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House Roll Call 433, 96th Congress · September 18, 1979

TO AMEND H.R. 4440 TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS, BY PROHIBITING USE OF FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT OR ENFORCE ANY REGULATION WHICH REQUIRES ANY MOTOR VEHICLE TO BE EQUIPPED WITH AN OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM OTHER THAN A BELT SYSTEM, BUT PERMITS USE OF FUNDS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT RELATING TO OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEMS. (MOTION PASSED)

228 yea · 185 nay13 not voting or present
Democrat102 yea · 160 nay
Republican130 yea · 26 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4440

Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1980

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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.

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Funding prohibition on motor vehicle regulations is a policy/regulatory fight, not a fiscal budget issue.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

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

Yea (232)

Nay (189)

Not voting or present (13)

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