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House Roll Call 562, 96th Congress · November 2, 1979

TO AMEND H.R. 5129, AMENDING AND EXTENDING THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965, BY PROVIDING FOR A PROGRAM OF STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR MILITARY SERVICE. (MOTION PASSED)

236 yea · 115 nay81 not voting or present
Democrat132 yea · 86 nay
Republican103 yea · 28 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5129

Foreign Intelligence and Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 1979

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics — 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 “Expand federal role”

    model(0.90): Creating a student loan forgiveness program expands the federal role in education.

    Tagged by: keyword:student loan,higher education act

    Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

Who voted which way

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

Yea (237)

Nay (115)

Not voting or present (81)

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