Department.

    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 (147)

Nay (267)

Not voting or present (20)

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