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House Roll Call 443, 96th Congress · September 19, 1979

TO AMEND H. CON. RES. 186, SECOND BUDGET RESOLUTION, BY REDUCING THE RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF FEDERAL REVENUES BY $250 MILLION TO PROVIDE FOR A PROGRAM OF HIGHER EDUCATION TUITION TAX CREDITS AND A REDUCTION IN BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT, AND SOCIAL SERVICES BY $400 MILLION AND OUTLAYS BY $100 MILLION. (MOTION PASSED)

221 yea · 176 nay36 not voting or present
Democrat78 yea · 163 nay
Republican142 yea · 12 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Con.Res. 186

A current resolution revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal year 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.

  • EducationA yea counts toward “Reduce federal role”

    model(0.80): Cutting federal education budget authority and outlays reduces the direct federal role in education.

    Tagged by: keyword:tuition

    Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.90): Reducing budget authority and outlays represents fiscal restraint.

    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 (222)

Nay (176)

Not voting or present (36)

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