House Roll Call 240, 96th Congress · June 19, 1979

TO AMEND H.R. 2444 BY PERMITTING A MAJORITY OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITIES TO VETO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REGULATIONS, EXCEPT FOR RULES TO INSURE COMPLIANCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS. (MOTION FAILED)

159 yea · 243 nay19 not voting or present

Democrat46 yea · 208 nay

Republican119 yea · 39 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.

Civil RightsDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.80) Exempting civil rights rules from local veto maintains existing protections rather than broadening them.
Tagged by: keyword:civil rights
Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections
EducationA yea counts toward “Reduce federal role”
model(0.90): Permitting local educational authorities to veto department regulations reduces federal control.
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 (166)

Nay (249)

Not voting or present (19)

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