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Their Record

House Roll Call 507, 96th Congress · October 12, 1979

TO AMEND H.R. 2061 BY EXTENDING THE COVERAGE OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS DEATH BENEFITS ACT ADMINISTERED BY THE LEAA TO RESCUE SQUAD PERSONNEL. (MOTION PASSED)

180 yea · 99 nay151 not voting or present
Democrat118 yea · 51 nay
Republican64 yea · 47 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2061

Justice System Improvement Act of 1979

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 JusticeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Extending death benefits to rescue squad personnel is benefit expansion, not criminal justice policy.

    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 (183)

Nay (99)

Not voting or present (151)

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