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Their Record

House Roll Call 709, 96th Congress · February 12, 1980

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 4774, A BILL AMENDING THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT TO PROVIDE THAT ANY EMPLOYEE WHO IS A MEMBER OF A RELIGION OR SECT HISTORICALLY HOLDING CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION TO JOINING OR FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING A LABOR ORGANIZATION SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO DO SO. (MOTION PASSED; 2/3'S REQUIRED)

349 yea · 15 nay67 not voting or present
Democrat212 yea · 15 nay
Republican137 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4774

A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to provide that any employee who is a member of a religion or sect historically holding conscientious objection to joining or financially supporting a labor organization shall not be required to do so.

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 & WagesA yea counts toward “Employer priority”

    model(0.85): Exempting employees from union support requirements weakens union security and favors employers.

    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 (351)

Nay (15)

Not voting or present (67)

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