House Roll Call 489, 96th Congress · October 10, 1979

TO AMEND H.R. 2859, DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION, BY GIVING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE AND TO TERMINATE VISTA PROJECTS WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTIONS. (MOTION PASSED)

229 yea · 178 nay11 not voting or present

Democrat78 yea · 183 nay

Republican157 yea · 1 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2859 ↗

Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1979

Policy area: Labor and Employment — 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.

Labor & WagesDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Local government oversight of VISTA projects does not directly involve employer or worker rights.
Tagged by: policy-area:Labor and Employment
Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority

Who voted which way

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

Yea (237)

Nay (185)

Not voting or present (11)

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