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House Roll Call 38, 96th Congress · March 20, 1979

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 1301, A BILL TO PERMIT THE SENDING OF AMERICAN LOTTERY MATERIALS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES THAT DON'T HAVE AUTHORIZED LOTTERIES. (MOTION FAILED; 2/3 REQUIRED)

270 yea · 140 nay16 not voting or present
Democrat201 yea · 58 nay
Republican71 yea · 83 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1301 ↗

A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to allow the transportation or mailing to a foreign country of material concerning a lottery authorized by that foreign country, and for other purposes.

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement — 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.

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Reform-oriented”

    model(0.75): Easing prohibitions on mailing lottery materials relaxes criminal penalties.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (274)

Nay (142)

Not voting or present (16)

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